The Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring (RAC) in UK has found a dramatic narrowing of the gender gap on the roads since the mid-1990s.
The analysis found that number of women drivers in the USA has just outstripped men for the first time and on the latest projections it is only a matter of time before Britain follows suit, 'The Telegraph' reported.
Researchers said not only are more women driving, but they are driving further, with their mileage rising by more than a fifth between 1995 and 2010.
"Women are in the overtaking lane when it comes to licence holding. No longer are they sat in the passenger seat, simply along for the ride," said Stephen Glaister, director of the RAC Foundation.
"Greater social and financial independence has increasingly put them in the driving seat and it is entirely plausible Britain will replicate the United States where female motorists are now dominant.
"They are increasingly leading independent lives with more and more of them going to work, getting married later, if at all, and delaying having children. Women are on the move like never before and it is the car that is getting them about," Glaister said.
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The researchers noted that in 1995 there were 15.1 million male drivers and 9.2 million women motorists in the UK. By 2010 the gap had fallen dramatically with 16.3 million women holding driving licences, compared with 19 million men.
The proportion of women holding licences over this period has risen from 50 per cent to 64 per cent during this period, the report said.
It is believed the sharp rise in the number of women motorists reflects a change in society which has seen them becoming economically more active as well as having their first child later.
With more women living longer and higher female life expectancy, it is now seen as inevitable that they will outnumber male motorists in the UK as well.
The percentage of men in their 20s holding licences has also fallen by 14 to 65 per cent.