An evaluation of student driver education

: a longitudinal study into the crash rates of drivers who participated in Northern Territory driver education courses between 1981 and 1984

Abstract

The first Student Driver Education course was conducted in the Northern Territory in 1970. By the early 1980's the SDE program had grown and two delivery formats had evolved. First there was a one semester course which was a year 11, Board approved subject consisting of 60 hours theory and '20' hours of related practical tuition. There was a second shorter course, offered over school holidays, that consisted of 30 hours theory and ' l 0' hours of practical tuition. The practical tuition in both course was conducted with 3 students as a group, in the car at the same time, thus sharing the '20' and ' I 0' hours of driving experience. This study traced the crash rates of the group of students born in 1965 or 66 who enrolled in one of the two courses and were issued an NT drivers licence between 1981 and 1984 which they still hold. These crash rates were then compared to those of the population- born in 1965 or 66 who did not enrol in an SDE course and were issued an NT drivers licence between 1981 and 1984 which they still hold....

Date of Award	Jun 1997
Original language	English