A female crash test dummy introduced in the early 2000s represents a 5th-percentile woman (under 5 feet tall and 108 pounds) and was designed as a smaller-scaled version of the male dummy without accounting for sex-specific biomechanical differences such as muscle strength, fat distribution, and bone density.
November 21, 2025
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Explains the anthropometric and biomechanical limitations of the commonly used early female crash test dummy.