Nationwide Review of Graduated Driver Licensing

This report describes an analysis of the nationwide public health impact of graduated driver licensing (GDL) programs, quantified in terms of the effect of GDL programs on the per-capita fatal crash and injury crash involvement rates of 16-year-old drivers. Specifically, the following questions were addressed: What was the overall reduction in involvement of 16-year-old drivers in fatal crashes and injury crashes? Did crash involvement rates decline as the number of restrictive components in GDL programs increased? How much could crashes of 16-year-old drivers be reduced if all states had GDL programs as effective as the programs associated with the largest reductions? If an association is found between GDL and lower crash rates, does it appear to be a causal relationship? Study results indicate that GDL programs were associated with a reduction in fatal traffic accidents for 16-year old drivers, and that the relationship does appear to be a causal one.

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