Automotive crash test dummies are born in Ohio, brought to "life" near Detroit, and then sent around the world to make cars ...

We've all seen a crash test dummy, and some of us have even been compared to them. These bright yellow test dummies have long ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Harley is a noted automotive industry expert and analyst. Earlier this month, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy ...

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 ...

Forensic science is put to the test after the first-ever staged multi-vehicle pileup. Car safety experts just pulled off a first-of-its-kind remote controlled multi-vehicle pile up. Now investigators ...

Peering out a window at Torslanda Works, one of Volvo's largest production facilities in Sweden, reveals a side lot filled with crashed cars. The automaker still conducts physical crash tests of ...

A global insurance company is taking heat for staging a battery fire during a crash test of a Tesla sedan. The insurance firm Axa was claiming to demonstrate how electric cars can quickly erupt into a ...

Audi A5 and Q6 Sportback e-Tron, BMW X3, Ford Explorer, Hyundai Ioniq 9 and Kia Sportage named Top Safety Picks+ Hyundai Santa Cruz, Nissan Rogue and Toyota Corolla Cross earn Top Safety Pick In a ...