Fatal crash involvement of unlicensed young drivers: County level differences according to material deprivation and urbanicity in the United States

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 291-295

  Hanna, Christian L ^a,c   Laflamme, Lucie ^a   Bingham, C Raymond ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological study; Material deprivation; Road traffic injury; Unlicensed driving; Young drivers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; POPULATION STATISTICS;

ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; MATERIAL DEPRIVATIONS; ROAD TRAFFIC INJURIES; UNLICENSED DRIVINGS; YOUNG DRIVER;

ROADS AND STREETS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; POVERTY; SAFETY; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84856112722     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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