For the longest time, car crash tests have used dummies based on the average size of a man. Dr. Astrid Linder from Sweden discerned the gender bias that could be a safety concern for the opposite sex - which eventually led her to the creation of her female dummy model based on the average size of a woman.
Last May 2023, the Swedish engineer won the Woman of Worth (WOW) award from the Women's Car of the Year for designing and instigating the world's first-ever female crash test dummy.
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