![]() ![]() Current crash test standards are regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) under the US Department of Transportation. ![]() Automotive companies are not required to test safety outcomes in crash test model’s representative of average female proportions or of non-average body sizes and physiological compositions. Vehicle crash testing standards only require testing of two variations of adult-sized crash test dummies: a 50 th percentile male and a 5 th percentile female. However, vehicle safety test practices do not account for diverse body proportions when assessing safety outcomes. Female drivers are 13% more likely to be killed than their male counterparts in similar motor accidents. There is a stark disparity in motor vehicle crash deaths and injuries between male and female drivers. The final publication is available on the JSPG website here. ![]() This memo won third place in the competition and was published in the Journal of Science Policy and Governance. This is the memo by Hannah Frye, Daphne Ko, Emilee Kotnik, and Nathan Zelt the memo by Adrienne Brauer, Ananya Benegal, Kayla Hannon, Jessica Kuppan, and Sarah Speck can be found here. In April 2021, two teams of ProSPER members participated in the National Science Policy Network‘s policy memo competition. ![]()
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