Variations in minimum licensing age and fatal motor vehicle crashes

A.F. Williams, R.S. Karpef and P.L. Zador

American Journal of Public Health, 1983, vol. 73, issue 12, 1401-1403

Abstract: The effect of differences in the legal minimum licensing age on fatal motor vehicle crashes was studied in New Jersey (age 17), Massachusetts (age 16 1/2 ), and Connecticut (age 16). New Jersey's 17-year-old licensing law was associated with greatly reduced fatal crash involvement. It is estimated that 65 to 85 percent reductions in 16 year-old-driver fatal crash involvement can be expected if the licensing age is increased from 16 to 17 without increasing fatal crash rates at older ages.

Date: 1983
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