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Men are more likely than women to violate traffic rules.
Poor behaviours or habits of drivers, passengers and pedestrians, such as exceeding speed limit, drink driving, not wearing seat-belt and jay-walking, contribute to a great number of road injuries and fatalities every year. Higher proportion of men sustains injuries or dies from road accidents when compared to women.
Figures
Road safety practices by gender, Hong Kong SAR, 2005.
Among those who had driven a vehicle in the last 12 months:
All or most of the time break speed limit by 15km/hour or more
Male: 17.4%
Female: 11.3%
Drive within 2 hours after drinking alcoholic beverages for at least one time in the past month
Male: 6.4%
Female: 0.7%
As a passenger:
None of the time use seat-belt where it is mandatory and available
Male: 5.0%
Female: 3.6%
As a pedestrian：
All or most of the time jay-walk
Male: 9.1%
Female: 5.3%
Source: Behavioural Risk Factor Survey, October 2005. Department of Health.
Road traffic casualties by gender, Hong Kong SAR, 2005
Number of casualties
Male: 12663
Female: 6552
Casualties per 1 000 population (based on mid-year population)
Male: 3.8
Female: 1.8
Source: Road Traffic Accident Statistics, 2005. Transport Department.
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