Title: ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT RATES BY AGE AND GENDER
Abstract: Accident involvement rates calculated in this study allow one to make some general observations about accident risk. Mileage-based rates show that drivers between 30 and 64 years of age are generally the safest. Mileage-based rates also show that male drivers have a higher risk of fatal involvement than women, although this difference is most extreme among young drivers and essentially disappeares by age 60. In contrast, women over age 25 have a higher rate of involvement in nonfatal accidents than men the same age. Calculating the risk of accident per driver or per capita is also sometimes of interest. The risk of fatal involvement per driver is highest for drivers aged 16-24. Drivers aged 25-29 and 75 and older also have above-average fatal rates per driver. Involvement rates per capita show above-average rates for persons under the age of 35, no matter which level of accident severity is considered. Per-capita involvement rates in nonfatal accidents continue to decline throughout the older age groups.
Publication Year: 1993
Publication Date: 1993-03-01
Language: en
Type: article
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