Teen Driver Risk in Relation to Age and Number of Passengers, United States, 2007-2010

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 283-292

  Tefft, Brian C ^a   Williams, Allan F ^b   Grabowski, Jurek G ^a  

^a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety   (United States)

^b Allan F Williams LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

driver; graduated licensing; passengers; teenagers; young drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876303811     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2012.708887     Document Type: Article

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