Associations between graduated driver licensing and road trauma reductions in a later licensing age jurisdiction: Queensland, Australia.

ABSTRACT: The success of driver graduated licensing systems (GLS) is demonstrated primarily in jurisdictions that licence at young ages with requirements expiring at age 18. In Australia, GLS requirements typically apply for all applicants aged under 25. In 2007, the Queensland licensing system was strengthened, extending the learner and introducing a 100-hour supervised driving requirement, introducing restrictions on passenger carriage at night and high-powered vehicles for provisional drivers, and on phone use for all novice drivers (learner and provisional). The objective of the current research was to evaluate whether these changes were associated with reductions in crashes (all) and killed-and-serious-injury (KSI) crashes involving novice drivers, and respective casualties. Government licensin

SUBMITTER: Senserrick T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6155503 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature