Teenage driver crash incidence and factors influencing crash injury by rurality
Teenage driver crash incidence and factors influencing crash injury by rurality
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jsr.2010.10.002
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
4.1
通讯作者：
Falb, Scott
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作者：
Peek-Asa, Corinne;Britton, Carla;Falb, Scott
背景资料：以前的研究已经确定，与年长的司机相比，青少年司机发生机动车碰撞伤害的风险更高，与城市道路相比，农村道路的碰撞严重程度更高。很少有研究探讨了青少年驾驶员在农村和城市道路上发生碰撞的发生率和特征。研究方法：所有涉及10至18岁司机的车祸都是从2002年至2008年的爱荷华州交通部车祸数据中确定的。计算了城市、郊区、农村和偏远农村地区的总体撞车率和致命或重伤撞车率。比较了农村和城市碰撞事故中驾驶员分布和碰撞特征。Logistic回归被用来识别与城市和农村车祸中致命或严重伤害几率增加相关的驾驶员和车祸特征。结果如下：对于较年轻的青少年司机（10至15岁），整体碰撞率较高的农村地区，虽然年龄较大的青少年司机（16至18岁）的整体碰撞率较低的农村地区。农村青少年撞车导致致命或严重伤害的可能性比城市青少年撞车高出近五倍。农村撞车事故更有可能涉及单一车辆，深夜，涉及未能屈服的权利，并越过中心分隔线。结论：提高农村地区青少年安全驾驶的干预计划需要解决与农村道路相关的特定风险因素。对行业的影响：青少年撞车事故导致青少年工人及其父母失去工作时间。安全、医疗和保险等行业在提高车辆安全性方面有着既得利益，这些努力应该解决城市和农村道路的风险和伤害差异。(C)2010年国家安全理事会和爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Background: Previous research has identified teenage drivers as having an increased risk for motor-vehicle crash injury compared with older drivers, and rural roads as having increased crash severity compared with urban roads. Few studies have examined incidence and characteristics of teen driver-involved crashes on rural and urban roads. Methods: All crashes involving a driver aged 10 through 18 were identified from the Iowa Department of Transportation crash data from 2002 through 2008. Rates of overall crashes and fatal or severe injury crashes were calculated for urban, suburban, rural, and remote rural areas. The distribution of driver and crash characteristics were compared between rural and urban crashes. Logistic regression was used to identify driver and crash characteristics associated with increased odds of fatal or severe injury among urban and rural crashes. Results: For younger teen drivers (age 10 through 15), overall crash rates were higher for more rural areas, although for older teen drivers (age 16 through 18) the overall crash rates were lower for rural areas. Rural teen crashes were nearly five times more likely to lead to a fatal or severe injury crash than urban teen crashes. Rural crashes were more likely to involve single vehicles, be late at night, involve a failure to yield the right-of-way and crossing the center divider. Conclusions: Intervention programs to increase safe teen driving in rural areas need to address specific risk factors associated with rural roadways. Impact on Industry: Teen crashes cause lost work time for teen workers as well as their parents. Industries such as safety, health care, and insurance have a vested interest in enhanced vehicle safety, and these efforts should address risks and injury differentials in urban and rural roadways. (C) 2010 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.