INTRODUCTION Young drivers aged 17-25 continue to represent a major public health problem in Australia. Their fatality rate is approximately twice that of older-age drivers, a ratio that has remained relatively unchanged for over a quarter of a century. One response to this over-representation in fatal crashes has been the promotion of formal driver training and education, either in the pre-lic...

CONTEXT Little is known about how state-level driver licensure laws, such as in-person renewal, vision tests, road tests, and the frequency of license renewal relate to the older driver traffic fatality rate. OBJECTIVE To determine whether state driver's license renewal policies are associated with the fatality rate among elderly drivers. DESIGN, SETTING, AND POPULATION Retrospective, longi...

design more accessible living environments and to help the elderly maintain mobility in the wake of their growing number is a significant challenge to society. In 1995, the average older American made 3.4 trips per day, totaling 24.4 mi per day, which works out to be approximately 7.2 miles per trip (4). An increasing number of older adults will continue to travel, both as drivers and as pedest...

This analysis examines how the age of the vehicle at the time of the crash and the vehicle’s model year are correlated with the injury outcome of the driver of a passenger vehicle involved in a fatal crash. A multivariate logistic regression model was constructed to model the relationship between injury outcome (fatally injured versus survived) of the driver and the independent variables vehicl...

Recent studies show that driver drowsiness (fatigue) and inattention are major causes of fatal road accidents. A large number of these accidents could be avoided if the vehicles were equipped with sensors that reliably could monitor the attention and alertness cues of the drivers, and systems that, based on the sensor input, could warn the drivers in time. Driver fatigue and attention monitorin...

CONTEXT Since 1997, 32 states have enacted graduated driver licensing (GDL) systems to reduce crash rates among young novice drivers. OBJECTIVE To determine the initial effect of the North Carolina GDL system on crashes among 16-year-old drivers. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS Comparison of population-based North Carolina motor vehicle crash rates before (1996-1997) and after (1999) 16-year-...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the prevalence and characteristics of abusive drug exposure among non-fatal motor vehicle driver casualties presenting to a designated trauma centre in Hong Kong. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING Designated trauma centre/regional accident and emergency department in Hong Kong. SUBJECTS Non-fatal motor vehicle driver casualties who presented to the trauma cent...

INTRODUCTION To evaluate the benefits of road transport safety projects, planners need the monetary value of averting fatal and severe injuries. Usually, contingent valuation and risk-risk studies have been used. The contexts posed by both survey techniques do not represent the choice situation a driver faces when having to choose among alternative routes with different levels of safety. METH...

Alcohol abuse is the dominant cause of fatal car accidents (about 25% all road deaths in Europe). The large-scale implementation systems aimed at realization in-vehicle driver breath ethanol detection therefore high demand. For this reason, we devoted our attention to design an inexpensive and reliable alcohol sensor for use Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS). main challenge development r...

Based on Coroners' verdicts, fatigue of car or truck drivers was a contributing factor in 9.1% of fatal accidents involving trucks. Based on the presence of factors such as extended driving hours, falling asleep at the wheel, comments about tiredness, driving right of centre and night-time driving, the authors estimated fatigue contributed to 19.9% of the accidents. There were approximately equ...