Using the U.S. National Household Travel Survey to estimate the impact of passenger characteristics on young drivers' relative risk of fatal crash involvement

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 689-694

  Ouimet, Marie Claude ^a,b   Simons Morton, Bruce G ^a   Zador, Paul L ^c   Lerner, Neil D ^c   Freedman, Mark ^c   Duncan, Glen D ^d   Wang, Jing ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Crash risk; Fatality; Gender; Passengers; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE ESTIMATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRASH RATE; CRASH RISK; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; DRIVING EXPOSURES; FATAL CRASHES; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEMS; HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS; IMPUTATION TECHNIQUES; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; NATIONAL HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL SURVEYS; RELATIVE RISKS; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED; YOUNG DRIVER; YOUNG MALE DRIVERS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CRASHWORTHINESS; DATA ACQUISITION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; MOTORS; SURVEYS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049113703     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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