Passenger Carriage and Road Crashes
Aims
Passenger carriage is associated with an increased likelihood of crash
Method
Cases were drivers who attended hospital following a crash and controls were drivers recruited from service stations matched to the crash site and time of day and day of the week as the crash, to simulate similar road and driving conditions.
Status/Results
The findings of the case-control study were presented at the International Driver Distraction Conference in Sydney in June 2005. An article relating to the study is in press with the journal, Accident Analysis and Prevention.
Publication
- McEvoy SP, Stevenson MR, Woodward M. The contribution of passengers versus mobile phone use to motor vehicle crashes resulting in hospital attendance by the driver. Accid Anal Prev. 2007;39:1170-6. [abstract on PubMed]
Institute Investigators
- Mark Stevenson
- Suzanne McEvoy
Collaboration
- Injury Research Centre, School of Population Health, University of Western Australia