The severity of traffic accidents and of the injuries sustained in them is influenced by whether the individuals involved are male or female. This issue has been studied previously by other researchers, but the results are not consistent across studies. In general, most authors have reported that the risk of death or serious injury in traffic accidents is higher for men than for women.
However, some researchers have found that in similar accidents women are more likely to be seriously injured or hospitalized. A new UGR study shows that the risk of death or serious injury among passengers is statistically lower when the driver is female. The analysis also reveals that the risk of death or major injury is higher for female occupants.
The results of the study have been published in the open-access journal Heliyon . The research was carried out by Pablo Lardelli-Claret, Eladio Jiménez-Mejías, Mario Rivera Izquierdo and Virginia Martínez Ruiz, all members of the University of Granada's Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, as well as Nicolás Francisco Fernández-Martínez and Luis Miguel Martín de los Reyes, from the Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP). The aim of the study was to try to clarify the relationship between the sex of the driver and passengers in vehicles involved in road traffic accidents and the severity of the injuries sustained.
To do so, the researchers studied the characteristics of the occupants (drivers and passengers) of the 1.
