@article{ref1,
title="Probationary and non-probationary drivers' nighttime crashes in Western Australia, 1996-2000",
journal="Journal of safety research",
year="2005",
author="Adams, C.",
volume="36",
number="1",
pages="33-37",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to explore the temporal aspects of crashes for probationary and non-probationary drivers. METHODS: Data from the West Australian Road Injury Database from 1996-2000 were used to calculate age-sex-specific crash rates per 100,000 person-days and to plot proportions of fatal and hospital crashes by time for probationary and non-probationary drivers. The population attributable risk was used to estimate the potential number of lives saved by nighttime driving restriction in the probationary period. RESULTS: Probationary drivers were seven times more likely to crash than non-probationary drivers. While the highest number of crashes was in the daytime, probationary drivers had a higher proportion of fatal or hospitalization crashes at night than non-probationary drivers. CONCLUSION: Restrictions on driving at night could form part of graduated driver training. Even if some probationary drivers disobeyed the restriction, a substantial reduction in car occupant fatalities and hospitalizations could result.",
language="en",
issn="0022-4375",
doi="10.1016/j.jsr.2004.11.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2004.11.003"
}