SMOKING, DRIVER EDUCATION, AND OTHER CORRELATES OF OF ACCIDENTS AMONG YOUNG MALES

A SAMPLE OF 2,961 AIRMEN, AGE 17-20, WAS ADMINISTERED A VARIETY OF TESTS AND A BIOGRAPHICAL QUESTIONNAIRE, AND THE RESULTANT VARIABLES RELATED TO ACCIDENT FREQUENCY. OF 19 VARIABLES, 6 WERE SIGNIFICANT UPON CROSS-VALIDATION, INCLUDING THE AFQT, MILEAGE, VIOLATIONS, VALUE OF PARENTS' HOME, FAMILY INCOME, AND SMOKING HABITS. HIGH SCHOOL DRIVER EDUCATION DEMONSTRATED NO RELATIONSHIP TO ACCIDENT FREQUENCY. THE HIGHER ACCIDENT RATE FOUND AMOUNG SMOKERS MAY BE PARTIALLY THE RESULT OF SIGNIFICANT OXYGEN DEFICIENCY AND/OR THE POSSESSION OF CERTAIN PERSONALITY TRAITS.

• Availability:
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• Authors:
  • McGuire, F L
• Publication Date: 1972-3

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 5-11
• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Volume: 4
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash rates; Drivers; Human characteristics; Smoking; Social factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222004
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 17 1973 12:00AM