AN EVALUATION OF DRIVER TRANING BASED ON ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION RATES

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SEVERAL TYPES OF DRIVER TRAINING WILL BE EVALUATED BY COMPARING ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION RATES FOR SELECTED AGE AND SEX GROUPINGS OF DRIVERS WITH A VALID WASHINGTON LICENSE. FOUR TYPES OF DRIVER TRAINING WILL BE EVALUATED: HIGH SCHOOL, COMMERCIAL, MILITARY, AND NO DRIVER TRAINING. IN GENERAL, DRIVERS WITH HIGH SCHOOL OR COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING HAVE LOWER ACCIDENT AND VIOLATION RATES THAN THOSE WITH NO DRIVER TRAINING. DRIVERS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE WITH HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER TRAINING HAVE LOWER RATES THAN THOSE WITH COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING OF THE SAME AGE. RATES FOR THESE TWO TYPES OF DRIVER TRAINING ONLY DIFFER SLIGHTLY WHEN COMPARED FOR OLDER AGE DRIVERS. IN MANY WASHINGTON COUNTIES, RATES FOR DRIVERS 17 TO 21 YEARS OF AGE WITH HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER TRAINING ARE HIGHER THAN THOSE FOR DRIVERS WITH NO DRIVER TRAINING OF THE SAME AGE. THIS MAY INDICATE THAT DRIVER TRAINING PROGRAMS IN THESE COUNTIES ARE RELATIVELY INEFFECTIVE. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  Washington State Department of Motor Vehicles

  Olympia, WA  United States  98501
• Authors:
  • Crancer, A
• Publication Date: 1967-5

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Alternatives analysis; Crash rates; Driver training; Evaluation; Gender; High schools; Military organizations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Military; Violations
• Old TRIS Terms: Commercial
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222926
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 8 1994 12:00AM