Posted on 02/12/2021 5:02:36 AM PST by karpov
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The smaller, lighter vehicles that women more often drive, and the types of crashes they get into, may explain why they are much more likely to suffer a serious injury in a collision than men, a new study published Thursday found.
Researchers from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group supported by auto insurers, looked into whether there was some sort of gender bias in the research into vehicle crashes or whether body type had anything to do with the injuries.
They analyzed injuries of men and women in police-reported tow-away front and side crashes from 1998 to 2015. Among the findings were that in front crashes, women were three times as likely to experience a broken bone, concussion or other moderate injury, and twice as likely to suffer a serious one like a collapsed lung or traumatic brain injury.
Men and women crashed in minivans and SUVs in about equal proportions, the researchers found. But around 70% of women crashed in cars, compared with about 60% of men. And more than 20% of men crashed in pickups, compared with less than 5% of women.
Men are also more likely to be driving the striking vehicle in two-vehicle front-to-rear and front-to-side crashes, according to the researchers.
“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,” said Jessica Jermakian, IIHS vice president of vehicle research, in a statement. “Once you account for that, the difference in the odds of most injuries narrows dramatically.”
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Watch this get spun into “masculine toxicity” because men drive big, strong trucks that mangle little cars driven by women.
Cars are racist.
A big car is like life insurance, except that when you crash your car, it doesn’t pay out to your heirs but instead likely saves your life.
Funny that the government mandates seat belts and helmets - and small cars (at the manufacturer level).
Nah, it’s not simply mandating. Women, many women, consider a car as a fashion accessory... they look at the smaller car and think “it’s cute” and tend to buy them, even when they have the means to buy a larger vehicle.
Even without mandates this would be happening... and car makers know it. They know if they can get a women to think a small car is “cute” they will sell better.
Call me sexist all you want, that’s reality.
You mean “cars are sexist bigots.”
What do fat chicks and mopeds have in common? They’re both fun to ride on but you don’t want your friends to see you with either one.
“Study: Smaller cars may be why crashes injure women more”
Most of the time it’s their imaginations.
Woman: size matters!!!
I have 2 cars. 1 is a SUV, other is a small chevy Spark. Driving the Spark, drivers cut me off often, seldom in the SUV.
a study from 1998-2015... things could’ve changed in the past 6 years since this study was conducted...
sounds like more fear porn...
Yes, CAFE kills. The number one cause of death in automobile accidents is collision with an immovable object ie trees, ditches, bridge abutments, etc.
“they look at the smaller car and think “it’s cute”
Absolutely true to a point. A Mini Cooper is cute; “smart” cars look like death traps.
The fashion accessory goes both ways. A lot of guys think driving a big decked out pick up truck is manly. I found the larger the vehicle the less likely a woman was driving it. I used to drive a motorhome and got surprised looks when I stopped for gas.
The only thing that’s changed is that less expensive cars are even smaller.
The only reason we finally gave in and got a minivan and a compact SUV was that there was no head or legroom in less expensive sedans anymore.
The most important equation in physics.
That's what she said.
I can see the nanny state leftists desire for control coming... They'll want to limit or tax the use of big bad trucks and SUVs - for the environment and as a women's health issue. No. For two very good reasons. One, sometimes you need a large vehicle. Two, eff you nanny state, who are you to tell me what I can or cannot drive? What happened to freedom, liberty, and personal choice?
Plus we’re talking collisions, not rollovers...
That could be skewing the data, too.
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