This Model Could Survive Any Car Crash

Few things disrupt lives as suddenly and completely as a car accident. It all happens so quickly — if a tired, distracted, or careless driver turns at the wrong time or crosses the yellow line, your life might never be the same. And it’s more common than you might think. In 2014, more than 20,000 Americans were killed in car crashes, and more than two million were injured. 

So even in our ultra high-tech society, road safety is still of critical importance. So a public traffic safety group in Australia has taken a look at accident safety unlike anything we’ve ever seen before, and we think you’ll never look at it quite the same way again.

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We’ve made huge strides in making cars and roads safer for people and collisions more survivable.

Airbags, seat belts, crosswalks, and many other developments have all made real differences in people’s lives. But the one thing that hasn’t evolved to survive a collision is the human body.Which is where Graham enters the story.

Graham is a model designed to show what a human who had evolved to survive a car crash would look like.

And with a face like that, he’s sure to turn heads. But he wasn’t created to look good; he was created to bring attention to how vulnerable our bodies are, especially when they’re involved in a collision.

Graham was developed by Victoria, Australia’s Transport Accident Commission, the brainchild of a trauma surgeon, a crash investigation expert, and a sculptor.

“Cars have evolved a lot faster than humans and Graham helps us understand why we need to improve every aspect of our roads system to protect ourselves from our own mistakes,” said TAC CEO Joe Calafiore.

Although it’s hard to look at much other than Graham’s, um, unique mug, the really cool stuff is happening underneath his skin.

There are good reasons why Graham looks the way he does, and it’s all based off what trauma surgeon Christian Kenfield and road safety engineer David Logan see every day…