Editing Crash test dummy (section)

=== Test device for Human Occupant Restraint (THOR) ===
==== 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>

====THOR-5F small female====
The small female version of THOR is based on the technology of the male version, but has more female-like anthropometry to represent females in frontal impact testing.<ref name="THOR {{!}} NHTSA"/> 
[[File:ATD Family.png|thumb|Current family of advanced crash test dummies used today.]]
The female THOR and the lack of female test dummies has received new interest as gender equity issues have emerged citing the lack of female crash test dummies and availability of new technology in regulation testing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Democratic lawmakers push U.S. Transportation Secretary for faster changes to crash test dummy standards |url=https://www.investigatetv.com/2022/03/14/democratic-lawmakers-push-us-transportation-secretary-faster-changes-crash-test-dummy-standards/ |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=InvestigateTV |date=14 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> A Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, paper published in 2019 citing the increased risk of injury in female automobile occupants which started a fresh examination into female impact testing and protection.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Forman |first1=Jason |last2=Poplin |first2=Gerald S. |last3=Shaw |first3=C. Greg |last4=McMurry |first4=Timothy L. |last5=Schmidt |first5=Kristin |last6=Ash |first6=Joseph |last7=Sunnevang |first7=Cecilia |title=Automobile injury trends in the contemporary fleet: Belted occupants in frontal collisions |journal=Traffic Injury Prevention |date=18 August 2019 |volume=20 |issue=6 |pages=607–612 |doi=10.1080/15389588.2019.1630825 |pmid=31283362 |s2cid=195844967 |doi-access=free }}</ref>

The THOR dummies can accommodate 150+ channels of [[data collection]] throughout their bodies.<ref>{{Cite web |title=THOR-5F |url=https://humanetics.humaneticsgroup.com/products/anthropomorphic-test-devices/frontal-impact/thor-5f |access-date=2022-05-18 |website=humanetics.humaneticsgroup.com |language=en-US}}</ref>