ARE YOUNG DRIVERS REALLY MORE DANGEROUS-AFTER CONTROLLING FOR EXPOSURE AND EXPERIENCE?

WITH A PROBABILITY SAMPLE OF 3,000 SUBURBAN DRIVERS, DRIVING INFRACTIONS IN THE PAST YEAR (NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS OF ANY SEVERITY, AND NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS PLUS WARNINGS) WERE OBTAINED FROM BOTH PERSONAL INTERVIEWS AND OFFICIAL FILES, AND EXAMINED IN RELATION TO AGE FOR MEN AND WOMEN AGED 16-24 AND 35- 44. TWO NONLINEAR METHODS WERE USED TO CONTROL FOR EXPOSURE: SEPARATE ANALYSES WITHIN MILEAGE BRACKETS, AND AN ADJUSTMENT OF INFRACTION SCORES BY THE MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATION (MCA) PROGRAM TO REMOVE EFFECTS ASSOCIATED WITH MILEAGE AND DRIVING CONDITIONS. UNDER BOTH CONTROL PROCEDURES, SIGNIFICANT AGE EFFECTS WERE FOUND: YOUNG MEN AGED 18 AND 19 HAD MORE VIOLATIONS THAN MEN EITHER YOUNGER OR OLDER. WITH ROAD EXPERIENCE CONTROLLED BY AGE WHEN DRIVING WAS LEARNED, THE SAME PEAK AT 18 OR 19 APPEARED EXCEPT THAT AMONG MEN WHO LEARNED AT 15--THE "RECOMMENDED" AGE FOR DRIVER EDUCATION--THE CRASH AND VIOLATION PEAKS WERE DELAYED ONE OR TWO YEARS./AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 42 Pp, Figs, TABS, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Survey Research Center
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48109
• Authors:
  • Pelz, D C
  • SCHUMAN, S H
• Publication Date: 1970-8-17

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash exposure; Crashes; Driver training; Knowledge
• Uncontrolled Terms: Experience; Exposure; Violations
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223579
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 17 1970 12:00AM