Men are much more likely to get into accidents than women. Moreover, women are much more likely to get serious injuries incompatible with life Also, in the same conditions, a representative of the fair sex has an average chance of dying in an accident by 20% higher than men. This is due to the fact that male mannequins are used in crash tests of cars, which represent only the male body structure.
In a car accident, the chance for a woman to be injured more seriously than a man is 50%, and the average injury is as much as 71% more. Also, in the same conditions, a representative of the fair sex has an average chance of dying in an accident by 20% higher than men. It is wrong to consider the female body as a reduced copy of the male one. This is an elementary ignorance of the school biology course.
Women have much lower bone density and muscle tissue volume. Accordingly, any blow during an accident turns into major injuries for them. Women also tend to sit closer to the dashboard because they usually have a smaller height and leg length than men. For the same reason, they have to hold their backs vertically in tension to see the dimensions of the car and the road situation. Such a deliberate deviation from the norm of sitting in the driver’s seat means that a woman during an accident finds herself in a completely different position than a man, and her entire lower body becomes more vulnerable to injury.
By way of conclusion, similar differences in the consequences of an accident for the male and female body can be called a dozen more. But, so far, manufacturers in 9 out of 10 cases are developing cars using only male mannequins in crash tests. Therefore, when selecting a car for purchase, it is necessary to study its crash test ratings, but remember that these indicators work mainly for men.