{{Short description|Crash test dummy}} [[Image:Hybridlll.jpg|thumbnail|The original 50th percentile male Hybrid III's family expanded to include a 95th percentile male, 5th percentile female which is described as 'female' but is still based on the male body shape,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/feb/23/truth-world-built-for-men-car-crashes|title=The deadly truth about a world built for men – from stab vests to car crashes}}</ref> and three-year-old and six-year-old child dummies.]]
[[File:V07168P009.jpg|thumb|6 year-old and 3 year-old Hybrid III dummies sitting in a [[Lexus RX350]] prior to an static side airbag deployment test.]]
The '''Hybrid III''' is the standard [[crash test dummy]] for frontal crash tests as of the beginning of the 21st century. It was initially only a 50th percentile male (equal in height and weight to the average North American male at the time of its development).
Hybrid III, the 50th percentile male dummy which made its first appearance in 1976, is the familiar crash test dummy. If he could stand upright, he would be 5' 9" tall and would have a [[mass]] of approximately 78 [[kilogram|kg]] (172 [[pound (mass)|lb]]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.humaneticsatd.com/crash-test-dummies/frontal-impact/hybrid-iii-50th|title=Hybrid III 50th Male Dummy|website=www.humaneticsatd.com|access-date=2016-07-18|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713141544/http://www.humaneticsatd.com/crash-test-dummies/frontal-impact/hybrid-iii-50th|archivedate=2016-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nhtsa.gov/Research/Hybrid+III+50th+Percentile+Male |title=Hybrid III 50th Percentile Male |website=www.nhtsa.gov |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100528110712/http://www.nhtsa.gov/Research/Hybrid%2BIII%2B50th%2BPercentile%2BMale |archive-date=May 28, 2010 |access-date=2016-07-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He occupies the driver's seat in all the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) {{convert|65|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} offset frontal crash tests.
Hybrid III has a "big brother" model, the 95th percentile Hybrid III, at {{convert|188|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} and {{convert|100|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. The 'female' Hybrid III is a 5th percentile dummy that is based on the same male body shape as the others, at {{convert|152|cm|ft|abbr=on}} tall and {{convert|50|kg|lb|abbr=on}}. The two Hybrid III child dummies represent a {{convert|21|kg|lb|abbr=on}} six-year-old and a {{convert|15|kg|lb|abbr=on}} three-year-old. The child models are recent additions{{when|date=July 2016}} to the crash test dummy family; because so little hard data are available on the effects of accidents on children, and such data are very difficult to obtain, these models are based in large part on [[Estimation theory|estimates]] and [[approximation]]s.
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.iihs.org Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)] * [https://www.faxvin.com/ FAXVIN]
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