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1949:<\/strong> Samuel Alderson and his research lab invent the first ever Crash Test Dummy. This creation will be a building block for many innovations to come, regarding vehicle safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1950s:<\/strong> Researchers used human corpses as surrogates to collect data on human injuries caused by accidents in crash experiments and subsequently adopted animals and volunteers as crash surrogates. <\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1959:<\/strong> At the first Mercedes-Benz crash test in 1959 a test car was accelerated head-on into a fixed barrier made of old press dies otherwise destined for the scrapheap. <\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1960’s: <\/strong> \u00a0By the mid 1960s the first-generation sleds had given way to a new type of impact vehicle, to which a complete passenger car body could be attached for load testing if required. <\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
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1970:<\/strong> The Highway Safety Act of 1970 combines three agencies into the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. <\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1971: <\/strong> In 1971, ARL and Sierra collaborated to develop the Hybrid I dummy. This dummy can be used to measure head and chest triaxial acceleration and femur load <\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1973: <\/strong>Hybrid II was created and cleared by NHTSA for use in crash testing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1977: <\/strong>General Motors creates the Model III crash test dummy, most advanced of its time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Early 1990s: <\/strong> Researchers begin looking into the biofidelic properties of humans to make more accurate crash test dummies. This is seen in the creation of the Hybrid III.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mid-1990s:<\/strong> \u00a0Automakers worked with the aircraft industry in the mid-1990s to bring them up to speed with the advances in crash testing as related to human tolerance and injuries. <\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997:<\/strong> In 1997, GM’s Hybrid III crash test dummies officially became the industry standard for testing to comply with government frontal impact regulations and airbag\u00a0safety. <\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2003: <\/strong>Additional dummies represent different size occupants such as children and small women in the occupant protection standard and the child restraint system standard <\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007:<\/strong> The regulation for head restraints uses an adult male test dummy to increase safety of head restraints. <\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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