Examination of the Victorian Graduated Licensing System’s Effect on Young Novice Driver Safety

Against a background of strong community support, the Victorian Government introduced an enhanced Graduated Licensing System (GLS) during 2007 and 2008. Key enhancements included the requirement for learner drivers aged less than 21 years to complete a minimum of 120 hours of supervised driving practice and a requirement for first year probationary drivers to carry no more than one peer passenger. Our evaluation examined the effect of the enhanced GLS on novice driver crash involvement and other measures. The results show that the enhanced GLS is an effective countermeasure.

• Record URL:
  http://acrs.org.au/publications/acrs-conference-papers/acrs-database/
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Extended abstract only
• Authors:
  • Imberger, K
  • Healy, D
  • Catchpole, J
  • Mitsopoulos-Rubens, E
  • McIntyre, A
• Conference:
  • Australasian Road Safety Conference, 2017, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• Publication Date: 2017-10

Media Info

• Pagination: 2p
• Monograph Title: Proceedings of the 2017 Australasian Road Safety Conference, 10-12 October, Perth, Australia

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Driver improvement programs; Drivers; Graduated licensing; Recently qualified drivers; Traffic safety; Young adults
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safe systems (road users)
• Geographic Terms: Australia; Victoria
• ATRI Terms: Before and after study; Crash countermeasure; Driver improvement; Graduated licence; Young driver
• ITRD Terms: 1661: Accident prevention; 9148: Before and after study; 1551: Graduated licence
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01661771
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Mar 1 2018 10:03AM