Hybrid III Crash Test Dummy, 1990s (right)
date: label: date made
content: 1990s
notes: label: Description
content: General Motors introduced the Hybrid II crash test dummy in 1972 to provide better performance than other dummies made by specialized manufacturers. In the 1970s, GM began developing the more sophisticated Hybrid III, a sensitive, humanlike dummy that simulated and measured injuries to many parts of the body. Hybrid III had a better defined head, neck, spine, and posture than Hybrid II, and its 41 channels of information (compared to 8 channels in Hybrid II) measured impact to the head, torso, knee, and leg with greater precision. In 1997 the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration certified Hybrid III as the only dummy to be used for compliance testing.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Transportation
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content: Road Transportation
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of General Motors Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0143.01
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0143.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0143
objectType: label: Object Name
content: crash test dummy (anthropomorphic test device)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: vinyl (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: fabric clothing (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (seated): 55 in x 17 in x 30 in; 139.7 cm x 43.18 cm x 76.2 cm