The Center for Applied Biomechanics is crash-testing an industry-standard dummy that is designed to represent a 5th percentile female (5 feet tall, weighing 110 pounds). These tests will help ...

Senator Deb Fischer has reintroduced the She DRIVES Act to help women and other demographics be included in test crash research. According to Sen. Fischer, women are 73% more likely to be seriously ...

The solution, some suggest, lies in deploying female crash test dummies to ensure vehicles are truly safe for women. However, making cars safer for women is complicated, and not everyone agrees ...

Does the US use crash test dummies that represent average-size women? is a post from Wisconsin Watch, a non-profit investigative news site covering Wisconsin since 2009. Please consider making a ...