Vulnerability of Female Drivers Involved in Motor Vehicle Crashes

An Analysis of US Population at Risk

Bibliographic Data

ID11032002
AuthorsDipan Bose (Dipan Bose and Jeff R. Crandall are with the Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Maria Segui-Gomez is with the European Center for Injury Prevention, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.), ScD Maria Segui-Gomez (Dipan Bose and Jeff R. Crandall are with the Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Maria Segui-Gomez is with the European Center for Injury Prevention, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.), María Seguí‐Gómez (0000-0001-5692-9781, Universidad de Navarra), Jeff R Crandall (Dipan Bose and Jeff R. Crandall are with the Center for Applied Biomechanics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Maria Segui-Gomez is with the European Center for Injury Prevention, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.)
Year2011
Volume101
Issue12
Pages2368-2373
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2011.300275
PMID22021321
PMCIDPMC3222446
OpenAlexW2169510099
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited9

Objectives. Motor vehicle trauma has been effectively reduced over the past decades; however, it is unclear whether the benefits are equally realized by the vehicle users of either sex. With increases in the number of female drivers involved in fatal crashes and similarity in driving patterns and risk behavior, we sought to evaluate if advances in occupant safety technology provide equal injury protection for drivers of either sex involved in a serious or fatal crash. Methods. We performed a retrospective cohort study with national crash data between 1998 and 2008 to determine the role of driver sex as a predictor of injury outcome when involved in a crash. Results. The odds for a belt-restrained female driver to sustain severe injuries were 47% (95% confidence interval = 28%, 70%) higher than those for a belt-restrained male driver involved in a comparable crash. Conclusions. To address the sex-specific disparity demonstrated in this study, health policies and vehicle regulations must focus on effective safety designs specifically tailored toward the female population for equity in injury reduction

Cohort · Computer security · Confidence interval · Crash · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Odds · Odds ratio · Poison control · Population · Suicide prevention · Vulnerability (computing) · Automotive and Human Injury Biomechanics · Computer Science · Demography · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Medicine · Older Adults Driving Studies · Psychology · Traffic and Road Safety

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