CHARACTERISTICS OF CRASH-INVOLVED YOUNGER DRIVERS

Drivers under age 25, especially new ones, have above average crash and injury rates. This paper probes the types of crashes where young drivers are over-represented. Drivers with less driving experience are involved in a higher percentage of single vehicle and turning crashes. Speed, swerving, skidding, spinning and search are identified as contributing crash factors. (A) For the covering abstract of the conference see IRRD 873507.

• Corporate Authors:

  ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE (AAAM)

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• Authors:
  • Lestina, D C
  • Miller, T R
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE, SEPTEMBER 21-23, 1994, LYON, FRANCE
• Publication Date: 1994

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 425-38

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Crash rates; Driver experience; Fatigue (Physiological condition); Intoxication; Knowledge; Night; Recently qualified drivers; Risk taking; Skidding; Speed
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 8525: Conference; 2231: Drunkenness; 2225: Experience (human); 2222: Fatigue (human); 9052: Night; 2259: Risk taking; 1645: Skidding; 5408: Speed; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00714326
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 27 1995 12:00AM