subject: Women Bump, Men Crash [print this page] Recent research has discovered some startling facts surrounding the age old debate of who is most likely to crash the family car, Mum or Dad? Research undertaken by the insurance company, Diamond, divers some interesting facts to throw into the debate.
Their findings suggest Women drivers are actually more prone to minor scrapes and bumps in their cars, whilst men are more likely to be involved in a head-on collision or the more serious accident..
Female motorists are more likely to put in claims for collisions on roundabouts and hitting cars from behind, a study of more than two million accidents by insurance company Diamond found.
The research found that women were more likely to collide with other vehicles from behind, and on roundabouts. Meanwhile, men are more likely to collide with trees and crash barriers, drive through floods, and into embankments.
Somewhat unexplainably, cars belonging to men are also more likely to catch fire, although one theory with this is the over use of high powered electronic goods use to 'upgrade' a cars stereo and speaker equipment.
Diamond's managing director Sian Lewis said: "Women tend to be in more accidents at slower speeds where cars are close together, while men have more high-speed accidents where it is easy to lose control.
"Our research suggests the way men and women drive is different. Possibly men drive faster and more aggressively than women, while women are more easily distracted than men behind the wheel of a car."
She went on: "It's very strange that men's cars are more likely to catch fire than women's. "I can't explain why that would happen. But one reason why women are more likely to have their car broken into is perhaps because they're more likely to leave expensive items, like their handbag or sunglasses, on show than men.
by: Paul Myers
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