The world's most expensive dummies save lives

Children in Cars ? Safety advanced for the most vulnerable. The Crash-Test Dummy family does invaluable work in the development of tomorrow's ever-safer cars. The dummies can cost up to $210,000 a piece and at Volvo, there are more than 100 members of this tough family. The crash-test dummy is involved in all research into and development of car safety. It represents the human being in the car and using the dummy, Volvo?s safety experts find out how a real human being is affected in a collision.