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Before you ask, this study was conducted by a man.

From the Associated Press:

Women drivers? They’re WAY safer than men
Road risk analysis shatters stereotypes about traffic terrors

WASHINGTON - That age-old stereotype about dangerous women drivers is shattered in a big new traffic analysis: Male drivers have a 77 percent higher risk of dying in a car accident than women, based on miles driven. And the author of the research says he takes it to heart when he travels — his wife takes the wheel. “I put a mitt in my mouth and ride shotgun,” said David Gerard, a Carnegie Mellon University researcher who co-authored a major new U.S. road risk analysis.

The study holds plenty of surprises.

1. The highway death rate is higher for cautious 82-year-old women than for risk-taking 16-year-old boys.
2. New England is the safest region for drivers — despite all those stories about crazy Boston drivers.
3. The safest passenger is a youngster strapped in a car seat and being driven during morning rush hour.

The findings are from Traffic STATS, a detailed and searchable new risk analysis of road fatality statistics by Carnegie Mellon for the American Automobile Association. Plans are to make the report public next week, but The Associated Press got an early look.

Drivers aged 40 and 50 tie for the lowest risk of dying in an accident. But if you’re a male out at 2 a.m. Saturday on a motorcycle in the South, you may want to take out some more insurance.

By combining a batch of data of all types, you can construct the safest possible scenario on the road: That would involve a 4-year-old girl in a van or school bus, stuck in a Wednesday morning rush hour in New England in February.

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I stole this from the Associated Press (and edited it) despite their warning that this may not be re-distributed in any fashion without their express permission. I hope they can forgive me.