Citation

Pérez-Diaz C. Rev. Epidemiol. Sante Publique 2004; 52(4): 368-375.

Vernacular Title

Risques routiers: agressivite, violence et delinquance au masculin.

Affiliation

Center for Research on Psychotropic Drugs, Mental Health, Society, CNRS UMR 8136 - INSERM U 611, Universite-Rene-Descartes, 45, rue des Saints-Peres, 75270 Paris Cedex06. E-mail : claudine.perez-diaz@paris5.sorbonne.fr

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/S0398-7620(04)99066-9

PMID

15480294

Abstract

National statistics, such as those from the register of traffic accident victims for the Department of the Rhone, bring to light more frequent accidents, and higher mortality and morbidity among men compared to women. These differences are explained first by the greater mobility of men, secondly by the fact they use more dangerous means of transportation such as two-wheeled vehicles, especially those with motors, and finally because they take more risks on the road, as shown by, among other things, the high frequency of their legal responsibility for fatal accidents. The authors cite a rich international scientific literature in attributing the origins of these behaviors to the value men assign to risk taking on the road. According to them, this value is apparently largely cultural in nature.