2000 US Crashes by Age and Gender
National Safety Council estimates. Drivers in crashes
based on reports from 13 state traffic authorities. Total licensed
drivers from the Federal Highway Administration; age distribution
by National Safety Council.
Note: Percents may not add to total due to rounding
(a) Drivers in fatal crashes per 100,000 licensed
drivers in each age group
(b) Drivers in all crashes per 100 licensed drivers in each age
group
(c) Less than 0.05%
(d) Rates for drivers under age 16 are substantially overstated
due to the high proportion of unlicensed drivers involved
Source: National Safety Council, Injury Facts,
2001 Edition
* Per 10 million miles driven
** Per 1 billion miles driven
Source: National Safety Council, Injury Facts,
2001 Edition
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A Society of
Automotive Engineers study indicates that while men are in four
times as many serious car crashes as women, they are killed
only three times as often. The study notes that 20-year-olds
have a relatively high survival rate in auto crashes, but that
20-year-old women are 22% more likely than men of the same age
to be killed in crashes of similar severity. For both men and
women involved in auto crashes, the chances of being killed
increases by an annually compounded rate of nearly 3% for each
year after the age of 20. After age 50 the difference in the
survival rates begins to disappear.
(The NY Times, 3/18/01)
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