Young unlicensed drivers and fatal road traffic crashes in the USA in the past decade. A neglected public health issue.
It is unknown whether road traffic crashes (RTCs) involving young unlicensed drivers follow the downward trend of those involving licensed drivers. Our national register-based study from 2000 to 2011 indicates that the downward trend for young unlicensed drivers (<25 years) is significantly less pronounced. These drivers account for 10.7% to 11.5% of the fatal RTCs involving young drivers during that time period; this percentage is consistently higher in the Western and Southern states and has increased in recent years in the Midwest.
Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, , Stockholm, Sweden.
Christian L
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Hanna
Marie
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Hasselberg
Lucie
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Laflamme
D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008004:Licensure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D011634:Public Health; D012309:Risk-Taking; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult