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New Data Expands on Why Women Have a Greater Risk of Injury in Car Crashes

More research is still needed, but all drivers can protect themselves by choosing a vehicle that does well in rigorous crash tests

Women are more likely than men to be injured in car crashes, and a new report from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) exposes additional reasons beyond the lack of a crash test dummy that represents an average female body—including that men tend to drive heavier vehicles, and are more likely to cause front-to-rear crashes.

The findings from the insurance industry-backed safety organization also offers some good news for car buyers: Both men and women can benefit from choosing a car that performs better in certain crash tests, and advanced safety features might help reduce injury disparities between men and women. One technology in particular, automatic emergency braking (AEB) addresses front to rear crashes, a crash scenario in which women are more likely to be injured.

Recent studies from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) have shown that a female driver or front passenger who is wearing her seat belt is 17 percent more likely than a male to be killed when a crash takes place, and a study from the University of Virginia showed that a female occupant’s odds of being injured in a frontal crash are 73 percent greater than the odds for a male occupant.

CR and others have drawn attention to this disparity , and lawmakers have called on the NHTSA to address the issues that may lead to inequality in vehicle injuries and fatalities. One hypothesis is that the lack of crash test dummies that adequately represent the average female body leads automakers to design vehicles targeted to protect the so-called 50th percentile male, currently represented by a 171-pound, 5-foot-9-inch dummy that’s used in the majority of crash tests.

“Everyone who rides in a car has benefited from the improvements identified by crash testing,” says Jennifer Stockburger, director of operations at CR’s Auto Test Center. “But once the major areas for crash protection have been improved upon, the more granular differences—such as the gender disparities—become more evident as some of the next areas to focus research.”

The IIHS examined crash data in detail and found that both the types of vehicles driven by women and the fact that male drivers are more likely to cause a crash can exacerbate the risk of injury.

For example, although men and women had about an equal proportion of crashes in minivans and SUVs, more than 20 percent of crashes involving men took place in pickups, compared with less than 5 percent of women. Within the vehicle classes, the IIHS also reports that men tended to crash in heavier vehicles, which can offer more protection in a crash.

“The numbers indicate that women more often drive smaller, lighter cars and that they’re more likely than men to be driving the struck vehicle in side-impact and front-into-rear crashes,” Jessica Jermakian, IIHS’ vice president of vehicle research, said in a statement. According to the IIHS, the driver of the striking vehicle is at lower risk of injury than the driver of the struck vehicle in those kinds of crashes.

This is especially concerning considering that many popular pickup trucks lack standard advanced safety features , including automatic emergency braking (AEB), which can help prevent or reduce the severity of the kind of front-to-rear crashes that are more likely to injure women. A prior study from the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI)—an affiliate of IIHS—found that vehicles equipped with AEB, forward collision warning (FCW), and lane-departure warning (LDW) can reduce bodily injury insurance claims by 16 percent .

“AEB is the type of feature you want not only on your own car but on everyone’s car around you,” says Stockburger. “This is why CR factors both crash protection ratings and the availability of advanced crash avoidance technologies into the overall score of the vehicles we test.”

When controlling for vehicle type, vehicle size, and crash type, IIHS researchers found that women were twice as likely as men to be moderately injured and a bit more likely to be seriously hurt in a crash—especially in regard to leg injuries—but that other disparities faded. Further analysis showed that vehicles with “Good” ratings in the IIHS moderate-overlap front and side crash tests lowered the odds of some injuries for women, in some cases more than they lowered those same odds for men. The research examined single- and two-vehicle front crashes that took place between 1998 and 2015 in which a front airbag deployed and the vehicle had to be towed away.

The results also suggest that further research is necessary to determine how to prevent the specific injuries that women are more susceptible to, and that more work is needed to improve the crashworthiness of smaller vehicles. A woman in a car with a Good crash test rating might be safer than a woman in a car with a Marginal or Poor rating—but depending on injury type, vehicle type, and crash type, she still may not be as safe as a man in a car with a Good rating.

“At least until we get to a point where new technologies and changes in driver behavior combine to prevent crashes from happening in the first place, this research highlights the need for crash tests to represent those that are being injured or killed most often,” says Stockburger.

In addition, it shows the need for the NHTSA to update its outdated new car assessment program (NCAP), says Emily Thomas, Ph.D., automotive safety engineer at CR. “Consumer information programs like NHTSA’s NCAP and IIHS’s crash tests are what have provided us with the safety benefit we see right now. IIHS is already making next steps. It’s time for NHTSA to make their move.”

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Keith Barry has been an auto reporter at Consumer Reports since 2018. He focuses on safety, technology, and the environmental impact of cars. Previously, he led home and appliance coverage at Reviewed; reported on cars for USA Today, Wired, and Car & Driver; and wrote for other publications as well. Keith earned a master’s degree in public health from Tufts University. Follow him on Twitter @itskeithbarry .

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St. Kitts and Nevis (WINN): Police are investigating an accident that took place Sunday afternoon in the vicinity of Reggae Beach, St. Kitts. 

At about 2:40 pm, motor car PA1499 driven by Makevon Williams of Wade’s Garden was traveling towards Reggae Beach at the South East Peninsular, when he lost control of his vehicle going around a curve and collided with a motorcycle R106 which was traveling in the opposite direction and driven by Marko Zitek along with pillion rider Stasa Mitsa both of Slovenia and passengers from the cruise vessel Celebrity Silhouette.  

Both visitors sustained cuts and bruises on their bodies, in addition, the female sustained serious injury to her right leg. They were transported to the JNF Hospital by the EMS, where they were treated and warded in stable condition. 

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Women are more likely than men to suffer serious injuries or death in crashes, research finds

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Crash test after crash test and years of studies have led to big strides in vehicle safety, according to Jessica Jermakian with the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

"Improving seat belts and air bags has really benefited both men and women, so that's great news," she said.

Despite that great news, some bad news remains.

"Women are more likely than men to be killed in crashes, and we've known that for decades," said Jermakian.

The question is, why? Why are women 20% to 28% more likely than men to be killed, and 37% to 73% more likely to be seriously injured?

Jermakian led the way in pouring over real-world crash data from 1998 to 2015. Researchers discovered one possible explanation is a difference in vehicle choice between men and women.

"For instance, we know that men are more likely to drive pickup trucks," she explained. "We know that if men and women are driving the same type of vehicle, say an SUV, women are more likely to choose smaller, lighter versions."

That difference may mean less protection.

"Between vehicle classes like a mid-size car and a small car, when those two impact each other, the mid-size car is going to win," said Jermakian. "It's heavier, and the physics doesn't change."

Vehicle choice is not the only possible difference for men and women.

"Even the type of crashes they're in are different," Jermakian said.

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She told Eyewitness News that in side-impact and front-into-rear crashes, men are more likely to be driving the striking vehicle, leaving them at a lower risk of injury.

So what can you do to reduce your risk of injury?

"The advice that I would give to women is the same advice that I would give to all drivers - you should buy as much safety as you can afford," said Jermakian. "Bigger is better, but you don't have to drive a tank to get the benefit. Generally, you should avoid the smallest, lightest vehicles."

Look for a vehicle with good crash test ratings.

Also, look specifically for cars with the advanced technology that will prevent your risk of a crash in the first place - features like automatic emergency braking and electronic stability control.

Even if you choose a smaller vehicle, you'll have a better chance of staying out of a crash.

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CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A crash that seriously hurt two women shut down all lanes of northbound Interstate 75 at the Towne Street exit for hours early Sunday, according to the Cincinnati Police Department Traffic Unit.

It happened shortly after 3 a.m. The highway did not fully reopen until around 8 a.m.

The driver, a 26-year-old woman, lost control of her 2015 Mazda 6 sedan and struck a tree, police said in a news release.

“Excessive speed and impairment are being investigated as contributing factors of the crash,” the release states.

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Fire officials said they extricated the driver and passenger from the vehicle with the “Jaws of Life” equipment and transported them to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center.

The passenger was critically hurt and the driver was seriously hurt, fire officials wrote in a news release.

Police said in another news release several hours later Sunday that both women were seriously hurt.

The passenger, a 25-year-old woman, was not wearing a seat belt while the driver was, according to police.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

Any witnesses to this crash are asked to contact the Cincinnati Police Department Traffic Unit at 513-352-2514.

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The State Patrol reports that just after 3 PM Thursday, a Ford Focus passenger car was eastbound on I-94 at Highway 241 in St. Michael when it ran off the roadway, struck the bridge, and rolled over.

Authorities say the driver, 22-year-old Connor Roberts of Big Lake sustained serious, but non-life threatening injuries in the crash, and was airlifted to the Hennepin County Medical Center in Minneapolis.

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M6 woman seriously injured in crash near Coventry

The collision happened southbound on the M6 between junction 3 and junction 2

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A woman has been seriously injured in a crash on the M6. The collision happened near Coventry between junction 3 and junction 2 southbound.

An air ambulance landed on the motorway to take away a patient. A car was seen overturned at the scene.

National H ighways officials said multiple vehicles were involved. Two lorries were seen at the scene of the accident yards from the car although it remains unclear whether they were involved in the crash.

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In a statement, Warwickshire Police today said: "Police were called at around 9.15am on Saturday, June 8 to reports of a two-vehicle collision involving a lorry and a car on the M6 between junctions two and three. Emergency services attended and a woman in her 50s was taken to hospital with serious injuries, where she remains in a stable condition."

Road closures remained in place for several hours after the crash. Several police cars along with health workers and Warwickshire Fire and Rescue were called to the incident.

Diversions were put in place after the crash. People were also told to avoid the area.

Motorists northbound on the M6 were also delayed for some time by police before that route was reopened. Many people took to X, formerly Twitter, to report being caught up in the queues.

Anyone who witnessed the collision or has dash cam footage is asked to report it via the police website . Quote incident number 82 of June 8.

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Woman raises money for young mother whose car was repossessed with baby inside

EVANSVILLE, Ind. ( WFIE /Gray News) - A woman is asking for help for a young mother whose car was repossessed while her baby was still inside.

Sabriya Miles said she thought her 7-day-old baby was being kidnapped after her car was taken with her child in it.

On Thursday, Miles said she left her baby in the running vehicle while dropping her toddler off at day care. When she turned around, she saw someone driving off with the vehicle and her baby.

Another mother helped Miles follow the car down the street.

“I couldn’t talk,” said Miles. “I was just too frustrated, and I was crying. I carried my baby for nine months and now I lost her.”

Police said the man who came to repossess the vehicle had mistakenly driven off with the child.

Miles said she had no warning the car was being repossessed.

“We talked about the situation of what I’m going through, and he sounded understandable,” she said.

The new mother is now left without a car. Her children’s car seats and her cellphone are still inside the repossessed vehicle.

“To think about the humanity of repossessing the car at a day care, I would have been livid had a dealer done that in my parking lot to a family,” said Tanisha Carothers, a lawyer and day care owner.

Carothers said seeing the mom’s story earlier this week tugged on her heartstrings. Now, she is trying to raise money to get Miles back on her feet.

“With the right resources, with the right community support, we have the ability to completely change the trajectory of a family’s life,” Carothers said.

Miles said she learned from the experience.

“I’ve been a mom since I was 15 years old, and this is the first time that anything like this has ever happened to me,” she said. “I won’t let it happen again.”

Carothers has set up a GoFundMe to raise money for a new car and a few baby items for Miles and her child.

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The coroner has released the identities of a Waukegan woman and a Round Lake Beach woman who were both killed in a crash involving a sedan and dump truck near Wauconda.

Carmen Zeron, 48, of Waukegan, and Angelica Juarez, 55, of Round Lake Beach, both died from blunt force injuries as a result of a vehicle crash, according to Lake County Coroner Jennifer Banek.

The Wauconda Fire District and Lake County Sheriff’s Office responded just before 8 a.m. Wednesday to the area of Chardon Road and Fairfield Road in unincorporated Wauconda for a vehicle crash with injuries.

Lake County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Chief Christopher Covelli said sheriff’s deputies arrived and found a vehicle and dump truck collided, causing major damage.

A preliminary investigation shows a 2007 Mack dump truck, driven by a 44-year-old Round Lake Park man, was traveling northbound on Fairfield Road approaching Chardon Road.

A 2007 Nissan Versa, driven by Zeron, was traveling westbound on Chardon Road approaching Fairfield Road at the same time, Covelli said.

Traffic on Chardon Road at Fairfield Road is controlled by a stop sign.

There is no stop sign or traffic control device for traffic on Fairfield Road at the intersection.

Covelli said the driver of the Nissan pulled into the intersection directly in front of the Mack truck.

The front of the dump truck struck the driver’s side of the Nissan.

The dump truck then rolled onto its side, spilling a load of loose concrete, Covelli said.

Zeron was pronounced dead at the scene.

Juarez, the backseat passenger in the Nissan, was also pronounced dead at the scene.

Wauconda Deputy Fire Chief Devin Mueller said the two victims in the Nissan were heavily trapped inside the vehicle.

A front-seat passenger in the Nissan, a 45-year-old Round Lake Beach woman, was not trapped in the vehicle.

She was transported to an area hospital with critical injuries later determined to be non-life-threatening, Covelli said.

Mueller said the driver of the dump truck was treated at the scene and declined transport to the hospital.

Autopsies are being scheduled on the two women killed in the crash. Their identities are being temporarily withheld.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office Technical Crash Investigations Team was called to the scene to conduct a crash investigation.

Fairfield Road was shut down from Route 60 to Gilmer Road. Traffic on Chardon Road was also blocked at Fairfield Road during the investigation.

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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo — An 83-year-old woman was gored and seriously injured by a bison in Yellowstone National Park.

The woman from Greenville, South Carolina, was near the Storm Point Trail at Yellowstone Lake on Saturday when the bison lifted her about a foot off the ground with its horns, park officials said in a statement.

The woman sustained serious injuries and was taken to a medical clinic in the park and then flown to the Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

No other information about the woman or her condition was released.

Officials said the bison was defending its space. The attack is being investigated.

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On Sunday, October 30th, in the middle of the long weekend, a woman resulted seriously injured after a collision caused by a tourist who was about to leave the port of Progreso and had to stay to carry out the respective procedures with the authorities.

( Por Esto! ).- The accident occurred on the intersection of Calles 76 and 29, a common spot for this type of accident according to locals, who saw how a white Toyota “Corolla” with Yucatan license plate YYD-338-E, did not respect the stop sign and got in front of an Italika motorcycle with license plate 39DLVZ also from the state of Yucatan.

The victim was identified as Wendy Julisa Canul Martinez, 52 years of age, who ended up with a possible fractured hip, right arm and neck, the woman could not move her limbs after falling to the pavement.

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GRAND FORKS, N.D. ( KVLY /Gray News) - Family, friends and community members are raising money for a North Dakota couple who lost their young daughter in a deadly crash earlier this week.

Authorities say the crash happened after 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the intersection of U.S. Highway 2 and Airport Road in the Grand Forks area.

Troopers say 26-year-old Nicole Louthain and her 6-year-old daughter were in an SUV at a red light when a suspected drunken driver rear-ended them.

Louthain suffered serious injuries and her daughter died.

A GoFundMe has been organized to help the family since the tragic crash.

“The accident resulted in the tragic loss of their daughter. We are asking the community to rally around this family and help support them by relieving any financial burdens,” organizer Audrey Peterson said.

The fundraiser has raised more than $38,000 in just the first few days while receiving donations from more than 500 people.

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K ENT COUNTY, MI – A woman was killed and a man seriously injured Thursday, May 30, in a crash in Grand Rapids Township, sheriff’s deputies said.

The names of those involved were not released.

The crash happened around 7:40 p.m. on East Fulton Street near Cascade Road SE, Kent County sheriff’s deputies said.

Preliminary investigation showed that a 56-year-old Kentwood woman was driving a Ford Escape west on Fulton when the vehicle crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound Honda Civic, driven by a 94-year-old Grand Rapids Township man, police said.

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A Colorado woman who was handcuffed in a police car hit by a train receives an $8.5M settlement

A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement

DENVER — A Colorado woman who was seriously injured when a freight train hit the parked police vehicle in which she sat handcuffed has reached an $8.5 million settlement, a lawyer representing two of the involved police officers said Wednesday.

The city of Fort Lupton and nearby town of Platteville, which together employed the three officers sued in the 2022 crash, will each pay half of the settlement to Yareni Rios, said attorney Eric Ziporin.

Ziporin represents the two officers who worked for Fort Lupton at the time, Jordan Steinke and Ryan Thomeczek. He declined to comment further on the agreement. Fort Lupton Police Chief William Carnes said in a statement Tuesday that the settlement was reached to “the mutual satisfaction of the parties, recognizes the gravity of this matter, and allows all parties to move forward.”

Former Platteville police Sgt. Pablo Vazquez was also sued. The Associated Press sent his attorneys an email seeking comment Wednesday.

Steinke and Vazquez were both sentenced to probation in connection with the crash; Thomeczek was not charged.

Rios, then 20, was pulled over by Vazquez on Sept. 16, 2022, after a road rage incident that police said at the time involved “menacing with a handgun.” Shortly afterward, Steinke and then Thomeczek arrived to help, and Steinke put Rios in the back of Vazquez’s patrol car. Vazquez had parked on railroad tracks, according to the lawsuit and testimony in Steinke’s trial last year.

Steinke testified that she did not realize where the car was parked, though the tracks and railroad crossing signs can be seen in her body camera footage. She was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault, fired from her job and sentenced to serve 2 1/2 years of supervised probation.

In comments recorded on body camera footage, Vazquez told other officers that he thought he had cleared the tracks when he parked behind Rios. He said he was focused on her because he was concerned that she possibly had a weapon.

Vazquez pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment and was sentenced to a year of unsupervised probation.

Rios screamed for help after seeing the train approaching, and although a door in the police car had been left open, she was not able to get out of the caged-in back seat, according to the lawsuit, which stated that she suffered serious injuries, including severe head trauma. The suit accused police of being reckless and failing to protect Rios while she was in their custody.

Rios pleaded no contest to a charge of misdemeanor menacing.

New cars are safer, but women most likely to suffer injury

Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older models, including in the most common types of crashes -- frontal collisions. However, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia's Center for Applied Biomechanics shows that women wearing seat belts are significantly more likely to suffer injury than their male counterparts.

Belted female auto occupants have 73% greater odds of being seriously injured in frontal car crashes compared to belted males (after controlling for collision severity, occupant age, stature, body mass index and vehicle model year). The difference in risk is greatest for injury to the lower extremities, but also occurs with several other types of injury.

"Until we understand the fundamental biomechanical factors that contribute to increased risk for females, we'll be limited in our ability to close the risk gap," said Jason Forman, a principal scientist with the Center for Applied Biomechanics. "This will take substantial effort, and in my view the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not have the resources needed to address this issue."

Additionally, vehicle occupants age 66 and older continue to be particularly susceptible to thoracic injury, likely resulting from increased fragility of the ribcage with advanced age.

The good news is that newer automobiles have tended to exhibit a decreased risk of injury overall. Specifically, risk has decreased for skull fractures, cervical spine injury and abdominal injury. Injury risks to the knee-thigh-hip region and the ankle are also significantly reduced. The risk of sternum fractures and serious rib fractures, however, has not been significantly reduced.

The study, published this week in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention , is an analysis of crash and injury data compiled from the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System for the years 1998 to 2015. These data come from a sample of police-reported crashes in the U.S.

"For belted occupants in frontal collisions, substantial reductions in injury risk have been realized in many body regions in recent years," Forman said. "These results provide insight into where advances in the field have made gains in occupant protection, and what injury types and risk factors remain to be addressed."

This study focused on frontal-impact crashes with belted occupants, aged 13 and older. The data included nearly 23,000 front-end crashes involving more than 31,000 occupants, and a nearly equal number of females and males. Pregnant women who were past the first trimester were not included.

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Study: Women more at risk for injury than men in car crashes

News5 continues our work, with you, to drive change on Colorado's roads. While major advances in technology have helped to make new vehicles safer, we're working with crash experts who discovered there is a significant safety gap for women. A 2019 study from the University of Virginia found women wearing seatbelts in the front seat were 73% more likely to be seriously injured than men in a frontal crash. It's a safety gap that's putting our wives, mothers, and daughters at risk.

Crash tests designed back in the 1970s were revolutionary in understanding the affect of crashes on people at the point of impact. Over the years, the crash tests became more sophisticated as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration continued to collect data and increase safety standards, but at the University of Virginia researchers say they've identified an area of risk that must be addressed.

“Vehicles have improved dramatically and car companies and the federal government have made great improvements in the safety of vehicles in general and they should be commended for that, but simply because we made improvements doesn't mean our job is done,” said Dr. Jason Forman who led the crash research.

Dr. Forman and his team made this alarming discovery.

“Women were at greater risk of injury compared to men," said Dr. Forman. "That stood out to us.”

The study determined women were 73% more likely than men to be injured during a frontal crash while belted in the front seat. Women are also at a 79.7% higher risk than men for injuries to their legs. This comes on the heels of a federal study that found women belted-in while driving or in the passenger seat were 17% more likely to be killed.

Research continues to determine why there is such a safety gap between women and men. Many believe it starts with unequal representation in crash test dummies.

“Right now there are Crash Test Dummies that represent a midsize male and a large male and a very very small female 5th percentile weighing around a little over a hundred pounds, just under about 5 feet tall," said Dr. Forman. "What we don't have is a good model, a physical model, or human body computer model for a midsize female."

Dr. Emily Thomas is an automotive safety engineer for Consumer Reports.

"We know that women are not built the same way as men. We know that there are really important physiological and material differences in the way that our bodies are designed versus men's bodies and how they're going to respond differently in a crash, that needs to be taken into account,” said Dr. Thomas.

Dr. Thomas is pushing for major changes in crash testing.

“Really what we need is to be able to urge the regulators to put out a safety standard that's going to require a female dummies to be in the driver's seat during the crash testing and require that there is an average female dummy that's built that we can use in our safety designs.” Dr Thomas.

With so many women now driving on a daily basis, Dr. Thomas says a change is long overdue.

“When Crash Test Dummies were first designed you primarily had men that were driving the vehicles right?," said Dr. Thomas. "That's where the the greatest injury and greatest fatality risk was for men just because of how our society was.”

While bio-mechanic and automobile industry experts grapple with this safety concern, Dr. Thomas says on a local level drivers should make their voices heard because it could take an act of congress to require changes to how we crash test our cars in the United States.

"You can be reaching out to your state representatives and really trying to show how much this matters to you as a local consumer, as a person who drives around and is driving their family is around,” said Dr. Thomas.

Members of congress have sent a letter to the federal crash investigators requesting some changes, but nothing has happened at this point. Experts say the best advice to improve your safety is to always wear your seatbelt. Another area crash test experts hope to improve safety in the coming years is the back seat. With rideshare companies growing in popularity people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds are riding in the back seat more than ever before.

For more information on the University of Virginia's study: https://news.virginia.edu/content/study-new-cars-are-safer-women-most-likely-suffer-injury

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Study: New Cars Are Safer, But Women Most Likely to Suffer Injury

• By Fariss Samarrai , [email protected]

The Center for Applied Biomechanics is testing an industry-standard dummy designed to represent a 5th-percentile woman, to evaluate how realistically the dummy represents a female automobile occupant. (Photo courtesy Center for Applied Biomechanics)

Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older models, including in the most common types of crashes – frontal collisions. However, a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia’s Center for Applied Biomechanics shows that women wearing seat belts are significantly more likely to suffer injury than their male counterparts.

Belted female auto occupants have 73% greater odds of being seriously injured in frontal car crashes compared to belted males (after controlling for collision severity, occupant age, stature, body mass index and vehicle model year). The difference in risk is greatest for injury to the lower extremities, but also occurs with several other types of injury.

Jason Forman, a principal scientist with the Center for Applied Biomechanics, led the study. (Submitted photo)

“Until we understand the fundamental biomechanical factors that contribute to increased risk for females, we’ll be limited in our ability to close the risk gap,” said Jason Forman, a principal scientist with the Center for Applied Biomechanics. “This will take substantial effort, and in my view the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does not have the resources needed to address this issue.”

Additionally, vehicle occupants age 66 and older continue to be particularly susceptible to thoracic injury, likely resulting from increased fragility of the ribcage with advanced age.

The good news is that newer automobiles have tended to exhibit a decreased risk of injury overall. Specifically, risk has decreased for skull fractures, cervical spine injury and abdominal injury. Injury risks to the knee-thigh-hip region and the ankle are also significantly reduced. The risk of sternum fractures and serious rib fractures, however, has not been significantly reduced.

The study, published this week in the journal Traffic Injury Prevention, is an analysis of crash and injury data compiled from the National Automotive Sampling System Crashworthiness Data System for the years 1998 to 2015. These data come from a sample of police-reported crashes in the U.S.

“For belted occupants in frontal collisions, substantial reductions in injury risk have been realized in many body regions in recent years,” Forman said. “These results provide insight into where advances in the field have made gains in occupant protection, and what injury types and risk factors remain to be addressed.”

This study focused on frontal-impact crashes with belted occupants, aged 13 and older. The data included nearly 23,000 front-end crashes involving more than 31,000 occupants, and a nearly equal number of females and males. Pregnant women who were past the first trimester were not included.

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FORT LAUDERDALE — A woman is dead and a police officer was injured after an early Saturday morning crash in Fort Lauderdale.

Around 1 a.m., a Fort Lauderdale patrol officer was responding to a separate call when he collided with a civilian car in the 1100 block of Northwest 9th Avenue. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, the civilian driver was making a turn when she turned into the path of the oncoming marked police vehicle.

The woman was then transported by Fort Lauderdale Fire Department officials to Broward Medical Center, where she died from her injuries.

The officer was also transported to Broward Medical with non-life-threatening injuries. FLPD told CBS News Miami that he has since been released from the hospital.

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Women In Fewer Crashes But More Likely To Be Seriously Injured Than Men

Why Women Have a Higher Risk of Car Accident Injuries?

Did you know women are more likely than men to suffer severe injuries in car crashes? But before you jump to any conclusions about why, let us explain.

According to new crash research from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), certain vehicles and accidents create added injury risk for women. Interestingly, men are in more fatal crashes overall, but women suffer more severe bodily injuries.

Fewer Crashes But More Injuries? Why?

That’s right – women are in fewer crashes than men, but are more likely to be seriously injured. The research shows women tend to have moderate to severe injuries like crushing leg injuries, broken bones, collapsed lungs, concussions, and brain injuries.

You might think this is due to vehicle designs that favor men, but that’s simply not true – at least, not anymore. The IIHS found that auto manufacturers have made safety improvements that benefit men and women equally and negate the impact of car design. 

Other factors are what’s contributing to more severe injuries for women. Vehicle size and crash types are the two big ones. Here’s why.

Women tend to drive smaller, more lightweight vehicles than men. Generally speaking, women may feel that a smaller car suits their size better and has better sightlines for safer driving.

However, smaller cars are more likely to crumple and allow severe injuries during crashes with bigger vehicles. A small-size passenger car is vulnerable to the crushing forces of an SUV, delivery truck , or another large vehicle.

Vehicle Size + Crash Type = Risk of Injury

In addition to the vehicle size, the type of crash is also a factor. Consider a crash between a compact car and a huge semi-truck traveling at fast speeds on a California interstate highway.

We’ve already learned that women are more likely to drive small cars. They’re also far less likely than men to be professionally employed as commercial truck drivers. Only 6 % of the nation’s truck drivers are women. So the odds are that this crash could involve a woman driving the compact car and a man driving the semi-truck.

Now consider another factor. Research shows that in crashes, the drivers of large vehicles are more likely to injure others than themselves. As the IIHS puts it, “Most deaths in large truck crashes are passenger vehicle occupants. The main problem is the vulnerability of people traveling in smaller vehicles.”

So as you can see, in our example of a compact car and a semi-truck colliding on the highway, the woman in the compact car is more likely to be injured. She could have severe, life-changing injuries that require surgery, rehabilitation, and months of recovery. 

The man in the semi-truck could walk away injury-free. It’s not sexism – it’s just physics! But it helps explain why women are more likely to have severe injuries in these common crashes.

If You Have Car Accident Injuries, Take Action

Women aren’t just more likely to be injured in semi-truck accidents. They’re more likely to be injured in all accidents. 

The IIHS researchers analyzed police-reported tow-away front and side crashes between 1998 and 2015. They found that compared to men, women were three times as likely to have a moderate injury like a concussion or a broken bone and twice as likely to have a severe injury like a collapsed lung or a traumatic brain injury .

So if you’re ever the unfortunate victim of an injury like this, you can take action and seek payment for your losses. Reach out to us at Sally Morin Personal Injury Lawyers. Here in California, injured victims can recover compensation for medical bills, car damages, lost wages, and more. 

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