The impact of the graduated driver licence scheme on road traffic accident youth mortality in New Zealand

This paper examines the impact of the introduction of New Zealand's graduated driving license system on patterns of road traffic accident mortality amongst the young driving population from 1980 to 2001. Results show that the mortality rate has declined, but that rates in New Zealand are three times greater than in England and Wales and twice those of Scotland. When the data is adjusted to take account of differences in the minimum driving age, rates remain consistently higher in New Zealand and the proportional reduction in road traffic accident youth mortality is not significantly better than that experienced in Great Britain.

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  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VG8-4NTHMYK-1/1/551646d38ef4d84afa1a8835a658757f
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Kingham, S
  • Pearce, J
  • Dorling, D
  • Faulk, M
• Publication Date: 2008-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 134-141
• Serial:
  • Journal of Transport Geography
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0966-6923
  • Serial URL: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Fatalities; Graduated licensing; Teenage drivers; Traffic crash victims; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Comparative analysis
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01090346
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 21 2008 8:18AM