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January 29, 2007
MEN AT HIGHER RISK OF DEATH IN CAR CRASHES, STUDY FINDS
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have found that male drivers have a 77 percent higher risk of dying in a car accident than women, based on miles driven. Their study also finds that the highway death rate is higher for cautious 82-year-old women than for risk-taking 16-year-old boys, “New England is the safest region for drivers,” and “the safest passenger is a youngster strapped in a car seat and being driven during morning rush hour.”
“The analysis calculates that overall, about one death occurs for every 100 million passenger miles traveled. And it shows that some long-held assumptions about safety on U.S. highways don't jibe with hard numbers. It lists the risk of road death by age, gender, type of vehicle, time of day and geographic region”.
Posted by MVHAP at January 29, 2007 03:44 PM