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Women more likely to be injured in a crash? Not in a Volvo, car maker claims

Published 25 March 2019
By Will Dron
A Volvo engineer has claimed that women who drive its cars are no more likely than men to be killed or sustain serious injuries in a crash.
Men four times more likely to rent a car than women

Men four times more likely to rent car than women

MALE motorists in the UK are four times more likely to rent a car than female drivers, according to new research.
Published 03 July 2018
Both men and women turned off by 'hyper-masculine' car adverts

Both men and women turned off by masculine car ads

Car adverts featuring luxury sports cars driven by villainous men and featuring high-octane car chases are not only a turn-off for women...
Published 24 April 2018

Men twice as likely to cross on a red light

Male pedestrians are almost twice as likely as women to cross a road when the pedestrian light is red and tend to jockey for pole position...
Published 22 February 2017