My Car Crash Confirmed That the Absence of Female Crash Test Dummies Remains an Ongoing Health Hazard for Women

Car manufacturers have known for decades that their cars are not designed for women, either for driving or surviving collisions. Last week, this gender data gap punched me right in the face.

Friday night, 7:26 pm, Brooklyn Methodist Hospital trauma unit. That’s me being pushed in the stretcher.

First let me say that it hurts to write this. And I mean it literally hurts, not figuratively. Ever since my car accident, my right hand has been swollen, badly bruised¹, and unable to type, its fingers plumped out like sausages. I could possibly dict…