TY - JOUR
T1 - Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes
T2 - a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
AU - Ker, K.
AU - Roberts, I.
AU - Collier, T.
AU - Beyer, F.
AU - Bunn, Frances
AU - Frost, C.
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575 Copyright Elsevier Ltd. DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.004 [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The effectiveness of post-licence driver education for preventing road traffic crashes was quantified using a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Searches of appropriate electronic databases, the Internet and reference lists of relevant papers were conducted. The searches were not restricted by language or publication status. Data were pooled from 21 randomised controlled trials, including over 300,000 full licence-holding drivers of all ages. Nineteen trials reported subsequent traffic offences, with a pooled relative risk of 0.96 (95% confidence interval 0.94, 0.98). Fifteen trials reported traffic crashes with a pooled relative risk of 0.98 (0.96, 1.01). Four trials reported injury crashes with a pooled relative risk of 1.12 (0.88, 1.41). The results provide no evidence that post-licence driver education is effective in preventing road injuries or crashes. Although the results are compatible with a small reduction in the occurrence of traffic crashes, this may be due to selection biases or bias in the included trials.
AB - The effectiveness of post-licence driver education for preventing road traffic crashes was quantified using a systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials. Searches of appropriate electronic databases, the Internet and reference lists of relevant papers were conducted. The searches were not restricted by language or publication status. Data were pooled from 21 randomised controlled trials, including over 300,000 full licence-holding drivers of all ages. Nineteen trials reported subsequent traffic offences, with a pooled relative risk of 0.96 (95% confidence interval 0.94, 0.98). Fifteen trials reported traffic crashes with a pooled relative risk of 0.98 (0.96, 1.01). Four trials reported injury crashes with a pooled relative risk of 1.12 (0.88, 1.41). The results provide no evidence that post-licence driver education is effective in preventing road injuries or crashes. Although the results are compatible with a small reduction in the occurrence of traffic crashes, this may be due to selection biases or bias in the included trials.
U2 - 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.004
DO - 10.1016/j.aap.2004.09.004
M3 - Article
SN - 0001-4575
VL - 37
SP - 305
EP - 313
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
IS - 2
ER -