YOUNG DRIVERS: YOUR ACCIDENT RISK ON RURAL ROADS EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE BY 48 PER CENT /IN FRENCH/

RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF A SURVEY CARRIED OUT ON FRENCH ROADS WITH THE HELP OF 7000 DRIVERS. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE ACCIDENT RISK FOR YOUNG DRIVERS (18 TO 24 YEARS OF AGE) IN RURAL AREAS IS TWICE AS HIGH AS THAT FOR OLDER DRIVERS (35 TO 44 YEARS OF AGE). PAST THE AGE OF 65, ACCIDENT RISK EXCEEDS THE AVERAGE BY 34 PER CENT; FOR WOMEN DRIVERS, IT IS 23 PER CENT HIGHER THAN AVERAGE. A TABLE IS GIVEN WHICH SHOWS THE RISK OF ACCIDENT FOR A DRIVER ACCORDING TO AGE AND SEX IN 1969.

• Corporate Authors:

  Organ Nat De Sec Rout, Actualites /Fr

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• Publication Date: 1970

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 34

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Crash rates; Drivers; Females; Gender; Rural highways
• Old TRIS Terms: Female drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222803
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1973 12:00AM