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Changing mobility patterns and road mortality among pre-license teens in a late licensing country: an epidemiological study

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Title
Changing mobility patterns and road mortality among pre-license teens in a late licensing country: an epidemiological study
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BMC Public Health, April 2013
DOI 10.1186/1471-2458-13-333
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Divera Twisk, Niels Bos, Jean T Shope, Gerjo Kok

Abstract

Whereas the safety of teens in early licensing countries has been extensively studied, little is known about the safety of pre-license teens in late licensing countries, where these teens also may be at risk. This risk exists because of the combination of a) increasing use of travel modes with a high injury risk, such as bicycles and mopeds, b) inexperience, and c) teens' developmental stage, known to be associated with risk taking and novelty seeking, especially among males. To explore the magnitude and nature of pre-license road risk, this study analysed epidemiological data from the Netherlands, and hypothesized that in this late licensing country, 'independent travel' and the use of riskier modes of transport increase among pre-license teens 10 to 17 years of age, resulting in higher fatality rates, with 'experience' and 'gender' as risk modifying factors.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 1%
Netherlands 1 1%
Canada 1 1%
Unknown 70 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 19 26%
Researcher 12 16%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 5%
Other 4 5%
Other 14 19%
Unknown 14 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 14 19%
Psychology 8 11%
Engineering 6 8%
Social Sciences 6 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 5 7%
Other 15 21%
Unknown 19 26%
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