Editing Crash test dummy (section)

==== THOR-50M mid-size male ====
[[File:THOR-50M & THOR-5F Crash Test Dummies.jpg|alt=THOR-50M & THOR-5F Crash Test Dummies|thumb|THOR-50M & THOR-5F Crash Test Dummies]]
THOR is an advanced crash test dummy designed to expand the Hybrid-III test dummy capabilities in assessing frontal impacts. THOR-50M, the mid-size male, was created to improve human-like anthropometry and increase the instrumentation for mitigating injury.<ref name="THOR {{!}} NHTSA">{{Cite web |title=THOR {{!}} NHTSA |url=https://www.nhtsa.gov/biomechanics-trauma/thor |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=www.nhtsa.gov |language=en}}</ref>

Although development started in the 1990s, with the latest design update by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in contract with [[Humanetics]], the first new prototypes were delivered in 2013.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://one.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/NVS/Biomechanics%20&%20Trauma/NHTSA_THOR_update_2013-09-30.pdf |title=NHTSA THOR Update |last=Parent |first=Dan |date=2013-09-30 |publisher=[[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723225327/https://one.nhtsa.gov/DOT/NHTSA/NVS/Biomechanics%20&%20Trauma/NHTSA_THOR_update_2013-09-30.pdf |archive-date=2022-07-23}}</ref> Since then, Europe's New Car Assessment Program became the first agency to adopt THOR into testing protocols, replacing the Hybrid III mid-sized male in the driver's seat.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/61124/tb-026-thor-specification-and-certification-v12.pdf |title=THOR Specification and Certification |last1=Been |first1=B |last2=Ellway |first2=J |date=2020-11-24 |volume=1 |publisher=[[Euro NCAP]] |issue=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303040656/https://cdn.euroncap.com/media/61124/tb-026-thor-specification-and-certification-v12.pdf |archive-date=2022-03-03 |url-status=live}}</ref>