When the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s “SORB,” the Small Overlap Rigid Barrier test, launched in 2012, many ...

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The crash test dummy currently used in NHTSA five-star testing is called the Hybrid III, which was developed in 1978 and modeled after a 5-foot-9, 171-pound man (the average size in the 1970s but ...

It's well established that U.S. crash test dummies don't reflect the population. While female crash test dummies are used in ...

The Hybrid III (M) is the most commonly used crash test dummy and dates back to 1986. It represents a 50th percentile adult male and is 5-feet 9-inches (1.75 m) tall and weighs 171 lbs (78 kg).

Besides excellent crash-test ratings — it was an IIHS Top Safety Pick from 2007 to 2013 then a Top Safety Pick+ from 2014 until 2016 — the S80 had safety features well ahead of other mass ...