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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• 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
• 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