The dummy represents the 5th percentile of women in the 1970s, meaning 95% of women were larger than it. It is 4-foot-11 and clocks in at 108 pounds — slightly smaller, by today’s standards ...

Sure, the first male crash test dummy was introduced in 1949, the first child-sized mannequin came along in 1994 and there was even a crash test moose in use earlier this year. But, there hasn’t ...

Creating a female crash test dummy would be "enormously expensive" and take 15-20 years. "The question is not whether it would be appropriate to improve protection for women. Absolutely it should ...

dummy as we know it would still have to be used to validate the computer generated results. The computer will help in the sense of reproducing a myriad of crash situations, from different angles ...

One person dies in a road traffic accident every 25 seconds, according to estimates from the World Health Organization. Crash test dummies with accelerometers, force sensors, and strain gauges ...

Crash testing a vehicle versus moose scenario might come off as a joke, but if you drive around in Sweden, Canada, the Northern U.S. Europe, Japan (apparently!) or anywhere where Alces alces roam ...

Women get in fewer car accidents than men. But when they do, they’re up to 73% more likely to be injured and 28% more likely to die, according to new data from the Insurance Institute for Hig… ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Yellow crash test dummy in a car seat. 123rf.com WASHINGTON — Women get in fewer car accidents than men. But when they do ...