Effects of graduated driver licensing on licensure and traffic injury rates in Upstate New York

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 531-535

  Zhu, Motao ^a   Chu, Haitao ^b   Li, Guohua ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Graduated driver licensing law; Traffic injury; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DRIVER INJURIES; EVALUATION; GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING LAW; INJURY RATES; NEGATIVE BINOMIALS; NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE; RELATIVE RATES; SAFETY BENEFITS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TRAFFIC INJURY; YOUNG DRIVERS;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

DRIVER LICENSING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; RISK; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; BICYCLING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW YORK; ODDS RATIO; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849094045     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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