Variations in minimum licensing age and fatal motor vehicle crashes.
- 1 December 1983
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 73 (12) , 1401-1403
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.73.12.1401
Abstract
The effect of differences in the legal minimum licensing age on fatal motor vehicle crashes was studied in New Jersey (age 17), Massachusetts (age 16 1/2), and Connecticut (age 16). New Jersey's 17-year-old licensing law was associated with greatly reduced fatal crash involvement. It is estimated that 65 to 85 per cent reductions in 16 year-old-driver fatal crash involvement can be expected if the licensing age is increased from 16 to 17 without increasing fatal crash rates at older ages.Keywords
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