Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to "life" near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars ...

PLYMOUTH, Mich. -- The test dummy has been used in crash after crash, year after year -- for nearly five decades, to be exact. But as Americans continue to get taller, fatter and older, carmakers say ...

Americans weigh more than they used to. Most crash test dummies don't. — -- Americans weigh more than they used to, but most test crash dummies don’t. At 195 pounds, the average man is 21 pounds ...

Mar. 16—WASHINGTON — 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 ...

When the Trump administration announced it was giving the green light to the design for a female crash test dummy, it was welcome news to the advocates who have long fought for better female ...

Crash-test dummies are used to test the safety of vehicles, but what happens when they no longer reflect bodies of the general public? The world's leading crash-test dummy producer, Humanetics, has ...

View post: 2026 Nissan Frontier vs 2026 Ford Ranger: Which Is The Better Buy? In the early 1970s, the gods of crash test dummies at GM created the Hybrid I, designed to represent the average male in ...

Quirky yet schematic, coincidence-fueled multi-character drama "Crash Test Dummies" is as obvious as its English-lingo title. This ambitious and deftly-told tale suffers from what might be called ...

More than one-third of Americans are obese, and one recent study showed that obese drivers are more likely to die in a car crash. So the world's largest maker of dummies is making one that is obese.

When auto manufacturers send a car flying into a wall for a safety test, the typical crash test dummy strapped inside weighs 169 pounds. Not so long ago, that was the average size of an adult man. Now ...

Yes, even dummies are recognizing the ongoing obesity epidemic. Dummies as in crash test dummies. No, not the musical group that sang "Mmm mmm mmm mmm"...but the mannequins that are the unsung heroes ...

Crash-test dummies need to look like real people to measure injuries in auto accidents – and for Americans these days, that means looking older and fatter. Engineers at Humanetics, a company that ...