On shelves at a Humanetics facility in Huron, Ohio, skulls stare from their eyeless sockets, shiny and silver. Around a corner, a rack is filled with squishy, peach-toned arms, legs, torsos and butts.

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Crash test dummies are effective but new research by Toyota and the University of Virginia aims to reduce pedestrian injuries ...

Even in a laboratory, car crashes are horrifically violent. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety crash-tests many vehicles every year, and in its full-speed video footage, the subject vehicle ...