Road crashes among unlicensed drivers – preventable by new technology?

Dødsulykker ved kjøring uten førerett – kan de forhindres med ny teknologi?

Drivers or riders without a license or with a stolen vehicle are involved in more than 10% of fatal road crashes in Norway. This was shown by an analysis of data from all fatal crashes in the period 2005-2014. A literature review shows that unlicensed drivers have a considerably increased crash risk. Such crashes could be prevented by electronic driver authentication, i.e., a technical system for checking that a driver or rider has legal access to a vehicle before driving is permitted. This can be done by requiring the driver/rider to identify themselves with a national identity number and a unique code or biometric information before driving may commence, and that the vehicle thereafter verifies license availability and vehicle access by communication with a central register. In more than 80% of fatal crashes with unlicensed drivers/riders, speeding and/or drug influence contributed to the crash. This means that a majority of crashes with unlicensed drivers alternatively could be prevented by available systems, such as alcolock and speed-limit-dependent speed adapters. However, there are many crashes that are not influenced by those measures, and there is consequently a potential for additional safety improvement by means of an electronic driver authentication system.

• Record URL:
  https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/Publikasjoner/T%C3%98I%20rapporter/2016/1529-2016/1529-2016-elektronisk.pdf
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  https://www.toi.no/getfile.php/Publikasjoner/T%C3%98I%20rapporter/2016/1529-2016/1529-2016-sum.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2016 Institute of Transport Economics/Transportøkonomisk Institutt. Report in Norwegian, summary in English.
• Authors:
  • Sagberg, Fridulv
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English
• Norwegian

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 42p
• Serial:
  • TØI Report
  • Issue Number: 1529/2016
  • Publisher: Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
  • ISSN: 0808-1190
  • EISSN: 2535-5104
  • Serial URL: https://www.toi.no/publications/category29.html
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driving without a license; Fatalities; Ignition systems; Literature reviews; Technological innovations; Traffic crashes
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01634835
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248017783
• Contract Numbers: 4359
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 17 2017 10:52AM