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 ...

Digital sensors record thousands of bits of information during every crash test GM has 400 crash dummies worth about $45 million Latest dummies could soon lead to changes in crash-test procedures ...

They come in all shapes and sizes and, in worst case scenarios, their bones are broken, their spines compressed, and their joints are violently twisted and torn out of place. But instead of being ...

MILAN TOWNSHIP — The dummy business is getting smarter and bigger for a local company that leads the world in making plastic people. Denton ATD Inc. makes anthropomorphic testing devices — better ...

The U.S. government announced major design changes it wants to implement to make the female version of the vehicle crash test dummy more lifelike, potentially replacing a model used for decades that ...

Americans are getting fatter — and so are the crash test dummies used to test the cars they drive. Plymouth, Mich.-based Humanetics has introduced a new obese dummy to reflect American’s growing size.

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 ...

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 ...

Car safety testing has come a long way since the days of dropping cadavers down unused elevator shafts in the 1930s. That we enjoy greater peace of mind on the road – with fatal accidents in the US at ...

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.