Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and injury crash rates of young drivers

T M Rice; C Peek-Asa; J F Kraus

doi:10.1136/ip.9.3.245

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Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and injury crash rates of young drivers

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Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and injury crash rates of young drivers

T M Rice, C Peek-Asa and J F Kraus

Injury prevention, Vol.9(3), pp.245-250

09/2003

DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.3.245

PMCID: PMC1730980

PMID: 12966014

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Abstract

This study examines the association of nighttime driving and the carrying of passengers with the rate of motor vehicle crashes that resulted in severe or fatal injury to young drivers in California before the implementation of a graduated licensing system. Passenger vehicle drivers aged 16 or 17 involved in injury crashes in California from 1 January 1993 to 30 June 1998 were identified through a police crash database. An induced exposure method was used to estimate driving exposure. Odds ratios for driver injury crashes were estimated with logistic regression. Driving at night, driving without adult supervision, driving with passengers, using alcohol, being 16, and being male were associated with high rates of driver injury crash. The injury crash rate for drivers aged 16 or 17 increases during nighttime hours and in the absence of adult supervision, with or without other passengers. Driving between 10 pm and midnight is particularly dangerous for young drivers. Nighttime driving restrictions that begin at 10 pm or earlier and restrictions on carrying passengers at any hour may increase the effectiveness of graduated licensing systems.

Accidents, Traffic - prevention & control

Accidents, Traffic - psychology

Accidents, Traffic - statistics & numerical data

Adolescent

Adolescent Behavior

Adult

Age Factors

Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects

Automobile Driving - psychology

Automobile Driving - statistics & numerical data

California - epidemiology

Case-Control Studies

Female

Humans

Male

Odds Ratio

Risk Factors

Sex Factors

Time Factors

Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology

Wounds and Injuries - etiology

Wounds and Injuries - psychology

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Title: Subtitle: Nighttime driving, passenger transport, and injury crash rates of young drivers
Creators: T M Rice - Southern California Injury Prevention Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, 90024, USA. tr@ucla.edu
C Peek-Asa
J F Kraus
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Injury prevention, Vol.9(3), pp.245-250
DOI: 10.1136/ip.9.3.245
PMID: 12966014
PMCID: PMC1730980
NLM abbreviation: Inj Prev
ISSN: 1353-8047
eISSN: 1475-5785
Grant note: R49/CCR903622 / ODCDC CDC HHS
Language: English
Date published: 09/2003
Academic Unit: Occupational and Environmental Health; Epidemiology; Nursing; Public Policy Center (Archive)
Record Identifier: 9984215142602771

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