@&*#ing Women Drivers!!!

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The statistics overall favor women:

Car Crash Statistics by Gender (2026 Update)

In the U.S., male drivers are far more involved in fatal crashes than female drivers, especially when speeding, alcohol use, or seatbelt non-use is a factor.

• Overall Fatalities and Involvement

  • Fatal crashes: In 2023, male drivers were involved in 72% of all fatal car crashes in the U.S., compared to 28% for females ConsumerAffairs+1.

  • Fatal rate: Mile for mile, men are 63% more likely to die in a crash than women dklaw.com.

  • Total deaths: In 2024, there were 28,385 male crash deaths vs. 10,764 female deaths (2.6× higher for males) dklaw.com.

  • Deaths per 100K population: 9.7 for males vs. 4.8 for females dklaw.com.

  Age-Related Differences

  • Highest risk group: Males aged 16–19 have the highest per-mile fatal rate of any demographic — 6.4 deaths per 100M miles — about 6× higher than the safest group (ages 60–69) dklaw.com.

  • Age gap widens: The male–female fatality rate ratio peaks at 3.5× in the 55–64 age bracket dklaw.com.

  • Older drivers: Women over 80 have a slightly higher crash rate per mile than men in that age group gitnux.org.

  Contributing Factors

  • Speeding: 21% of fatal crashes involve male drivers speeding vs. 12% for females dklaw.com.

  • Alcohol: 9,155 male drivers were killed in alcohol-impaired fatal crashes vs. 2,339 females (3.9× higher) dklaw.com.

  • Seatbelt use: Males are 1.2–2.5× more likely to not wear seatbelts than females worldmetrics.org+1.

  • Crash severity: Male drivers are more likely to be unrestrained in fatal crashes (+12 percentage points) and more likely to sustain serious injuries worldmetrics.org.

  Driving Behavior and Exposure

  • Men drive ~16,550 miles/year vs. women’s ~10,142 miles (39% fewer miles) ConsumerAffairs.

  • Despite driving fewer miles, men’s higher risk behaviors (speeding, DUI, seatbelt non-use) explain the disproportionate fatality share ConsumerAffairs+1.

  Global Context

  • Globally, male drivers are 6.1× more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than females, and account for 65% of fatal crash drivers worldmetrics.org.

  Key takeaway: While men drive more miles, their higher rates of risky behaviors and lower seatbelt use rates result in far greater crash fatalities. Women, though driving fewer miles, have lower fatality rates per mile and are more likely to survive crashes of similar severity IIHS-HLDI.

[samhexum]

8 minutes ago, sync said:

The statistics overall favor women:

 

[+ Vegas_Millennial]

16 hours ago, sync said:

The statistics overall favor women:

Car Crash Statistics by Gender (2026 Update)

In the U.S., male drivers are far more involved in fatal crashes than female drivers, especially when speeding, alcohol use, or seatbelt non-use is a factor.

• Overall Fatalities and Involvement

  • Fatal crashes: In 2023, male drivers were involved in 72% of all fatal car crashes in the U.S., compared to 28% for females ConsumerAffairs+1.

  • Fatal rate: Mile for mile, men are 63% more likely to die in a crash than women dklaw.com.

  • Total deaths: In 2024, there were 28,385 male crash deaths vs. 10,764 female deaths (2.6× higher for males) dklaw.com.

  • Deaths per 100K population: 9.7 for males vs. 4.8 for females dklaw.com.

  Age-Related Differences

  • Highest risk group: Males aged 16–19 have the highest per-mile fatal rate of any demographic — 6.4 deaths per 100M miles — about 6× higher than the safest group (ages 60–69) dklaw.com.

  • Age gap widens: The male–female fatality rate ratio peaks at 3.5× in the 55–64 age bracket dklaw.com.

  • Older drivers: Women over 80 have a slightly higher crash rate per mile than men in that age group gitnux.org.

  Contributing Factors

  • Speeding: 21% of fatal crashes involve male drivers speeding vs. 12% for females dklaw.com.

  • Alcohol: 9,155 male drivers were killed in alcohol-impaired fatal crashes vs. 2,339 females (3.9× higher) dklaw.com.

  • Seatbelt use: Males are 1.2–2.5× more likely to not wear seatbelts than females worldmetrics.org+1.

  • Crash severity: Male drivers are more likely to be unrestrained in fatal crashes (+12 percentage points) and more likely to sustain serious injuries worldmetrics.org.

  Driving Behavior and Exposure

  • Men drive ~16,550 miles/year vs. women’s ~10,142 miles (39% fewer miles) ConsumerAffairs.

  • Despite driving fewer miles, men’s higher risk behaviors (speeding, DUI, seatbelt non-use) explain the disproportionate fatality share ConsumerAffairs+1.

  Global Context

  • Globally, male drivers are 6.1× more likely to die in a motor vehicle crash than females, and account for 65% of fatal crash drivers worldmetrics.org.

  Key takeaway: While men drive more miles, their higher rates of risky behaviors and lower seatbelt use rates result in far greater crash fatalities. Women, though driving fewer miles, have lower fatality rates per mile and are more likely to survive crashes of similar severity IIHS-HLDI.

The pattern reverses for overall crashes with non‑fatal outcomes:

Injury crashes: Women have about 26% higher rates than men — 2.3 injury crashes per million miles vs. 1.8 for men scienceinsights.org.

Property‑damage‑only crashes: Women have a 12% higher rate per mile.

Source: https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0aea94ac02f9d467867c5ffa16cecf6223c116bb509884c843f819ad8e08c289JmltdHM9MTc4NjMyMDAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=18fc1d4e-2bd5-6296-0a30-0efc2a8b63ec&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9zY2llbmNlaW5zaWdodHMub3JnL21hbGUtdnMtZmVtYWxlLWRyaXZlcnMtd2hvLWhhcy1tb3JlLWNhci1hY2NpZGVudHMv&ntb=1

In summary: While men, especially young men, are more likely to die due to risky speeding and not wearing a seatbelt, women are more prone to cause injury and property damage at low speeds... Probably because that wall just jumped out in front of them while they were driving! 

Edited 12 hours ago by Vegas_Millennial

[samhexum]

16 minutes ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

Injury crashes: Women have about 26% higher rates than men — 2.3 injury crashes per million miles vs. 1.8 for men scienceinsights.org.

Property‑damage‑only crashes: Women have a 12% higher rate per mile.

In summary: While men, especially young men, are more likely to die due to risky speeding and not wearing a seatbelt, women are more prone to cause injury and property damage at low speeds...

 

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20 minutes ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

The pattern reverses for some non‑fatal outcomes:

Injury crashes: Women have about 26% higher rates than men — 2.3 injury crashes per million miles vs. 1.8 for men scienceinsights.org.

Property‑damage‑only crashes: Women have a 12% higher rate per mile.

Source: https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=0aea94ac02f9d467867c5ffa16cecf6223c116bb509884c843f819ad8e08c289JmltdHM9MTc4NjMyMDAwMA&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=4&fclid=18fc1d4e-2bd5-6296-0a30-0efc2a8b63ec&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly9zY2llbmNlaW5zaWdodHMub3JnL21hbGUtdnMtZmVtYWxlLWRyaXZlcnMtd2hvLWhhcy1tb3JlLWNhci1hY2NpZGVudHMv&ntb=1

In summary: While men, especially young men, are more likely to die due to risky speeding and not wearing a seatbelt, women are more prone to cause injury and property damage at low speeds... Probably because that wall just jumped out in front of them while they were driving! 

I'll take non-fatal and/or property damage over "buying the farm" every time.

[56harrisond]

 

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13 hours ago, sync said:

I'll take non-fatal and/or property damage over "buying the farm" every time.

As a man, I can reduce my risk by learning how to fasten my seat belt and not engage in competitive street racing.

For a woman, she'll need to learn how to predict the unanticipated movements of parked cars, buildings, and other stationary objects that jump out in front of her.  That seems like a more insurmountable hurdle. 

Woman crashes car into building then walks away nonchalantly:

 

 

Edited 10 hours ago by Vegas_Millennial

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5 hours ago, Vegas_Millennial said:

As a man, I can reduce my risk by learning how to fasten my seat belt and not engage in competitive street racing.

For a woman, she'll need to learn how to predict the unanticipated movements of parked cars, buildings, and other stationary objects that jump out in front of her.  That seems like a more insurmountable hurdle. 

Woman crashes car into building then walks away nonchalantly:

 

 

It seems a pretty broad stroke to assume that women, categorically, cannot learn to fasten seat belts or not engage in competitive street racing and that men are somehow able to predict the unanticipated movements of parked cars, buildings, and other stationary objects while women, categorically, are not.

I tend to dismiss the categorical putdown of women drivers because I have seen so many women maneuvering humongous overland and city buses through some tight spots, as well as driving school busses and emergency vehicles.

One of my nephews and his female soul mate drove eighteen-wheelers back and forth cross country.   

[Lotus-eater]

On 8/10/2026 at 4:01 PM, samhexum said:

 

 

Notice which child did not receive a riding mower from dad.