Women's Superior Mirror Skills Not Reflected In Driving Test Pass Rate

The commonly-repeated notion that women are safer drivers is almost definitely based on the fact that they do less mileage, as previously suggested.

For example, on http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_mobility/documents/page/dft_mobility_030414-02.hcsp it states that:

Comparing the ratio of annual mileage with that for collision involvement as a driver, female drivers account for a quarter of total mileage but a third of all injury accidents. This leads to the conclusion that women are more likely to be the driver in an injury crash per mile driven. Only in the youngest age group (17-20 years) are men more likely to be involved in a collision than their female counterpart. It should be noted that this exposure data does not apportion blame for the occurrence of a collision.