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The effect of passengers and risk-taking friends on risky driving and crashes/near crashes among novice teenagers.
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Purpose The high crash rates of novice teenage drivers are thought to be caused by inexperience and risky driving behavior, exacerbated by passengers, driving at night, and other complex driving conditions. This study examined factors associated with crash/near crash and risky driving rates among novice teenagers, including driving at night versus day, passenger presence and characteristics, and driver psychosocial factors.Method The vehicles of 42 newly licensed teenage drivers were equipped with recording systems that collected data on driving performance and occupant characteristics during their first 18 months of licensure. Survey data were collected at four measurement times. Poisson regression models with random effects were used to analyze crash/near crash and elevated gravitational force event rates (i.e., risky driving); incident rate ratios measured associations with covariates.Results Crash/near crash rates among novice teenagers were 75% lower in the presence of adult passengers and 96% higher among those teenagers with risky friends. Teenage risky driving was 67% lower with adult passengers, 18% lower with teenage passengers; 20% lower during early night than day; and 109% higher among teens with relatively more risky friends.Conclusions The low rate of risky driving in the presence of adult passengers suggests that teens can drive in a less risky manner. The higher rate of risky driving among those with risky friends suggests that risky driving may be socially influenced.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Simons-Morton, B. G., Ouimet, M. C., Zhang, Z., Klauer, S. E., Lee, S. E., Wang, J., Chen, R., Albert, P., & Dingus, T. A.
- Affiliations
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Adolescent Health
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-12
- Volume
- 49
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 587-593
- ISSN
- 1054-139X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3218800
- OpenAlex
- W2111183202
- Cited by
- 206
- References
- 36
- Citations by year
- 2026: 3 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 16 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 15 · 2017: 23 · 2016: 23 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 24 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 12
- FWCI
- 61.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of Adolescent Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (ZIAHD002110, Z01HD001707, ZIAHD001707)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality › Traffic and Road Safety
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Geriatrics and Gerontology › Older Adults Driving Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Keywords
- risky driving behavior, traffic accidents, near-crashes, passenger presence, peer influence, night driving, driving performance, novice drivers
- MeSH terms
- Accidents, Traffic, Adolescent, Adolescent Behavior, Automobile Driving, Female, Humans, Male, Peer Group, Risk Factors, Risk-Taking, Tape Recording, Poisson Distribution, Young Adult
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