Men 'Twice as likely’ to crash cars

09/06/2011

By Gemma Roberts

Bad habits, reckless behaviour and drink-driving have been cited as factors that lead to men being more likely to crash their cars, a survey has revealed.

The Institute of Advanced Motorist's latest research shows that carelessness, poor behaviour, inexperience or simply being in a hurry make men twice as likely to be involved in a road accident than women.

But attitudes behind the wheel are not that different, according to research from IAM.

Both men and women admit that they enjoy getting behind the wheel and rate themselves as considerate, safe and confident drivers.

But twice as many men as women feel that they are "very confident" when driving.

IAM chief executive Simon Best said: "These results show that we need to look at the psychology of male drivers to reduce risky behaviour and over-confidence, but for both sexes accidents could be easily reduced by improving driver skills and lives could be saved.

"The government is moving towards this by introducing driver training for careless driving offences but all drivers should