Imagine the typical crash test dummy in your head. What does it look like, exactly? Does it have that creepy blank face? The little yellow and black circles? Is it a “man” or a “woman” dummy?

Car companies are only required to test vehicle safety using crash dummies modeled after ... Linder's team monitors the dummy’s head and torso alignment, and they record factors such as the ...

as well as head-on crashes. But the benefits of improved in-car safety have been mostly seen by men. The Hybrid III (M) is the most commonly used crash test dummy and dates back to 1986.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Tuesday unveiled a new crash ... to dummies representing 6-year-olds. NHTSA said the new dummy will capture the risk of injuries using head ...

It's not Maximum Bob Lutz making this headline, but the 50H-1 Hybrid III Anthropomorphic Test Device, which will now head ... dummy." Dummy or not, the 50H-1 ATD is the most widely used model for ...