| Young driver accidents in the UK: the influence of age, experience, and time of day. | |
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PMID: 16600166 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Young drivers, especially males, have relatively more accidents than other drivers. Young driver accidents also have somewhat different characteristics to those of other drivers; they include single vehicle accidents involving loss of control; excess speed for conditions; accidents during darkness; accidents on single carriageway rural roads; and accidents while making cross-flow turns (i.e. turning right in the UK, equivalent to a left turn in the US and continental Europe). A sample of over 3000 accident cases was considered from midland British police forces, involving drivers aged 17-25 years, and covering a two year period. Four types of accident were analysed: right-turns; rear-end shunts; loss of control on curves; and accidents in darkness. Loss of control on curves and accidents in darkness were found to be a particular problem for younger drivers. It was found that cross-flow turn accidents showed the quickest improvement with increasing driver experience, whereas accidents occurring in darkness with no street lighting showed the slowest rate of improvement. 'Time of day' analyses suggested that the problems of accidents in darkness are not a matter of visibility, but a consequence of the way young drivers use the roads at night. There appears to be a large number of accidents associated with voluntary risk-taking behaviours of young drivers in 'recreational' driving. |
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Authors:
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David D Clarke; Patrick Ward; Craig Bartle; Wendy Truman |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2006-04-05 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Accident; analysis and prevention Volume: 38 ISSN: 0001-4575 ISO Abbreviation: Accid Anal Prev Publication Date: 2006 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-07-11 Completed Date: 2006-11-28 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254476 Medline TA: Accid Anal Prev Country: England |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 871-8 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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School of Psychology, The University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. David.Clarke@nottingham.ac.uk |
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Accidents, Traffic
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statistics & numerical data* Adolescent Adult Age Factors Automobile Driving* / psychology, statistics & numerical data Environment Design Female Great Britain Humans Lighting Male Risk-Taking Rural Population Time Factors |
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