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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