NIGHTTIME DRIVING AND FATAL CRASH INVOLVEMENT OF TEENAGERS
Data from the 1977 National Personal Transportation Survey and from the Fatal Accident Reporting System were used to compute mileage-based fatal crash involvement rates of drivers, by age, sex, and time of day. Teenagers drive less than older drivers but do more of their driving at night. They have much higher numbers of drivers in fatal crashes based on miles driven than do older drivers; their nighttime rates are particularly high. Sixteen year olds, especially males, have by far the highest fatal crash rates per mile, both nighttime and daytime. More widespread adoption of driving curfew laws would very likely produce substantial reductions in fatalities involving 16 yr old drivers. (Author/TRRL)
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Pergamon Press, Incorporated
Headington Hill Hall
Oxford OX30BW, -
Authors:
- Williams, A F
- Publication Date: 1985-2
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References;
- Pagination: p. 1-5
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Serial:
- Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Volume: 17
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: Elsevier
- ISSN: 0001-4575
- Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Crash rates; Crashes; Curfew; Drivers; Driving; Fatalities; Females; Gender; Human beings; Night; Teenage drivers; Travel
- Identifier Terms: Fatal Accident Reporting System
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age; Mileage
- Geographic Terms: United States
- ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 1748: Adolescent; 1855: Driving (veh); 1602: Fatality; 698: Journey; 6488: Length; 1787: Man; 9052: Night; 8122: USA; 1788: Woman
- Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00396809
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
- Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 759
- Files: ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Jan 31 1986 12:00AM