World's First Woman Dummy used in Sweden for Crash Testing.
Since the 1970s, the most commonly used crash dummy represents an average-sized adult man, despite women being 73% more likely to be injured in a car crash. Swedish engineer Astrid Linder and her team have developed the world’s first woman crash dummy!
By Erin Pedersen
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History.
Since the 1970s, human dummies have been used to determine car safety. The most commonly used dummy represents an average-sized adult man. For women, dummies are the size of a 12-year-old girl, representing five percent of women. (Source: First Post)
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Gender Bias in Car Safety.
Women crash test dummies are not mandated to be used in most tests, despite women being 73% more likely to be killed or injured in a frontal car crash than men, according to a study by the University of Virginia. (Source: First Post)
The New Dummy.
The historical gender bias in car safety testing was addressed by Swedish engineer Astrid Linder and her team. A crash test dummy was developed to represent an average adult woman’s body mirroring their height, weight, muscles, and joint stiffness. (Source: First Post)
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“As long as we humans are the ones using the cars, then we need to confirm in physical testing that this is actually representing the physical world.”
— Astrid Linder,
Swedish Engineer and Motor Vehicle Safety Researcher
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