If a new study is to be believed, female drivers will be safer in an accident than their male counterparts because of the fact that females have a thicker skull than men.
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Published in a science journal, the study was based on head scan images of 3,000 patients in a US hospital using a non-invasive method for determining and analysing the critical geometric characteristics of a person's skull.
The researchers found that the average thickness of the skull in men was 6.5 millimetres, but 7.1 mm in women. The average front to back measurement for men was 176 mm in men, but was less in women at 171 mm. Average width was 145 mm in men and 140 mm in women.
Skull thickness, as one might expect, improves the outcome for anyone suffering a head injury.
The results could help in the design of more effective devices for protecting the head in vehicle collisions and other accidents.
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