MOTORCYCLE LICENSURE, OWNERSHIP, AND INJURY CRASH INVOLVEMENT
The interrelationship among motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement were investigated in a sample of 2,723 motorcycle drivers severely or fatally injured in California in 1985-86. Owners of motorcycles in such crashes ("driver-owners") were less likely to have valid licenses than a random sample of motorcycle owners who had not been in crashes (42 vs. 57 percent). Thirty-three percent of the crash-involved drivers had valid motorcycle driver's licenses; 39 percent were operating motorcycles they did not own ("driver-nonowners"). Driver-nonowners were less likely to be validly licensed than driver-owners (20 percent vs. 44 percent). The licensing rate of crash-involved driver-nonowners was 15 percent if the owner was also unlisenced. Rates of valid licensure were lowest among the youngest drivers. Virtually no crash-involved driver-nonowners under age 21 were licensed in cases in which the owner was also young and unlicensed.
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Corporate Authors:
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Authors:
- Kraus, J F
- Anderson, C
- Zador, P
- Williams, A
- ARZEMANIAN, S
- Weichang, L
- SALATKA, M
- Publication Date: 1991-2
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 172-176
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Serial:
- American Journal of Public Health
- Volume: 81
- Issue Number: 2
- Publisher: American Public Health Association
- ISSN: 0090-0036
- EISSN: 1541-0048
- Serial URL: http://ajph.aphapublications.org/loi/ajph
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Crash severity; Driver licenses; Drivers; High risk drivers; Injury severity; Licenses; Motorcycles; Motorcyclists; Owner operators; Ownership
- Identifier Terms: Injury Severity Score
- Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
- Geographic Terms: California
- Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00605435
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 31 1991 12:00AM