Graduated Driver Licensing in Georgia: The Impact of the Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA)

The Effectiveness of The Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act (TADRA) passed by the Georgia legislature in 1997, in reducing fatal crashes among 16-year-old drivers was examined using the Fatality Reporting System. Results showed that during the first 5 1/2 years following the enactment of TADRA, the average annual driver crash rate for 16-year-olds declined 36.8%. When these data are compared to three bordering states that did not enact similarly restrictive legislation on 16-year-old drivers, the rate in Georgia (following TADRA enactment) was 34% lower than in Tennessee, 32% lower than in Alabama, and 18% lower than in South Carolina, although prior to the enactment of TADRA in Georgia, these states all had similar fatal crash rates among 16-year-old drivers. This finding strongly suggests that TADRA was responsible for the reduction in crash rate observed in Georgia.

• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/NewDriver/3707GDLinGA/index.html
• Record URL:
  http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/NewDriver/3707GDLinGA/GDL_GA.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Emory University School of Medicine

  Center for Injury Control
  Department of Emergency Medicine, 531 Asbury Circle
  Atlanta, GA  United States  30322

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kellermann, A L
  • Rios, A
  • Wald, M
  • Nelson, S R
  • Dark, K
  • Price, M E
• Publication Date: 2007-2

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Edition: Final Report
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 43p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Countermeasures; Crash rates; Driver licensing; Fatalities; Graduated licensing; Highway safety; Legislation; State laws; Teenage drivers; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Identifier Terms: Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Teenage and Adult Driver Responsibility Act
• Uncontrolled Terms: 16 Year olds
• Geographic Terms: Alabama; Georgia; South Carolina; Tennessee
• Subject Areas: Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01050038
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-810 715
• Contract Numbers: DTNH22-03-H-05147
• Files: HSL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Apr 30 2007 2:15PM