Do Young Drivers Become Safer After Being Involved in a Collision?

O’Brien, Fearghal; Bible, Joe; Liu, Danping; Simons-Morton, Bruce G.

doi:10.1177/0956797616688118

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“…As a result, underestimating risk is associated with a higher propensity to engage in risky behaviour [ 40 , 41 ]. Some studies have demonstrated that the majority of young drivers tend to underestimate risk and engage in risky driving even after being involved in a car crash [ 42 ]. Although these drivers were observed to be more cautious while driving during the first two months after the collision, this cautiousness was no longer observed after the third month.…”

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Assessing Willingness to Engage in Risky Driving Behaviour Using Naturalistic Driving Footage: The Role of Age and Gender

Ventsislavova

García-Fernández

Castro

2021

IJERPH

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Young novice drivers are more prone than older drivers to get involved in a risky driving situation. Some young drivers underestimate risk while overestimating their driving abilities, increasing the likelihood of engaging in risky behaviour. Age and inexperience both influence risk estimation, though it is not clear which of these variables is more important. Can drivers’ willingness to engage in risky behaviour be assessed in a similar way to hazard perception skill using video-based risky situations? The aim of the current study was to assess whether a video-based tool could measure the willingness to participate in risky driving situations and whether it can distinguish between different types of risky driving scenarios across gender and driver age groups. We also explored the moderating effect of age and gender on drivers’ experience in relation to the risky manoeuvres and participants’ willingness to engage in risky situations. Participants were presented with naturalistic videos from the perspective of the driver that contained active risky situations (result of driver’s own actions) and were asked to make a decision regarding a potential action (to overtake a bus/bicycle or pass through an amber light) and whether they would accelerate at this point. Participants reported that they were more willing to accelerate and overtake cyclists and buses and less willing to pass a light in amber. Young drivers were more willing to both engage in the risky behaviours and accelerate than older drivers, with young males reporting higher scores than the other groups. Gender differences were observed, with males being more prone to overtake and pass through a light in amber than females; however, this difference was not observed for the intention to accelerate. All the above effects remained when we tested the impact of experience on decision making while controlling for age and gender, although driving experience was no longer significant. These results demonstrate that drivers’ intention to assume risk can indeed be measured in a similar video-based methodology to that used by hazard perception tests. The findings raise the possibility of assessing and training drivers on a wider range of safety-related behaviours.

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Assessing Willingness to Engage in Risky Driving Behaviour Using Naturalistic Driving Footage: The Role of Age and Gender

Ventsislavova

García-Fernández

Castro

2021

IJERPH

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“…To evaluate this more formally, we used the SHRP2 naturalistic driving data set that includes some 245 young drivers . We calculated the rates of KRD before and after each crash and found that the rates declined for at least 2 months, whereas the rates among those who did not crash remained stable, consistent with an effect of learning from crash experience …”

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“…18 We calculated the rates of KRD before and after each crash and found that the rates declined for at least 2 months, whereas the rates among those who did not crash remained stable, consistent with an effect of learning from crash experience. 40 As with CNC, the variability in KRD among novice teenage drivers could only be examined in longitudinal research using naturalistic driving methods; hence, it was not known before the NTDS. Using latent class models of KRD over the 18-month period, Simons-Morton et al 33 found 2 trajectory classes best characterized the overtime distribution, with substantial variability in within groups.…”

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Simons-Morton

2017

Statistics in Medicine

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While transportation safety has greatly improved over the past two decades, motor vehicle crash injuries remain a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, particularly among young drivers. Driver errors and behaviors such as speeding and distraction contribute disproportionately to crashes among inexperienced novices, who develop safe driving judgment only with substantial driving experience, commonly described as the “young driver problem”. Research on young drivers has applied a range of research methods, including analyses of national archival data (mainly from police reports), crash analyses, observation of driver behavior, surveys of driver behavior and dispositions, and experimental research on driver behavior and vehicle crash worthiness. Prominent research questions regarding young driver safety include what and how do novices learn to drive safely, what are the predictors of young driver crashes, what is the variability and over-time trajectories of young driver performance and outcomes, and to what extent is the young driver problem due mainly to average population risk or high-risk groups? Current research on young drivers is complicated by small sample sizes, relatively rare events, high within and between group variability, missing data, the need to estimate exposure, and the lack of longitudinal and experimental designs, problems that require complex analytic methods. In this paper we provide an overview of driving research methods, examples of research addressing the young driver problem, and examples of statistical collaboration on young driver research, focusing particularly on estimating prediction of crash risk and estimating variability in young driver performance and outcomes.

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“…As noted KRD declines when feedback is provided to both young drivers and their parents [8,22]. Using SHRP-2 data on 17-18-year-old drivers [58], it was reported that KRD declined after a crash (police-reportable severity), suggesting that teens moderated their driving behavior in response to crashing. The research suggests that KRD is a unique risk factor for young drivers, given the dramatically higher rate of KRD among novices than adult drivers in all studies where it has been measured.…”

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“…There is considerable individual variability in KRD rates, but the characteristics of the variability in this behavior are not well studied. (3) Could the findings of O'Brien and colleagues [58] that reported declines in KRD after a crash be replicated with other samples of young drivers and with older drivers? (4) Would reductions in KRD rates improve crash outcomes?…”

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Teen Driving Risk and Prevention: Naturalistic Driving Research Contributions and Challenges

Simons‐Morton

Ehsani

Gershon

et al. 2017

Safety

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Naturalistic driving (ND) methods may be particularly useful for research on young driver crash risk. Novices are not safe drivers initially, but tend to improve rapidly, although the pace of learning is highly variable. However, knowledge is lacking about how best to reduce the learning curve and the variability in the development of safe driving judgment. A great deal has been learned from recent naturalistic driving (ND) studies that have included young drivers, providing objective information on the nature of crash risk and the factors that contribute to safety critical events. This research indicates that most learners obtain at least the amount of practice driving recommended and develop important driving skills. Unfortunately, most learners are not exposed during training to more complex driving situations and the instruction provided by supervising parents is mostly reactive and may not fully prepare teens for independent driving. While supervised practice driving is quite safe, crash rates are high during the first six months or so of independent driving then decline rapidly, but remain high for years relative to experienced drivers. Contributing factors to crash risk include exposure, inexperience, elevated gravitational-force event rates, greater willingness to engage in secondary tasks while driving, and social influence from peer passengers. The findings indicate the need and possible objectives for improving practice driving instruction and developing innovative prevention approaches for the first year of independent driving.

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Do Young Drivers Become Safer After Being Involved in a Collision?

Cited by 13 publications

References 25 publications

Assessing Willingness to Engage in Risky Driving Behaviour Using Naturalistic Driving Footage: The Role of Age and Gender

Assessing Willingness to Engage in Risky Driving Behaviour Using Naturalistic Driving Footage: The Role of Age and Gender

Driving in search of analyses

Teen Driving Risk and Prevention: Naturalistic Driving Research Contributions and Challenges

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