Women are Safer Drivers
An recent report found that women are far safer drivers than men. As a matter of fact, according to the assembled data, men have a 77% higher chance of dying in a car accident than women. Some of the notable facts from the report are:
- An 82 year old woman is more 60% more likely to die in an accident than a 16 year-old teen.
- An 82 year old woman is more 60% more likely to die in an accident than a 16 year-old teen.
- Drivers 40-50 are the lease likely to die in an accident.
- The safest passenger in a vehicle at any time, any where is an infant in a car seat in a van.
- School buses have a fatality rate that is 1/50th that of a passenger car.
- Motorcycle riders are 32 times as likely to be killed than drivers in a passenger car.
- A rider between the ages of 21 and 24 riding between midnight and 4AM is 45,000 times more likely to be killed on the bike than in a car.
Labels: Safety
3 Comments:
Who is allowed to drive at 82???!!
6:05 AM
My dad - and he's 87.
9:28 PM
If you go to http://hope.hss.cmu.edu/?source=769 there is a lot of data to look at and sort through.
10:20 PM
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