The characteristics of young pre-licensed drivers: Evidence from the New Zealand Drivers Study

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 539-546

  Begg, Dorothy ^a   Sullman, Mark ^b   Samaranayaka, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol and drugs; Deprivation; Ethnicity; Rural; Sensation seeking; Young prelicensed drivers

Indexed keywords

CRASH RISK; DEPRIVATION; DRIVING BEHAVIOUR; ETHNICITY; LICENSED DRIVERS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; NEW ZEALAND; NOVICE DRIVERS; ROAD SAFETY INTERVENTIONS; SENSATION-SEEKING;

POPULATION STATISTICS; ROADS AND STREETS; RURAL AREAS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COOPERATION; CRIMINOLOGY; DRIVER LICENCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LICENSING; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LICENSURE; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856114341     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.006     Document Type: Article

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