This report describes young driver crashes in Alaska, compares rates and characteristics of young driver crashes with adult driver crashes, and summarizes the medical and financial outcomes of young driver crashes, for the period 1991 through 1995. Using the Mini Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (MINICODES), trauma registry hospital discharge data were linked with traffic crash records. The...

Research has shown that inexperienced drivers underestimate the risks associated with a range of driving situations. In addition, personality factors are an important influence on both risk perceptions and driving behaviour. The study investigated the strength of relationship between personality factors, risk perceptions, and driving behaviour among young, mainly inexperienced drivers. One-hund...

Decrease in cognitive function is known to be the main cause of driving cessation in old age but the same has not been clearly established in young adults. Previous research has implicated a variety of psychological factors related to fear of driving in young adults. Present study focuses on the measure of cognitive skills in such individuals who avoid driving in spite of an opportunity and nec...

Approximately one third of deaths among persons aged 15-24 years result from motor-vehicle crashes (1). Although alcohol use increases the risk for motor-vehicle crashes for all drivers, for young drivers the risk begins to increase at very low blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) (2). In addition, in young persons who drive after drinking, the relative risk for crash involvement is greater at a...

Royal Automobile Club of Victoria VicRoads The purpose of this project was the provision of recommendations concerning the development of enforcement methods or procedures that will better target excessive speed amongst younger drivers. An analysis of crash data confirmed general predictions that young drivers, and young males in particular, are more likely to be involved in crashes defined as ...

OBJECTIVE Young drivers are at greatest risk of injury or death from a car crash in the first 6 months of independent driving. In Queensland, the graduated driver licensing (GDL) program was extensively modified in July 2007 in order to reduce this risk. Increased mileage and car ownership have been found to play a role in risky driving, offenses, and crashes; however, GDL programs typically do...

PURPOSE Young novice drivers continue to be overrepresented in fatalities and injuries arising from crashes even with the introduction of countermeasures such as graduated driver licensing (GDL). Enhancing countermeasures requires a better understanding of the variables influencing risky driving. One of the most common risky behaviours performed by drivers of all ages is speeding, which is part...

A modified version of the flicker technique to induce change blindness was used to examine the effects of time constraints on decision-making accuracy at intersections on a total of 62 young (18-25 years), middle-aged (26-64 years), young-old (65-73 years), and old-old (74+ years) drivers. Thirty-six intersection photographs were manipulated so that one object (i.e., pedestrian, vehicle, sign, ...