2000 US Crashes by Age and Gender

National Safety Council estimates. Drivers in crashes based on reports from 13 state traffic authorities. Total licensed drivers from the Federal Highway Administration; age distribution by National Safety Council.
Note: Percents may not add to total due to rounding

(a) Drivers in fatal crashes per 100,000 licensed drivers in each age group
(b) Drivers in all crashes per 100 licensed drivers in each age group
(c) Less than 0.05%
(d) Rates for drivers under age 16 are substantially overstated due to the high proportion of unlicensed drivers involved

Source: National Safety Council, Injury Facts, 2001 Edition

* Per 10 million miles driven
** Per 1 billion miles driven

Source: National Safety Council, Injury Facts, 2001 Edition

A Society of Automotive Engineers study indicates that while men are in four times as many serious car crashes as women, they are killed only three times as often. The study notes that 20-year-olds have a relatively high survival rate in auto crashes, but that 20-year-old women are 22% more likely than men of the same age to be killed in crashes of similar severity. For both men and women involved in auto crashes, the chances of being killed increases by an annually compounded rate of nearly 3% for each year after the age of 20. After age 50 the difference in the survival rates begins to disappear. (The NY Times, 3/18/01)