Table 3 shows the frequencies of reporting involvement in traffic accidents during the previous year in both genders,
stratified by type of road user. There were no differences between genders for any type of accident. For example, for car drivers the frequency of reporting a road crash while driving was 4.7% in males vs. 5.1% in females.
For the subset of car drivers (n= 1102),Fig. 1shows the differences between men and women in perceived driving speed
and quality. It is noteworthy that 30.4% of men vs. 14% of women said they drove faster compared to other car drivers.
Regarding perceived quality, only 2.4% of men considered their driving quality to be poor vs. 8.1% of women.