The THOR-5F, a more advanced female crash test dummy, is being developed. Cars have gotten safer over the decades, but more still needs to be done and the development of female crash dummies may ...

In most car crash tests only “male” dummies are used, which means vehicle crashes are more dangerous for women. Swedish engineer Astrid Linder has developed a new “female” crash test dummy ...

Although women face the threat of more injury risks in vehicle crashes, the crash test dummies used in U.S. safety tests are designed almost entirely around the body of a man.

Here's a fact. Since the 1970s, crash test dummies have been used to test for car safety. And here's another fact. Those dummies are modeled on men, only men - average male build, average male weight.

This new female crash test dummy will improve car safety for women. Crash testing has had a male bias for decades. Now a team of Swedish engineers hopes to change that. Greg Potts.