Crash reconstructionist Dr. Daniel Wolfe played a recreation video showing a 2021 Lexus LX 570 SUV hitting a crash dummy as part of his analysis of the Karen Read case at her trial Friday.

Bald, faceless and empirically lifelike, this dummy may not be much to look at. But experts say it is a quantum leap forward in a decades-long effort to make cars safer for women. In November, ...

Crash dummies aren’t dumb; they’re packed with complicated sensors, gathering data about collisions. There’s a push to require automakers to test with dummies modeled on female bodies, not just male ...