Men typically drive more miles than women, and often engage in risky practices, such as not using seat belts, driving under the influence of alcohol, sleeping while driving, and at crazy speeds;

Nevertheless, women are more likely to die or be injured in male car accidents, and they still bear the burden of the common stereotype about their bad driving, so why is this stark contrast between these facts?

Myth: Women are bad drivers

A report by the Social Issues Resource Center in 2002 analyzed a number of studies on the differences between males and females in leadership, and concluded that all studies and analyzes - without exception - show that men cause higher accident rates than women.

Men drive faster than women, do not respect traffic laws, drive drunk, do not obey traffic lights, and thus bump twice more often than women.

In the United States, men account for 71% of all road traffic deaths, a number that has remained constant since 1975, and given that men drive far more miles than women, and after logging miles and taking driving hours into account, men still cause More fatal accidents.

Exhaustion and sleep while driving account for 10 to 30% of the causes of accidents, according to data from Australia, Britain, Finland and other European countries, as well as the United States, and the American National Sleep Foundation believes that there is a 56% chance of sleep over a man, while there is a chance Only 45% of the women do it.

Men may pay more for car accident insurance, due to the numerous statistics that show men drive more recklessly. Some insurance companies, such as Progressive, have given men the option to turn on a screen in their cars, allowing the company to track their speeds if they want to overlook The factor of being male.

This came as a result of the publication of "Esurance", a leading American insurance company, government data indicating the arrest of 536,000 men, compared to 174,000 women, for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Exhaustion and sleep while driving account for 10-30% of the causes of accidents (pixels)

Men cause women to die

Although men are involved in more fatal accidents than women, women are still more likely to be injured in accidents caused by men, according to statistics.

The University of Virginia has published a research paper confirming that women are 28% more likely to die, to severe injuries by 73% compared to males, and 3 times the average incidence rates, after speed control and other factors.

And the US National Library of Medicine (NCBI) published a research paper analyzing the impact of biological sex differences on female vulnerability, and concluded that driver safety systems such as: seat belt, airbags, headrest position, and other safety devices are designed to protect adult males, and do not take into account Vital considerations such as the person's age, human body size, injury tolerance, and mechanical response to the affected body area.

The results of this research indicated that women drivers who adhere to the seat belt are 73% more likely to suffer injury to the chest and spine than their male counterparts in similar accidents, and a higher risk of injury to the lower limbs has also been reported.

The researchers explain this that crash test dummies are usually models of an adult man, and do not take into account the different body size, shape and length.

These tests also do not take into account the width of the female pelvis, its prominence over the male, and the difference in fat distribution between the sexes

Usually females have more fat around the waist and thighs, but in males it is more around the abdomen.

Statistics reveal that men drive more recklessly (pixels)

The Vehicle Research Institute of the International Institute of Health Sciences study reveals another reason: the types of cars that women drive, as well as the circumstances surrounding crashes.

Figures show that women often drive smaller, lighter cars, and that they are more likely than men to drive a used car.

The researchers also found that in a collision of two vehicles from front to back and front to side;

Men are more likely to drive the turbulent car that collides with the other, and given that the risk of injury to the driver of the vehicle causing the accident is lower than that of the injured car in such accidents, this may also explain some of the differences in collision outcomes for men and women.