Editing Crash test dummy (section)

== Popular culture ==
* In 1986, the [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]] (NHTSA), a division of the [[United States Department of Transportation]], launched a series of [[public service announcement]]s in [[magazine]]s and on [[television]] featuring two talking crash dummies named Vince (voiced by [[Jack Burns]]) (played by Tony Reitano) and Larry (voiced by [[Lorenzo Music]]) (played by Tom Harrison, later replaced by [[Whitney Rydbeck]]) who modelled [[seat belt]] safety practices through their [[slapstick]] antics, with the slogan "You Could Learn a Lot from a Dummy". By the time the campaign was retired in 1999, seat belt usage had risen from 21% to 67%.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Taylor |first1=Heather |title=How the Crash Test Dummies Revolutionized Seat Belt Safety |url=https://www.advertisingweek360.com/how-the-crash-test-dummies-revolutionized-seat-belt-safety/ |website=AW360 |date=18 May 2017 |publisher=Advertising Week |access-date=24 April 2021}}</ref> Since then crash dummy characters have continued to be used in seat belt safety campaigns, especially those aimed at children.
* In the early 1990s, [[Tyco Toys]] created a line of [[action figure]]s called ''[[The Incredible Crash Dummies]]'' based on the characters from the NHTSA television advertisements. They were intended to fall apart at the touch of a button on their abdomens. Vehicles that could be crashed into walls and broken were also produced. Dummies and vehicles were easily reassembled. They prompted a half-hour television special, ''[[The Incredible Crash Dummies (film)|The Adventures of the Incredible Crash Dummies]]''. Unique for its time, the cartoon was produced entirely using 3D [[computer animation]] techniques. A comic book series and a [[The Incredible Crash Dummies (video game)|video game]] for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[Game Boy]] and other gaming consoles were produced.
* In 2004, a series of "Crash Dummies" animated shorts were commissioned for the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|FOX network]]. Related toys from [[Mattel]]'s [[Hot Wheels]] brand were produced.
* The television series ''[[MythBusters]]'' employed a Hybrid II model crash test dummy, "[[List of MythBusters cast members#Buster|Buster]]", for dangerous experiments. Additionally, the show utilized a number of simulaids in addition to using the hosts themselves as the test subjects if the experiment was safe enough.
* In [[Discovery Kids]] children's educational series ''[[Crash Test Danny]]'', the title character is a living crash test dummy, played by Ben Langley, who gets crushed, blown up, and pulled apart in the name of science.
* In 2014, Secret Exit Ltd. released [[Turbo Dismount]], a game where the player puts a crash test dummy in different vehicles to send them off into crashes.
* In 2020, actor [[Aamir Khan]] played a crash test dummy in a series of advertisements for Indian tire manufacturer [[CEAT Tyres]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.team-bhp.com/news/aamir-khan-ceat-tyres-new-crash-test-dummy|title=Aamir Khan: Ceat Tyres' new crash test dummy &#124; Team-BHP}}</ref>