Duckworth Statement on Progress Toward Achieving Goals of Her Bipartisan She DRIVES Act with New Advanced Female Crash Test Dummy

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) unveiled designs for a female crash test dummy—a safety reform Duckworth has been pushing for through her bipartisan She DRIVES Act, which she co-leads alongside U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE). The She DRIVES Act would help modernize vehicle safety tests by requiring the use of the most advanced testing devices available, including a female crash test dummy.

“Any progress here is good because there’s simply no good reason why women are more likely to be injured or die in car crashes. For years, I’ve pushed for the bipartisan SHE Drives Act alongside Senator Fischer to help modernize vehicle safety tests by requiring the use of the most advanced testing devices available, including a female crash test dummy, so we can have the data we need to reduce this disparity. It’s a simple, commonsense fix, and I urge Republican leadership to bring our legislation to the floor for a vote so we can continue making progress to keep women safe and save lives.”

The She DRIVES Act is estimated to help save more than 1,300 lives, prevent and mitigate tens of thousands of serious injuries and save billions of dollars in economic impact from preventing and mitigating injuries and deaths.

Last December, Duckworth announced more than $2 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to improve crash reporting in Illinois to help make our roads as safe as possible and reduce the number of lives lost to car crashes.

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