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Citation

Kraus JF, Anderson CL, Zador PL, Williams A, Arzemanian S, Li WC, Salatka M. Am. J. Public Health 1991; 81(2): 172-176.

Affiliation

Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, UCLA 90024-1772.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Public Health Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1990854

PMCID

PMC1404946

Abstract

The interrelationships among motorcycle licensure, ownership, and injury crash involvement were investigated in a sample of 2,723 motorcycle drivers severely or fatally injured in California in 1985-86. Owners of motorcycles in such crashes ("driver-owners") were less likely to have valid licenses than a random sample of motorcycle owners who had not been in crashes (42 vs. 57 percent). Thirty-three percent of the crash-involved drivers had valid motorcycle driver's licenses; 39 percent were operating motorcycles they did not own ("driver-nonowners"). Driver-nonowners were less likely to be validly licensed than driver-owners (20 percent vs. 44 percent). The licensing rate of crash-involved driver-nonowners was 15 percent if the owner was also unlicensed. Rates of valid licensure were lowest among the youngest drivers. Virtually no crash-involved driver-nonowners under age 21 were licensed in cases in which the owner was also young and unlicensed.

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