According to the United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, as reported by Autoblog, “women are 73% more likely than men to be seriously injured in a car crash.” One of the big reasons for that is how crash test dummies are designed. As Autoblog notes, until recently, most crash test dummies were modeled after men; “he first female-focused crash tester didn’t arrive until 2011 and its build represented just 5% of women, being 4?11? and weighing 108 pounds — the rough dimensions of a 12-year-old girl.” It wasn’t until 2022 that a dummy more reflective of a typical woman was developed for testing car safety.
See: https://www.autoblog.com/features/female-crash-test-dummy
