title: Motor vehicle occupant crashes among teens: impact of the graduated licensing law in San Diego.
abstract: To assess the effect of California's graduated driver's license (GDL) law in San Diego County, we compared motor vehicle crash and passenger injury rates involving 16-year-old drivers for 1999 and 2000, the first two years of the law, against 1997, using data from a statewide database of all injury crashes. While the crash rate per 1,000 drivers did not change following GDL, a significant decline in the percentage of 16-year-olds with a driver's license corresponded with large decreases in population-based crash and injury rates.
authors.affiliation: County of San Diego Health and Human Services Agency, Division of Emergency Medical Services, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pierce
authors.forename: L U
authors.initials: LU
authors.lastname: Ray
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Murrin
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000293:Adolescent; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D002140:California; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*