Women’s Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers (2011) / Chapter Skim
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44 Older Women's Travel Patterns and Road Accident Involvement in britain Christopher G
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45OLDER wOMEN'S TRAVEL PATTERNS AND ROAD ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT the National Travel Survey (1) ; for the United States, from the National Household Travel Survey (2)
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46 wOMEN'S ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION, VOLUME 2 The tendency at all ages for men to drive cars and women to travel as car passengers appears in every country for which data are available (6)
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47OLDER wOMEN'S TRAVEL PATTERNS AND ROAD ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT was much lower than that of men. For women in their 40s, license holding appears to have just reached saturation at around 80% of the population, but for all older age groups it is still increasing.
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48 wOMEN'S ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION, VOLUME 2 Higher percentages of people in the United States and Sweden hold car driver's licenses than in Britain, and in Britain, the reduction in the percentage holding licenses decreases more with age. For women, this reflects lower license holding in the past by middle-aged women.
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49OLDER wOMEN'S TRAVEL PATTERNS AND ROAD ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT Female car drivers drive fewer miles per year than male drivers. when the casualty rate per mile driven is calculated, women have a higher rate than men for ages over 40, although the difference does not become substantial until the age of 60 (Figure 9)
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50 wOMEN'S ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION, VOLUME 2 drivers ages 70 to 79 had a higher rate than male drivers, and 1998 and 1999, when female drivers ages 80 and over had a higher rate than male drivers. For drivers ages 80 and over, the casualty rate decreased by 60% between 1997 and 2007, while for the younger age groups, the decrease was about 50%.
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51OLDER wOMEN'S TRAVEL PATTERNS AND ROAD ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT Pedestrian Casualties The fatality rate per population for pedestrians increases greatly at age 70 and above (Figure 13) , again reflecting the greater fragility of older people.
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52 wOMEN'S ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION, VOLUME 2 30. In more detail, male and female pedestrians have similar casualty rates per journey for ages over 60, and the increase in casualties per journey with increasing age is clear.
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53OLDER wOMEN'S TRAVEL PATTERNS AND ROAD ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENT journeys by both men and women suggests that for many people, transport does not limit the activities in which people participate, at least in their 60s and early 70s. The pattern of women traveling as car passengers and men as car drivers is found in any country for which data are available.
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54 wOMEN'S ISSUES IN TRANSPORTATION, VOLUME 2 Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System.
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