Authors
American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety
Publisher
American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety
Website Section
Driver Types
Method
Crash analysis
Abstract
This report describes the results of a study by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety to investigate unlicensed and invalidly licensed drivers in fatal crashes from 2007 to 2009. FARS data was analyzed to examine fatalities where the driver was unlicensed or using an invalid license. The results showed 87.2% of drivers involved in fatal crashes during this timeframe had a valid license, 6.7% had a suspended or revoked license, 1.1% had an expired, canceled or denied a license, and 5.0% were unlicensed. Overall, 18.2% of fatal crashes involved a driver who was unlicensed or invalidly licensed, resulting in the deaths of 21,049 people.
Reference
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (2011) Unlicensed to Kill. AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
Related Topics
License, licensing, unlicensed, testing, license testing, knowledge test, skills test, driver’s license manual
