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Cars Do Not Protect Women As Well As Men

A recent study published in the American Journal of Public Health concludes that the risks of sustaining serious injuries in a car crash are significantly higher for women than for men. This is because several safety features do not take sex-specific disparities into account.

Head restraints do not reflect the fact that women's necks have a different size and shape than men's. Women also have a shorter stature, which means that they are likely to sustain more severe injuries to the lower limbs in certain types of accidents.

The study found that women who are wearing a seatbelt are 47 percent more at risk of a serious injury than men who are wearing a seatbelt are.

The researchers said that to address such disparities, the health authorities and lawmakers should put more pressure on automakers to adjust the vehicle's design and its safety features to the specific characteristics of women.

Protective safety features - like a vehicle's crashworthiness, head restraints, seat belts, or air bags - have significantly contributed to the decline of fatal and serious injuries in traffic accidents in the last ten years.

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