For teens, motor vehicle crashes are still a substantial cause of fatalities, and age waivers that allow younger teens to drive, may put them at increased risk for crashes and crash-related deaths.
In states like Missouri, 30%% of reporting of medically impaired drivers is by law enforcement, and the drivers identified and reported were among the highest risk for crashes (Meuser et al. 2009).
We conducted a systematic review of the literature and demonstrated that several conditions are significantly prevalent in commercial drivers and can be associated with increased risk for crashes.
We anticipate that a health education program, directed towards females, will not only increase their driving skill and competence (intermediate objectives), thereby influencing safe driving behaviors (behavioral domain), but also contribute to decreased risk for crashes (long-term objective).
In contrast, numerous research questions – for instance, how do AM measures influence the behaviour of inhabitants over time?; does PA from AM substitute for PA from other domains?; or what are the main user risks for crashes? - require repeated measures in a multi-period design where comparable data are gathered at regular or irregular intervals.
We estimated the risk of crash for older drivers diagnosed with dementia compared to older drivers without diagnosis of dementia using a Cox proportional hazards model with robust standard errors, accounting for recurrent events (crashes).
Toyota quickly recalled and temporarily stopped selling one model, the Lexus GX 460 sport utility vehicle, in April after Consumer Reports discovered a high risk for rollover crashes and declared the vehicle a safety risk.
Teen drivers are at high risk for car crashes, especially during their first years of licensure.
Bramness (Bramness et al. 2008), using national databases, found non-sedating antidepressants increased the risk for traffic crashes (SIR = 1.6; 95% CI, 1.5 to 1.7) more than sedating antidepressants (SIR = 1.4; 95% CI, 1.2 to 1.6).
