Simulated car crashes involving pregnant women
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 - 22:21
in Health & Medicine
Although states are not required to report fetal deaths in accident data, between 300 and 1,000 unborn babies die in car accidents each year. This accident fatality rate is about four times the rate for victims between infancy and four years old. In response to these numbers, Ford Motor Company has worked with researchers for the past three years to gather data in support of future development of a computer-aided model of a pregnant woman for virtual crash test simulations.