The unidentified woman, who was in her twenties, was driving a four-wheel-drive vehicle when she lost control and hit a barrier, the official said.
There have been several incidents reported in recent years of women being killed in accidents while driving despite the ban, one of a host of restrictions imposed on women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia.
Women's rights campaigners have petitioned King Abdullah urging him to lift the ban.
Women in the Muslim Gulf kingdom, which imposes strict Islamic law, are forced to cover themselves from head to toe in public, and cannot travel without written permission from a male guardian.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
There have been several incidents reported in recent years of women being killed in accidents while driving despite the ban, one of a host of restrictions imposed on women in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia.
Women's rights campaigners have petitioned King Abdullah urging him to lift the ban.
Women in the Muslim Gulf kingdom, which imposes strict Islamic law, are forced to cover themselves from head to toe in public, and cannot travel without written permission from a male guardian.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------