Visible Women with Caroline Criado Perez 4. Deadly injustice: Why cars aren’t safe for women
Jul 6, 2022
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Maria Koon's Crash
- Maria Koon's family experienced a head-on collision in Ireland.
- The men in the front seats were unharmed, while Maria and her mother in the back suffered serious injuries.
Crash Test Disparity
- Women are 17% more likely to die and 73% more likely to be injured in car crashes than men.
- This is due to crash test dummies primarily being based on the average male body.
Inadequate Female Dummy
- The "female" crash test dummy is a modified smaller male dummy, even with added breasts.
- This dummy isn't used in most tests, further exacerbating the safety gap for women.