The impact of the graduated driver licence scheme on road traffic accident youth mortality in New Zealand

This paper examines the impact of the introduction of New Zealand’s graduated driving licence system (GDLS) on patterns of road traffic accident mortality amongst the young driving population from 1980 to 2001. Results show that the mortality rate has declined, but that rates in New Zealand are three times greater than in England and Wales and twice those of Scotland. When the data is adjusted to take account of differences in the minimum driving age, rates remain consistently higher in New Zealand and the proportional reduction in road traffic accident youth mortality is not significantly better than that experienced in Great Britain.

[1]  J D Langley,et al.  An evaluation of the New Zealand graduated driver licensing system. , 1996, Accident; analysis and prevention.

[2]  V. Lin.  Investing in Health Research and Development: Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Health Research Relating to Future Intervention Options World Health Organization, Geneva, 1996 , 1997 .

[3]  D. Shinar.  Psychology on the Road: The Human Factor in Traffic Safety , 1978 .

[4]  A F Williams,et al.  OVERVIEW OF THE YOUNG DRIVER PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES , 1996 .

[5]  Michael King,et al.  The Penguin history of New Zealand , 2003 .

[6]  J Langley,et al.  Impact of graduated driver licensing restrictions on crashes involving young drivers in New Zealand , 2001, Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.

[7]  P. Adamson,et al.  Child Poverty in Rich Countries, 2005 , 2005 .

[8]  Brämer Gr.  International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems. Tenth revision. , 1988, World health statistics quarterly. Rapport trimestriel de statistiques sanitaires mondiales.

[9]  Dorothy Begg,et al.  Graduated driver licensing: the New Zealand experience. , 2003, Journal of safety research.

[10]  B. Schneider.  MANUAL of the international statistical classification of diseases, injuries, and causes of death. Addendum 1. Supplementary interpretations and instructions for coding causes of death. , 1953, Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Supplement.

[11]  H F Simpson,et al.  GRADUATED DRIVER LICENSING - A REVIEW OF SOME CURRENT SYSTEMS , 2001 .

[12]  D. Dorling,et al.  Increasing geographical inequalities in health in New Zealand, 1980-2001. , 2006, International journal of epidemiology.

[13]  최진우.  OECD Health Data 2006 주요통계 , 2006 .

[14]  G. Smith,et al.  Health inequalities and New Labour: how the promises compare with real progress , 2005, BMJ : British Medical Journal.

[15]  J. Langley,et al.  Injury mortality among children and teenagers in New Zealand compared with the United States of America. , 1997, Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.

[16]  J D Langley,et al.  Adolescent injury morbidity in New Zealand, 1987–96 , 2002, Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.

[17]  A I Reeder,et al.  The New Zealand graduated driver licensing system: teenagers' attitudes towards and experiences with this car driver licensing system. , 1995, Injury prevention : journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention.