Women are more likely to be harmed or killed in a car crash. This is an unsettling truth that has been known for decades. Car safety is measured by crash test dummies, but these are based on men, not women. So what is being done to address this bias?

00:00 Crash Test Dummies
02:00 Gender Bias in Car Safety
03:30 History of Crash Testing, Sierra Sam & Ejector Seats
04:40 Hybrid III: Modern Day Crash Test Dummy
05:30: Female Crash Dummy: HybridIII 5th
06:55 First Female Crash Test Dummy; SET50F & THOR5F
08:03 Humanetics
09:30 Car Crash Fatalities
11:30 Car Crash AI & Simulations
13:09 Vision Zero

Special Thanks To:
Astrid Linder, Professor of Traffic Safety at Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
Christopher J. O’Connor, President & CEO of the Humanetics Group
U.S Congresswoman Susan Molinari, VERITY Now Co-Chair

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