YOUNG NOVICE DRIVERS: CARELESS OR CLUELESS?

As a group, young drivers present an accident risk that far exceeds that of any other group; on a per-mile basis, the non-fatal accident rate for a 16 year old is 10 times that of adults and almost three times that of 18-year olds. The objective of this study was to identify: behaviors contributing most frequently to the accidents of young drivers; and any subset of behaviors in which inexperienced young drivers were over-represented.

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• Authors:
  • McKnight, A J
  • McKnight, A S
• Publication Date: 2003-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 921-925
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 35
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Human error; Human factors in crashes; Novices; Risk assessment; Teenage drivers
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00963978
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 2 2003 12:00AM