Young Driver Cohort Study - DRIVE
Aims
Over 20 000 young drivers participated in the DRIVE study.
Methods
DRIVE is a prospective web-based cohort study of 20,822 young NSW drivers. All provisional drivers holding NSW red 'P1' plates and aged 17-24 years during June 2003 to December 2004 were eligible to join the study. Baseline information from participants were subsequently linked prospectively to offence, crash, injury, and death data through to December 2005.
A paper detailing the baseline methods and study population was published in the journal Injury Prevention.
R Q Ivers, S J Blows, M R Stevenson, R N Norton, A Williamson, M Eisenbruch, M Woodward, L Lam, P Palamara, J Wang. A cohort study of 20 822 young drivers: the DRIVE study methods and population. Injury Prevention 2006;12:385-389. [abstract in PubMed]
Status/Results
The pilot study was completed in November 2002 and the main phase of the study was launched by the NSW Minister for Roads, The Hon. Carl Scully, MP, in February 2003. 20,822 young drivers joined the study.
A resurvey phase, in which a random sample of participants was asked to complete a second questionnaire approximately one year after they first joined the study, was conducted from late 2004 through 2005.
Institute Investigators
- Rebecca Ivers
- Mark Stevenson
- Robyn Norton
- Soufiane Boufous
- Tom Chen
- Alexandra Martiniuk
- Teresa Senserrick
Collaboration
- Injury Risk Management Research Centre and Centre for Culture and Health, University of New South Wales, Australia
- Roads and Traffic Authority of NSW (RTA)
- Injury Research Centre, University of Western Australia
- Royal Alexander Hospital for Children, Westmead
- Victoria University, Victoria
Funding Agencies
- National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
- National Roads and Motorists Association (NRMA Motoring and Services)
- Motor Accidents Authority of NSW (MAA)
- NRMA-ACT Road Safety Trust
- NSW Health