Abstract
This study was designed to quantify the increased risk of road crash-related injury, which can be attributed to risk-taking behaviour. A case-control study was conducted to compare motor vehicle drivers (car and bike) who had been hospitalised for injuries following crashes with population-based controls. Cases were recruited prospectively over 12 months and controls were randomly selected from license holders (car and bike) living in the same geographical location as cases. A self-administered questionnaire was used to ascertain participants' driving behaviour, general risk-taking behaviour and selected demographic characteristics. After adjusting for demographic variables, number of years of driving and total distance driven per week, logistic regression analysis showed that a high risk acceptance was associated with an eight-fold increased risk of having a crash that resulted in serious injury (OR 7.8, 95% CI 4.2-15.8). The findings of this study support the suggestion that certain host factors increase the risk of crash-related serious injury. There would appear to be a reasonable argument for persisting with injury prevention programmes, which concentrate on host as well as environment risk factor reduction.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 383-389 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Accident Analysis and Prevention |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 May 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Quantifying the role of risk-taking behaviour in causation of serious road crash-related injury. / Turner, Cathy; McClure, Rod.
In: Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 36, No. 3, 01.05.2004, p. 383-389.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Quantifying the role of risk-taking behaviour in causation of serious road crash-related injury
AU - Turner, Cathy
AU - McClure, Rod
PY - 2004/5/1
Y1 - 2004/5/1
N2 - This study was designed to quantify the increased risk of road crash-related injury, which can be attributed to risk-taking behaviour. A case-control study was conducted to compare motor vehicle drivers (car and bike) who had been hospitalised for injuries following crashes with population-based controls. Cases were recruited prospectively over 12 months and controls were randomly selected from license holders (car and bike) living in the same geographical location as cases. A self-administered questionnaire was used to ascertain participants' driving behaviour, general risk-taking behaviour and selected demographic characteristics. After adjusting for demographic variables, number of years of driving and total distance driven per week, logistic regression analysis showed that a high risk acceptance was associated with an eight-fold increased risk of having a crash that resulted in serious injury (OR 7.8, 95% CI 4.2-15.8). The findings of this study support the suggestion that certain host factors increase the risk of crash-related serious injury. There would appear to be a reasonable argument for persisting with injury prevention programmes, which concentrate on host as well as environment risk factor reduction.
AB - This study was designed to quantify the increased risk of road crash-related injury, which can be attributed to risk-taking behaviour. A case-control study was conducted to compare motor vehicle drivers (car and bike) who had been hospitalised for injuries following crashes with population-based controls. Cases were recruited prospectively over 12 months and controls were randomly selected from license holders (car and bike) living in the same geographical location as cases. A self-administered questionnaire was used to ascertain participants' driving behaviour, general risk-taking behaviour and selected demographic characteristics. After adjusting for demographic variables, number of years of driving and total distance driven per week, logistic regression analysis showed that a high risk acceptance was associated with an eight-fold increased risk of having a crash that resulted in serious injury (OR 7.8, 95% CI 4.2-15.8). The findings of this study support the suggestion that certain host factors increase the risk of crash-related serious injury. There would appear to be a reasonable argument for persisting with injury prevention programmes, which concentrate on host as well as environment risk factor reduction.
KW - Case-control study
KW - Crash
KW - Injury
KW - Risk-taking
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U2 - 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00031-9
DO - 10.1016/S0001-4575(03)00031-9
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VL - 36
SP - 383
EP - 389
JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention
JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention
SN - 0001-4575
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