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2Fatalities per passenger distance travelledrelative to car occupantMode of travelFatality risk relative to carpassenger/occupant0.20(five times lower)0.20(five times lower)1Source (1,3)Driver crash risk by age, experience and genderAs a P2 driver about to seek a full licence, the risks you face are a lot lower thanwhen you first started out with a P1 licence. You have survived the most dangerousperiod – the first six months of solo driving. But there is still a long way to go anda lot more to learn.The next graph shows the number of car occupants killed in NSW by age, genderand experience. Although you are moving down the risk curve towards the bottom,you are not there yet.Male drivers are at greater risk than females. This is partly because they drive up totwice as many kilometres in a year than females, but also because males are oftenmore willing to take risks when they drive. This leads to more males being killed orinjured – a sobering thought if you are a man. But women still get killed and areinjured as drivers.Driver qualification handbook 27