NHTSA currently uses the 5th percentile adult female dummy in crash testing -- the dummy is 4 '11" and weighs 108 pounds, a smaller version of the original design based on the male body.

Testimony resumed Monday in the Karen Read retrial with a defense expert who argued that crash-dummy tests show Read's SUV did not back into John O'Keefe. Read, 45, of Mansfield, a former adjunct ...

About DASH 1.0 DASH 1.0 is the first Sleepypod crash test dummy that represents the distinctive sighthound dog shape, having long legs, a deep chest, a wiry body, and a lean head.

Humanetics, a manufacturer of anthropomorphic test devices — commonly known as crash test dummies — is celebrating its 30th anniversary of operations in Erie County and its 15th year in Huron.