THOR-50M Crash Test Dummy (NHTSA Part 572)
Current understanding
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Evidence log
- 2026-09-22 — Part 572; Anthropomorphic Test Devices; Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint 50th Percentile Adult Male Dummy (THOR-50M): NHTSA supplemental notice (2024) requests public comment on two design alternatives for the proposed THOR-50M Part 572 incorporation — an alternative spine assembly and a substitute face foam — without altering the underlying 2023 proposal to codify the dummy. (novelty: 2)
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Part 572; Anthropomorphic Test Devices; Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint 50th Percentile Adult Male Dummy (THOR-50M)
22-sep-2026
novelty 2
per-area 2
introduces