ABSTRACT
Research into car safety, crash survival and accident analysis has been conducted both in the automotive industry and academic institutions. These studies have indicated that women are injured more in cars and sustain a different injury pattern to their male counterparts (Hill and Mackay, 1997). This might be due to the type of journeys undertaken, the type of car driven (e.g. women, on average, drive smaller cars than their male counterparts), or car design
Research on social and behavioural issues has tended to emphasize young, male drivers, the effectiveness of different forms of deterrents in reducing car related accidents, social, aging and cognitive effects on driving. In most of the studies the primary focus has been on the male driver, with women mentioned in comparison to men.
