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Welsh firm finds women have different accidents to men
publication date: Jun 26, 2010
Women crash differently to men, according to accident
analysis by Welsh-based ladies insurer Diamond.
The list for women includes accidents in car parks, bumps on
roundabouts and prangs at traffic lights. On the other hand, male
motorists are more likely than female motorists to have a head on
collision, drive their car up or down an embankment or hit a crash
barrier.
Diamond studied data from over two million accidents over five years and
found a marked difference between the types of accidents men and women
have.
Sian Lewis, managing director of Diamond, said, "We hold a vast amount
of data on accidents and wanted to see if there was a difference between
the sexes.
“It soon became clear that there was; 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 car."
In fact, it isn’t just accidents where men and women motorists differ.
There are differences when it come to other claims too; overall women
are more likely to have their car broken into and have something inside
stolen. However men are more likely to have their car stolen outright.
Men’s cars are also more likely to catch fire than women’s and they’re
more likely to drive through a flood. Men are also more likely than
women to claim for fuel contamination.
Sian Lewis added, "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." | | | |
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