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Moving beyond teen crash fatality statistics : the go-team study.

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  • Creators:
    McGehee, Daniel V. ORCID ICON IMG ; Reyes, Michelle L. ORCID ICON IMG ; Carney, Cher ORCID ICON IMG
  • Corporate Creators:
    University of Iowa. Public Policy Center
  • Corporate Contributors:
    United States. Federal Highway Administration
  • Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Publication/ Report Number:
    SPR 90-00-GOTM-000
  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • Geographical Coverage:
    Iowa
  • Corporate Publisher:
    Iowa. Dept. of Transportation
  • Abstract:
    Despite a trend of decreasing teen fatalities due to motor vehicle crashes over the past decade, they remain the leading cause ; of adolescent fatalities in Iowa. The purpose of this study was to create detailed case studies of each fatal motor vehicle crash ; involving a driver under the age of 20 that occurred in Iowa in 2009, 2010, and 2011. Data for each crash were gathered from ; media sources, law enforcement agencies, and the Iowa Department of Transportation. The driving records of the teens, ; which included their licensure history, prior traffic citations, and prior crashes, were also acquired. In addition, data about the ; charges filed against a teen as a result of being involved in a fatal crash were obtained. ; A total of 126 crashes involving 131 teen drivers that resulted in 143 fatalities were analyzed. Many findings for fatal ; crashes involving teen drivers in Iowa are consistent with national trends, including the overrepresentation of male drivers, ; crash involvement that increases with age, crash involvement per vehicle miles traveled that decreases with age, and ; prevalence of single-vehicle road departure crashes. Relative to national statistics, teen fatalities from crashes in Iowa are ; more likely to occur from midnight to 6am and from 9am to noon. Crash type varied by driver age and county population ; level. Teen drivers contributed to the fatal crashes at a rate of 74%; contribution of the teen driver was unknown for 11% of ; crashes. Speed was a factor for about 25% of the crashes for which a teen driver was at fault. The same was also true of ; alcohol/drug impairment. Only 20% of the rear-seat occupants of the teen drivers’ vehicles wore seat belts compared to 60% ; use for the front-seat occupants. Analysis of the teens’ driving records prior to the fatal crash suggests at-fault crashes and ; speeding violations are associated with contributing to the fatal crash.
  • Format:
    PDF
  • Download URL:
    https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26293/dot_26293_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 4.46 MB]
  • Collection(s):
    US Transportation Collection
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:c4d74bcdbbcf8c3e08ca33eddac5ea1e9f51f2dcf60c7f4d328e979ac9df46de44957327df4065df0cfda399e0bb522fb254728740a7f05cb649d050287b6c9f
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