Female drivers increasingly involved in impaired driving crashes: actions to ameliorate the risk

Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Dec;21(12):1485-92. doi: 10.1111/acem.12542.

Abstract

Emergency physicians are confronted daily with the care of traumatically injured patients. A considerable proportion of blunt trauma cases are due to motor vehicle crashes. While men have historically been overrepresented in crash-related injuries and deaths, unfavorable trends for women in alcohol-impaired driving crashes have emerged. This extended commentary with in-depth review presents an examination of the evolving role of sex and gender in alcohol-impaired driving and its outcomes.

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic / mortality
  • Accidents, Traffic / statistics & numerical data*
  • Alcoholic Intoxication / epidemiology*
  • Automobile Driving / statistics & numerical data*
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Risk
  • Sex Characteristics
  • Sex Distribution