Citation

Stevenson MR, Palamara P, Morrison D, Ryan GA. Crash Prev. Injury Control 2001; 2(4): 247-254.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine, Publisher Overseas Publishers Association - Gordon and Breach)

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Abstract

This study investigates the incidence on the likelihood of motor vehicle crashes along with the effect of driver and behavioral factors.  Seventeen year old newly licensed drivers (n=1277) in Perth, Australia were recruited and followed over the first 12 months of driving.  Cox proportional hazard analysis was used to assess driver and behavioral factors to determine whether they predicted the likelihood of a crash in the first 12 months of driving. The research indicates that a driver's perception of their confidence and adventurousness in the road environment plays a part in the causal pathway leading to a motor vehicle crash.  This research points to a need for preventive strategies that focus not only on knowledge and skill acquisition, but also the driver's perception in preparing young people for the road.