Open AccessVariations in minimum licensing age and fatal motor vehicle crashes.
Author(s) -
A F Williams,
Ronald S. Karpf,
Paul Zador
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.73.12.1401
Subject(s) - crash , motor vehicle crash , injury prevention , occupational safety and health , poison control , medicine , demography , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , age groups , gerontology , environmental health , sociology , computer science , programming language , pathology
The effect of differences in the legal minimum licensing age on fatal motor vehicle crashes was studied in New Jersey (age 17), Massachusetts (age 16 1/2), and Connecticut (age 16). New Jersey's 17-year-old licensing law was associated with greatly reduced fatal crash involvement. It is estimated that 65 to 85 per cent reductions in 16 year-old-driver fatal crash involvement can be expected if the licensing age is increased from 16 to 17 without increasing fatal crash rates at older ages.
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