THOR 05F crash dummy Provides Three Times More Injury Data Than Old Models

THOR 05F crash dummy Features Female Anatomy to Fix Decades of Safety Bias

Research shows that women are 73% more likely to be seriously injured in head-on car crashes compared with men in the same crashes. This disparity stems from a decades-long oversight: safety systems have been designed around crash test dummies modeled after male bodies. Now, that is finally changing. The THOR 05F crash dummy has arrived, tailored for female anatomy to bring precise, advanced injury data that will improve crash safety for everyone.

This advanced model is the result of over a decade of careful engineering work between federal safety officials and Humanetics, the company that manufactures these sophisticated testing instruments.

Here is a look at the technology and the vital differences the THOR 05F is designed to measure.

The Technology: 150+ Sensors

The THOR 05F crash dummy is more durable, accurate, and lifelike than previous models, enabling it to collect far superior injury measurements. Individual dummies can cost over a million dollars to produce, reflecting the complexity of the engineering.

The previous attempt by regulators to address this issue resulted in what they called a female dummy that was merely a scaled-down male model with attachments for breasts. The THOR 05F is a ground-up redesign.

What This Means For Safety In Cars

For 50 years, the auto industry had no concrete data on how its safety systems performed on female bodies rather than just scaled-down versions of men. The new dummy’s advanced sensor network will now finally reveal the true performance of key safety equipment.

• Safer Vehicle Design: This data will help engineers understand precisely why certain injuries (like whiplash and lower leg injuries) occur at higher rates in female passengers and how to prevent them through better seat, airbag, and vehicle structural design.
• Better Regulation: The accurate information will put pressure on American regulators to mandate safer designs, catching up with European officials who are already planning to integrate sophisticated female dummies into their testing protocols.

Real people, like women’s car safety testing advocate Maria Weston Kuhn—who suffered devastating injuries when her seatbelt failed to function correctly—will benefit from this change, as manufacturers now have a powerful incentive to engineer better protection for everyone on the road.

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