Anthropometric Variable

Mean (50^th percentile)

SD

Application In-vehicle Variables

Popliteal height sitting

49.39

2.02

Seat height

Hip breadth sitting

37.95

3.62

Seat width

Buttock-popliteal length

48.97

2.57

Seat length

Shoulder height, sitting

57.54

2.55

Back-rest length

Shoulder breadth

45.42

3.25

Back-rest width

a. Anterior arm reach sitting

b. Thumb-tip reach sitting

c. Buttock-knee length

89.19

81.44

58.89

3.99

3.53

2.88

Dashboard-backrest length

Anterior arm reach sitting

89.19

3.99

Steering-wheel external diameter

Thigh height sitting

14.06

1.38

Thigh clearance (steering wheel-seat height)

Stature

176.12

6.17

Driver’s door height

Max. body breadth

46.1

3.2

Driver’s door width

Stature

176.12

6.17

Ground-to-driver’s door height

Elbow clearance

Popliteal height sitting

49.39

2.02

Seat-pedal length

Popliteal height sitting

49.39

2.02

Rounded front edge seat width

Sitting height normal

Sitting height erect

79.32

83.36

4.31

6.65

Headrest length

Buttock-knee length

58.89

2.88

Seat Adjustment