RUCKERSVILLE, Va. -- BioSID and BioRID have replaced veteran crash dummies Vince and Larry, and play a vital role for the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). These new dummies are equipped ...

General Motors and other automakers have used crash test dummies in the design and engineering of new vehicle safety equipment for a long time. GM has announced that it using a new type of crash test ...

General Motors is examining the use of a new crash test dummy in its own safety research. Called BioRID, the dummy has the potential to be used by the global auto industry at large and would help ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden (Jan. 21) — Researchers at Sweden’s Saab AB and Volvo AB have developed a crash-test dummy with a “human” spine for studying the effects on the body of rear-end collisions, the ...