Study Finds Women Injured More in Car Crashes Than Men

Shauna Wright — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:10:49 +0000

A new study finds women are more likely than men to be injured in automobile accidents, and the culprit may be safety features that are not properly proportioned for them. Researchers reviewed crash data from 1998 through 2008 and discovered that female drivers wearing seatbelts were not only hurt more often than men who wore [...]

Women Drivers Are More Likely Than Men to Cause Traffic Accidents

Amory Gritta — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:43:10 +0000

A new study suggests that women are more likely than men to cause traffic accidents.

Researchers from the University of Michigan analyzed at 6.5 million car crashes. They also calculated, based on the number of miles men and women drive, that if all things were equal, male-to-male crashes would account for 36.2% of accidents, female-to-female would make up 15.8 percent, and male-to-female would make up 48 percent.

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Study Finds Women Injured More in Car Crashes Than Men

Women Drivers Are More Likely Than Men to Cause Traffic Accidents