First of all, let’s take a look at some statistics that I have located on line that will help this investigation.
Men are more than twice as likely to die in a car crash as women, consider the yearly statistics shown below. In fact, studies have shown as many as 73 percent of all people killed in car accidents are male. Since record keeping began: male fatalities significantly outweigh female fatalities. However men and women do not drive the same number of miles under the same conditions- men do about 60-65% more driving than women. Studies show that woman take shorter trips and female drivers have a greater number of minor crashes than do men. However men are still 70% more likely to be in a serious crash.
Insurance company AAMI has found some interesting statistics in a recent telephone survey of more than 2,000 drivers.
- 55 per cent of men – 30 per cent of women – drink drive.
- 47 per cent of men – 38 per cent of women – have rudely gestured at other drivers.
- 84 per cent of men – 77 per cent of women – have crashed their vehicle,
- 51 per cent of men – 40 per cent of women – have been distracted by billboards while driving
- 46 per cent of men – 36 per cent of woman – admitted to verbally abusing another driver.
- 22 per cent of men – 15 per cent of women – admitted to using their mobile phones without hands-free accessories while driving.
So you can see from the survey that things are not looking that great for men, but do all those statistics make women better drivers?
“Our claims data shows that men’s crashes tend to be more serious than women’s, they are more likely to be involved in head-on collisions, roll-overs and loss-of-control crashes, as well as crashes involving pedestrians, cyclists and animals.” AAMI spokesman Geoff Hughes said.
Violations for which men scored at least 50 percent higher than women:
TYPE OF VIOLATIONRATIO M:F
Reckless driving3.41
DUI3.09
Seatbelt violations3.08
Speeding1.75
Failure to yield1.54
Stop sign/signal violation1.53
Some researchers believe the explanation is to be found hormones related to aggessiveness, others put more emphasis on data such as the measurebly greater alcohol use among men while driving.
So Are Women Better Drivers Than Men?
Many
auto insurance industry experts would agree with the theory that men, especially young men, tend to drive more aggressively than women and display their aggression in a direct manner, rather than indirectly. Furthermore, as a rule of thumb, male drivers are more likely than women to break the law, and the male of the species tends to be more of a risk-taker.
http://www.crashstuff.com/men-versus-women-drivers-car-accidents-statistics/
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Fatal passenger vehicle crash involvements per 100 million miles traveled, by driver age and gender, April 2001–March 2002:
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Age
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Male
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Female
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Total
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[TD]16-19
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 4,257
Miles: 46,427,394,010
Rate: 9.2
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 1,852
Miles: 35,264,476,105
Rate: 5.3
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 6,109
Miles: 81,691,870,114
Rate: 7.5
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[TD]20-29
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 8,949
Miles: 225,999,581,860
Rate: 4.0
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 3,172
Miles: 156,283,683,955
Rate: 2.0
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 12,122
Miles: 382,283,265,815
Rate: 3.2
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[TD]30-59
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 15,027
Miles: 845,507,965,689
Rate: 1.8
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 6,946
Miles: 551,350,306,430
Rate: 1.3
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 21,973
Miles: 1,396,858,272,119
Rate: 1.6
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[TD]60-69
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 2,097
Miles: 128,814,817,845
Rate: 1.6
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 1,008
Miles: 64,778,212,790
Rate: 1.6
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 3,105
Miles: 193,593,030,635
Rate: 1.6
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[TD]70-Plus
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 3,148
Miles: 76,991,652,560
Rate: 4.1
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 1,571
Miles: 39,093,332,009
Rate: 4.0
[/TD]
[TD]Crash Involvements: 4,719
Miles: 116,084,984,569
Rate: 4.1
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[TD]Total[SUP]*[/SUP]
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 33,733
Miles: 1,324,373,970,682
Rate: 2.5
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 14,633
Miles: 847,734,931,097
Rate: 1.7
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[TD]Crash Involvements: 48,638
Miles: 2,172,108,901,779
Rate: 2.2
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