Women almost twice as likely to be trapped in crashed vehicle, study finds

Exclusive: Calls to improve car design and safety as females also found to have different injury patterns to men

Women are almost twice as likely as men to become trapped in a motor vehicle after a crash and they also sustain different patterns of injury, data suggests.

The research - the first large UK study to compare sex differences in injury patterns and the likelihood of becoming trapped after a collision - could help vehicle manufacturers improve car design and safety features to reduce rates of injury in both sexes. It also strengthens calls for the inclusion of more biologically accurate crash test dummies in simulations of vehicle collisions, to investigate their impact on women.