There are three major categories of<unk> , distinguished by their onset. The most common cause of a fear of<unk>  is traffic accidents. Thus, the amaxophobia often develops as a reaction to a particularly traumatic vehicular collision. Beck and Coffey reported that 25–33% of people involved in a car collision associated with injuries and related evaluation in a hospital experience subsequent fear of<unk> . Hickling and Blanchard and Kuch, Swinson, and Kirby found higher rates of<unk> , ranging from 42% to 77%. The majority of experienced drivers with fear of<unk>  in the aftermath of their serious accidents rate themselves as safer drivers than average, though they feel physically and emotionally too uncomfortable. For some patients, the fear escalates in very specific situations such as when near large vehicles (transport trucks, buses), but in others, the fear may be triggered already just by getting seated in the car or even just by thinking about having to again travel in a car in the near future. Several psychological questionnaires have been developed for clinicians to assess the situational intensity and facets of<unk>  anxiety in novice drivers or also in experienced drivers traumatized by a recent car accident. Some novice drivers and passengers who were never involved in a serious car accident also report symptoms of amaxophobia. The<unk>  fear may be, in some patients, an extension of agoraphobia.
Driving phobia
Blood phobia
Generalized anxiety disorder
Specific phobia
Medication phobia
Separation anxiety disorder
Cephalalgiaphobia
Social anxiety disorder