September 13, 1899. That's the first time on the historical record (in the U.S.) that a person was killed by a car, and it would be far from the last. According to the NSC, motor-vehicle deaths in the ...

Women are twice as likely to die in car crashes because their body types have never been used in safety tests. The auto industry has made huge strides in the safety of automobiles in recent years, but ...

On shelves at a Humanetics facility in Huron, Ohio, skulls stare from their eyeless sockets, shiny and silver. Around a corner, a rack is filled with squishy, peach-toned arms, legs, torsos and butts.

WASHINGTON — For the first time ever, American car companies will soon be required to test vehicle safety using dummies that are representative of women. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy on ...

Sierra Sam and Sierra Susie have seen some things. For the past 70 years, their crash test dummy family has been subjected to carefully calculated abuse in the hopes of making cars safer for humans.