(CBS NEWS) – According to CBS News, the U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new female crash dummy as it seeks to step up safety for women, who face a higher injury risk in car crashes than men.

The U.S. government has used a dummy model for decades that is based almost entirely on male proportions.

The new dummy, known as THOR-05F, is more human-like and contains female-specific proportions, according to the Transportation Department. The new model could potentially replace the Hybrid III dummy, which has previously been utilized for crash testing.

“Advances in technology now make it possible to more accurately account for the biological differences between male and female anatomy in crash testing,” the Department of Transportation said in a statement Thursday.

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