Now that really can be risky. Back to top Road accidents Car accidents take the lives of over four times as many men as women. In fact it is the single greatest cause of death in young men. This accident rate peaks between the ages of eighteen and twenty five years. Men in their forties have less than one-third of the accidents of men half their age and most television advertisements promoting safer driving are directed towards young men.
Some companies now advertise special rates for women.
Accidents at work are also greater to around the same degree. In many industrial accidents, protection such as hard hats had been ignored and often involved alcohol. As The Samaritans will tell you, more than four times as many men take their own lives as women. It is now the single greatest cause young male death in many parts of Ireland. Every 70 minutes a man takes his own life.