London, Oct 23: Women are more likely sustain injuries in car crashes because safety features are designed by men with themselves in mind, a new study including an Indian-origin researcher has found.
Researchers investigated 10 years' worth of data on U.S. motor vehicle accidents and discovered female drivers wearing seatbelts were 47 per cent more likely to suffer serious injury than males, reports the Daily Mail.
They found that belted female drivers suffered more chest and spine injuries than strapped-in male drivers in comparable crashes.
Previous studies have investigated the differences in the way men and women drive, but Dipan Bose and Jeff Crandall of the University of Virginia and Maria Segui-Gomez of Navarra.
Researchers investigated 10 years' worth of data on U.S. motor vehicle accidents and discovered female drivers wearing seatbelts were 47 per cent more likely to suffer serious injury than males, reports the Daily Mail.
They found that belted female drivers suffered more chest and spine injuries than strapped-in male drivers in comparable crashes.
Previous studies have investigated the differences in the way men and women drive, but Dipan Bose and Jeff Crandall of the University of Virginia and Maria Segui-Gomez of Navarra.
- 10/23/2011
- by Anita Agarwal
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