This article provides information on the casualty rates for drivers by age and sex, and a variety of different accident circumstances. The statistical data do not explain why younger drivers have higher casualty rates than other drivers, but a number of detailed research studies have given some explanations. Research into driver behaviour has shown that inexperienced or novice drivers react to hazards more slowly than experienced ones. Research has also shown that inexperienced drivers have a tendency to travel too fast, follow too closely and to overestimate their ability to cope with driving. Statistical tables presented include: car drivers involved and injured by age, sex and severity: 1991; distribution of car drivers by age and sex: 1971, 1981, 1991; casualty rates for car drivers: 1991; distribution of driver casualties by accident circumstance, by number of vehicles; female and male driver casualty rates by time of day: 1991; distribution of driver casualties by breath test results; and adult casualty rates per 100,000 population by age and sex. For the covering abstract of the book see IRRD 859639.
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