![]() ![]() Current crash test standards are regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the US Department of Transportation. Automotive companies are not required to test safety outcomes in crash test model’s representative of average female proportions or of non-average body sizes and physiological compositions. Vehicle crash testing standards only require testing of two variations of adult-sized crash test dummies: a 50th percentile male and a 5th percentile female. However, vehicle safety test practices do not account for diverse body proportions when assessing safety outcomes. Female drivers are 13% more likely to be killed than their male counterparts in similar motor accidents. ![]() Executive Summary: There is a stark disparity in motor vehicle crash deaths and injuries between male and female drivers.
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