Meet Graham, The Only Man Who Can Survive A Car Crash

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 Meet Graham. He might look a little  different but I assure you that he’s human. Well, sort of. The reason he  looks the way he does is because his body has been modified to  withstand a car crash. Graham was created as part of a new  Australian road safety campaign by the Transport Accident Commission  (TAC). He was designed by sculptor Patricia Piccinini, a leading trauma  surgeon, and a road safety engineer, who modified him based on their own  knowledge of traffic accidents. The result isn’t a pretty sight but  it’s certainly a sobering one. As you can see, Graham doesn’t have a  neck because these snap easily in car accidents. He also has a flat,  fleshy face to protect his ears and nose. And if you’re wondering about  all those extra nipples, they’re to protect his ribs like a natural set  of airbags. 

Meet Graham. He might look different but I assure you that he’s human

 

The reason he looks the way he does is because his body has been modified to withstand a car crash

 

Graham was created as part of a new Australian road safety campaign

 

He was designed by sculptor Patricia Piccinini, a leading trauma surgeon, and a road safety engineer

  

He has multiple nipples to protect his ribs like a natural set of airbags

 

Graham’s brain is the same as yours, but his skull is bigger with  more fluid and more ligaments to support the brain when a collision  occurs

 

Graham has a rather flat face and a lot of fatty tissue to absorb the energy of an impact

 Our faces are a delicate mix of bone, muscle and cartilage. Many  people injured in car accidents receive fractures to their nose,  damaging not only the bone but disrupting sinuses and the delicate parts  behind the cheekbone. To combat this, Graham has a rather flat face.  His nose is reduced and his ears are protected by the larger structure  of his skull and neck 

Graham has been designed with airbag-like ribs with sacks that do a similar job to that of an airbag

 Car seat belts are designed to use the strength of the ribs to help  us withstand the forces of a crash. That’s why the three-point seatbelt  rests across your ribs and sternum and across your pelvis. It loads the  centre of your chest, spreading the force over the ribcage until the  ribs break when the force becomes too great. 

Graham’s skull is a lot bigger, it’s almost helmet like and it’s got  these inbuilt crumple zones that would absorb the energy on impact

 The skull absorbs a lot of force on impact simply by  fracturing. Essentially this stops the force from carrying through to  the brain in much the same way a helmet works. Graham’s skull has been  engineered to absorb more of the impact earlier, much like a helmet. 

Graham’s knees have movement in all directions so they are less likely to be injured

 When a pedestrian is hit by a car it’s  usually when they’re stepping out from a curb. On impact, the immediate  problem is that the knee is only built to bend in one direction, so it  will almost always break first. Depending on the force of the impact,  the tendons can also pull, twist and hyperextend well beyond their  intended radius. 

Graham’s neck is fortified with a brace-like structure that protects his head from injury when there is a sudden movement

 There is not enough strength in the neck  to stop the head from jolting forward in a crash. The forward motion  causes a hyperflexion injury and the backwards motion a hyperextension  injury. Simply put, the neck is placed under more pressure than its  structure can manage. The added danger is the spinal cord running  through the neck. If it is to bend and stretch too much it will break,  causing serious injuries like paraplegia or quadriplegia. 

Graham has thicker and tougher skin to shield and reduce abrasions and road rash

 A pedestrian impact is mostly blunt force trauma. However, if our  bodies are pitched to the road or if broken glass is involved, then cuts  and abrasions can occur. Skin is vulnerable to the road, with bitumen  potentially wearing through clothing. This is even more important for  motorcyclists and cyclists, who only have minimal protection between  themselves and the road. 

Strong, hoof-like legs with added joints allow him to jump out of the way quickly in a “spring-loaded” fashion

 

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