PRE-DRIVING IDENTIFICATION OF YOUNG DRIVERS WITH A HIGH RISK OF ACCIDENTS

INTERVIEW DATA ON 205 DRIVERS UNDER AGE 21 WERE COMPARED WITH MATCHED CONTROLS. FACTORS SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FREQUENT IN THE ACCIDENT GROUP ARE: FAILED AT LEAST ONE GRADE OR WERE IN VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL; SMOKED REGULARLY AT OR BEFORE AGE 16; HAD FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT EXCLUSIVE OF SCHOOL VACATIONS AT OR BEFORE AGE 17 AND BEFORE OBTAINING DRIVER LICENSE; AND HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. THOSE WHO HAD BEEN IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT SHOWED STILL HIGHER FREQUENCIES OF THESE FACTORS. THE FREQUENCY OF PROBABLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR A FIRST ACCIDENT WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF RECEIVING A DRIVER'S LICENSE WAS STRIKINGLY HIGHER IN THOSE WITH THESE RISK FACTORS THAN IN OTHER ACCIDENT CASES, BUT THESE TWO GROUPS HAS SIMILAR PROPORTIONS WITH TWO OR MORE ACCIDENTS. /HSL/

• Availability:
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 2, PP 55-66, 9 REFS
• Authors:
  • Kraus, A S
  • Steele, R
  • Ghent, W R
  • Thompson, M G
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Journal of Safety Research
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0022-4375
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00224375

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crashes; Drivers; Hazards; Interviewing; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223362
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 2 1970 12:00AM