The First Female Crash Dummy Has Arrived

Re:The First Female Crash Dummy Has Arrived by yafinder on Monday November 07, 2022 @10:59AM (#33507529)

Now I wonder what about children? Do they have different dummies for different ages and different car seat sizes? If not, what's the equivalent of

> women are 17 percent more likely to die in a car crash

> and 73 percent more likely to sustain serious injuries

for children?

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Re:The First Female Crash Dummy Has Arrived by consp on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:11AM (#33507698)

There is an average child test for 6 and 10 year dummies at NCAP AFAIK.

Car seat sizes should not be relevant as all children should have some form of riser/child seat to be properly protected (and never front facing on the front seat).

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Re:The First Female Crash Dummy Has Arrived by michaelt on Monday November 07, 2022 @11:46AM (#33508282)

According to [1] there are crash test dummies used to represent newborn, 12-month, 3-year-old, 6-year-old and 10-year-old children.

They also have a 5th-percentile adult female dummy, which is closer in height and weight to the 10-year-old dummy than to the 50th-percentile-male dummy.

[1] https://www.nhtsa.gov/nhtsas-crash-test-dummies

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