THE INFLUENCE OF DRIVER'S SEX ON DRIVING BEHAVIOUR: AN ANALYSIS OF DRIVERS WHO CAUSE ROAD ACCIDENTS

The purpose of this research was to analyze the cause of the different probabilities of accident road risk between male and female drivers. The factors explaining the differences are: a lower number of female drivers, lower hours spent driving the car and the different types of mobility of the two sexes. The most interesting element coming out of the study was that from the different types of accident it was possible to trace back the difference in car use. (A)

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• Authors:
  • PUTIGNANO, C
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 80-1
• Serial:
  • IATSS Research
  • Publisher: International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences
  • ISSN: 0386-1112

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash rates; Crashes; Drivers; Driving; Females; Hazards; Human beings; Risk assessment
• Uncontrolled Terms: Causes
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 9001: Behaviour; 9003: Cause; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 1787: Man; 9150: Risk; 1788: Woman
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668160
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Nov 2 1994 12:00AM