Young unlicensed drivers and fatal road traffic crashes in the USA in the past decade. A neglected public health issue

Abstract

It is unknown whether road traffic crashes (RTCs) involving young unlicensed drivers follow the downward trend of those involving licensed drivers. Our national register-based study from 2000 to 2011 indicates that the downward trend for young unlicensed drivers (<25 years) is significantly less pronounced. These drivers account for 10.7% to 11.5% of the fatal RTCs involving young drivers during that time period; this percentage is consistently higher in the Western and Southern states and has increased in recent years in the Midwest.

Sexual risk behaviours associated with unlicensed driving among young adults in Miami’s electronic dance music nightclub scene

“…5 One such risky driving behaviour, unlicensed driving (UD), is relatively understudied. Although literature suggests a connection between UD and substance use, 6,7 the connection between UD and sexual risk behaviours is not apparent. Given this, we examined sexual and other risk behaviours among young adult EDM nightclub scene participants in Miami, Florida, comparing UD and non-UD offenders.…”