616
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] SomethingBlack@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

so I'm making the fairly safe assumption they put dummies in various different seating arrangements

The source doesn't use data from crash test dummies but from real life crashes. So we can't take seating arrangements for granted if it could meaningfully effect the numbers.

The stats apparently originate from the US government, so it's going to be a pretty big sample size that should average out any differences in seating position.

The sample size is irrelevant if cultural factors exist that could skew the results. Cultural factors like men are more commonly taxi/Uber/bus drivers, men are more likely to drive with their partner as a passenger than the inverse, etc.

I don't think there are really any conclusive after stats as the product was only introduced to the market a couple of years ago

That's a fair point, I don't expect there would be enough data for anything conclusive.

there's a correlation with male safety improving with advances in the crash test process that aren't reflected equivalently with women's safety

That would be an interesting read. I'll have a look for it.

this post was submitted on 28 Jul 2025
616 points (96.4% liked)

Science Memes

16067 readers
1251 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS