Socioeconomic status and risk of car crash-related hospitalisation: results from the DRIVE Study
Young people from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds have significantly higher risks of traffic injury than those from higher SES backgrounds. The same pattern has been found for adolescents as pedestrians, motor vehicle passengers and bicyclists as well as for adults as drivers. Factors underlying this increased risk remain unclear, even though various hypotheses have been proposed, including that drivers from low SES backgrounds exhibit more risky behaviours, such as more often driving under influence of alcohol and drugs, longer driving exposure, or driving in riskier environments, compared to drivers with high SES. The objective of this study was to differentiate the risk of crash-related hospitalisation among young drivers by SES, adjusting for multiple confounders that are well-known risk factors for crashes, including driving exposure and place of residence.
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Authors:
- Chen, H Y
- Ivers, R Q
- Martiniuk, A L
- Boufous, S
- Senserrick, T
- Woodward, M
- Stevenson, M
- Norton, R
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- Publication Date: 2009-11
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: 2p
- Monograph Title: 2009 Australian Road Safety Research, Policing and Education Conference, Wednesday 11 to Friday 13 November 2009, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Crash analysis; Drivers; Highway safety; Mathematical models; Socioeconomic factors; Young adults
- Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (human factors)
- ATRI Terms: Crash analysis; Modelling; Road safety; Socioeconomic factors; Young driver
- Subject Areas: Economics; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01381995
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: ARRB
- ISBN: 9781921692260
- Files: ATRI
- Created Date: Aug 22 2012 12:57PM