1. Examining the Role of Driver Age on Motor Vehicle Crash Outcomes New York State, 1995-2000 Michael Bauer, Motao Zhu & Susan Hardman New York State Department of Health Bureau of Injury Prevention

2. New York State Data, 1995-2000 Police Crash Reports - Police must report all motor vehicle crashes involving an injury or property damage in excess of $1000 to the DMV Hospital Discharge Records - All hospital stays of 24 hours or greater must be reported to the DOH  These databases were probabilistically linked using the CODES 2000 software

5. Today’s Concentration: Driver Age From here on we will be looking at motor vehicle drivers by age (16+)  If a crash involved 3 vehicles then we have 3 driver age records from that crash  Passenger/pedestrian/bicyclist records and ages are not included

18. Drivers Involved in MVC by Age NYS Residents, 2000

20. Driver Deaths in MVC by Age NYS Residents, 2000

22. Type of Crash by Driver Age NYS Residents, 2000

23. Type of Vehicle by Driver Age NYS Residents, 2000

24. Vehicle Year by Driver Age NYS Residents, 2000

25. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Percent 1617-1920-2425-4445-6465-7980+ Driver Age All RecordsFatal Safety Belt Use Among Drivers NYS Residents, 2000

26. Number of Occupants NYS Residents, 2000

27. Contributing Factors Alcohol/Drugs NYS Residents, 2000

28. Contributing Factors Driver Error NYS Residents, 2000

29. Contributing Factors Vehicle Malfunction NYS Residents, 2000

30. Contributing Factors Environmental Factor NYS Residents, 2000

31. Average Length of Hospital Stay (LOS) Among Drivers NYS Residents, 2000

32. Average Hospital Charges for Drivers NYS Residents, 2000

33. Graduated Licensing Laws New York State Statewide Law goes into effect September 2003 Nassau and Suffolk counties already have their own county-level licensing laws Do they work in these counties?

34. Age of Drivers Involved in MVC NYS Residents, 2000

35. Summary Age groups 17-19 & 20-24 have highest rates of MVC Age groups 17-19 & 80+ have highest rates of deaths due to MVC Males have higher crash/death rates than females at all ages but the overall age distributions are similar

36. Summary Age groups 16, 17-19, 65-79 & 80+ are similar in crash types, vehicle types, vehicle years and safety belt use Age groups 20-24, 25-44, 45-64 are similar in these characteristics The younger the driver the more likely the vehicle will have multiple occupants

37. Summary Alcohol/Drug use is a high contributing factor in fatalities among the age groups 20-24 & 25-44 (> 35%) Driver error is a high contributing factor in MVC among the age groups 16 & 80+ (> 60%) and in fatalities among all age groups (>50%)

38. Summary The older the driver the more likely the MVC will result in longer hospitalizations and hospital charges Graduated licensing laws seem to improve safety among 16 year old drivers

39. Acknowledgements This work was supported, in part, by grants from:  The New York State Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee (GTSC)  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) – The NYS CODES Project We thank Julie Eisele PhD. for her contributions