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Make the legal standard for women's safety in cars higher

Submitted on Saturday 22nd May 2021

Rejected on Friday 28th May 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make the legal standard for women's safety in cars higher

Petition Details

I was horrified upon reading the article 'The deadly truth about a world built for men' in the Guardian (23/02/2019). It revealed that women are at a significantly higher risk in many aspects of life. The section regarding car safety stuck out to me as a young woman approaching driving age.

Additional Information

Women are at a significant safety disadvantage in cars. Factors such as seat height and firmness, as well as mostly male crash-test dummies that don’t account for female muscle mass distribution, bone density, and pregnancy play a significant role in this.
As a result, in a car crash a woman is:
• 47% more likely to be seriously injured.
• 17% more likely to die.
Men are twice as likely to get into car crashes, yet women still have an overall higher chance of suffering serious injury.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

Petitions need to call on the Government or Parliament to take a specific action.

We understand that you are concerned about car safety for women, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.

You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.

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