World's first female crash test dummy unveiled to make roads safer for every driver

Australian Community Media

For the past 50 years, crash test dummies have been modelled on the average height and weight of an ordinary man. As a result, women are 73% more likely to be injured in a road accident.

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00:35 - Females are somewhat shorter and lighter than males,

00:40 on average.

00:40 And then we also have differences in muscle strength,

00:45 which plays a role in terms of how you respond to a crash.

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00:52 You see that this is a very low severity.

01:03 It's a seven kilometer power.

01:05 There will probably not be a scratch on your car,

01:08 but you see the amount of motion that goes on in our body.

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01:16 - The aim, hopefully, is to make it possible

01:24 to make better seats, both for women and men.

01:28 That's the reason why we have created one man and one woman.

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