Abstract
The characteristics of young female road users are analyzed. The analysis focuses on the changing patterns of female road users, including demographic characteristics such as age and race; times and places of driving; vehicle characteristics, such as vehicle type, vehicle age, and vehicle size; vehicle occupancy, including total number of passengers and age and sex of right front seat passenger; crash characteristics, including number of vehicles in crash, whether pedestrians or two-wheeled vehicles are involved, crash speed and severity; alcohol usage; and culpability. Using induced exposure methods, driver exposure will also be considered.