YOUTHFUL MOTORISTS: INVESTIGATION OF THE COMMISSION OF THE STATE MINISTRY FOR HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

DER JUGENDLICHE KRAFTFAHRER: UNTERSUCHUNG IM AUFTRAG DBUNDESMINSTERIUMS FUR GESUNDHEIT UND UMWELTSCHUTZ

This project compared the types of accidents of various groups of persons according to age, sex, degree of intoxication, and seriousness of resultant injury. Data from 52,763 personal injury traffic accidents show that the age variable was dominant over the sex variable, although differences in the types of accidents characteristic of drivers in certain age groups disappeared when intoxicated drivers were considered.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Psychological Association

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  Washington, DC  United States  20002-4242
• Authors:
  • Breinbauer, W
  • Hofner, K J
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 62 p.
• Serial:
  • Psychological Abstracts
  • Volume: 52
  • Publisher: American Psychological Association

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Adolescents; Age; Crash types; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Environmental protection; Gender; Health; Injuries; Teenage drivers
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver age
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal injury
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127277
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 10631
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 14 1976 12:00AM