Crash test dummies have been an essential part of car safety testing for almost 50 years. Although they’ve also become a bit of a cultural icon and they’re easily recognized, you may not know how they ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Crash test dummies: You know them from the iconic public service announcements. Over the years, they have contributed to making cars safer for everyone. But a revealing new ...

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 ...

Samuel W. Alderson is the genius who made dummies smart. The California inventor parlayed a knack for tinkering in his old man’s sheet metal shop into a gift for making highways safer here in America ...

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 ...

Maria Weston Kuhn had one lingering question about the car crash that forced her to have emergency surgery during a vacation in Ireland: Why did she and her mother sustain serious injuries while her ...

Professional athletes and amateurs alike are always trying to find an edge when it comes to getting better at their sport. In hockey, it’s all about putting the puck in the net. Or, if you’re the ...