The effects of age and experience on accidents with injuries: Should the licensing age be raised?

Safety beliefs and safe behavior among midwestern college students

“…1 and 2, the study confirmed the prior findings of Laberge-Nadeau, Maag, and Bourbeau (1992) and Crowe (1995) that females are more safety conscious in safe behavior and beliefs. However, the finding of smallest gender differences at the ages of 23 -24 implies that safer attitudes and behaviors of female students over male students are diluted as they interact more with male students and as the culture of coeducational institutions changes.…”

Driver aging and its effect on male and female single-vehicle accident injuries: Some additional evidence

“…Several studies have found significant differences in vehicle accident rates between males and females (Laberge-Nadeau, Maag, & Bourbeau, 1992;Mannering, 1993;Massie, Campbell, & Williams, 1995), and others have found significant differences in male and female accident injury severities (Evans, 1988;Abdel-Aty & Abdelwahab, 2001;Evans, 2001;Ulfarsson & Mannering, 2004;Dellinger 2005). The results of these research efforts suggest there are significant behavioral and physiological differences between male and female drivers that influence the severity of vehicle accidents and that these differences may change as drivers age.…”

Dissuasion conditionnelle, programme d’accès graduel à la conduite et infractions routières

“…Septièmement, « l'âge » des conducteurs est intégré aux modèles. Cette variable est particulièrement importante puisqu'elle permet de distinguer les effets de l'âge et de l'expérience (Laberge-Nadeau, Maag et Bourbeau, 1992). Les conducteurs avaient en moyenne 21,98 ans.…”