Inference & Conclusion of Road Fatality

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OVERVIEW

Basically the declining of 8 percent in male motor vehicle crash is due to the safety functions that comes with the modern vehicle nowadays, while the total male motor vehicle deaths in 2005 which is 30,224 exceed female motor vehicle deaths which is 13,089. There are more men than women who die in motor vehicle deaths because they take more risks on the road like drinking while driving and not putting on their seat belt. To conclude, as long as the safety system in a vehicle is improving, death accident rate will definitely be declining.

AGE DIFFERENCES

Rates of passenger vehicle occupant deaths in 2005 were higher among males than females for all age group except the group from 0-15 years old. The difference in fatality rates between genders was greatest for occupants which is within the age of 20-24. The male community between the age of 20-24 had the highest fatality rate (3442), while the fatality rates were lowest for both genders from the age of 85 and above (487 of male and 386 of them are female). The solid reason why a lot of the death happens to be around late 20's is in this state, the driver is in the teenager period where a lot of depression of getting into adulthood is getting on. They tend to to be disturbed, mad and even distracted by the surrounding. that's the best reason why a lot of death accident occur among these age.

ALCOHOL INVOLVEMENT

The table of the estimated number and percent of fatally injured passenger vehicle driver with BAC since 1982 to 2005 shows that male drivers that were killed because of alcohol is declining. This is probably because the public are aware of the danger of drinking while driving. The highest death number of male drivers is 16744 (1988) and the highest death number of female drivers is 6681 (1997). On the other hand, female drivers who were killed because of alcohol also shows a decline as years goes by (1982-2005). Basically, in the female case, the declining of accident rates caused by alcohol is because women nowadays are more cautious upon their health, therefore, the usage of alcohol in their diet decreases.