Influence of driver nationality on the risk of causing vehicle collisions in Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11179478 |
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| Authors | P Lardelli Claret (Universidad de Granada, corresponding author), J D Luna Del Castillo (Universidad de Granada), J J Jiménez Moleón (Universidad de Granada), A Bueno Cavanillas (Universidad de Granada), M García Martín (Universidad de Granada), R Gálvez Vargas (Universidad de Granada) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 394-398 |
| Publication date | 2002-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0143-005X • E-ISSN: 1470-2738 |
| Publisher | BMJ (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1136/jech.56.5.394 |
| PMID | 11964439 |
| OpenAlex | W2133048280 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 9 |
Study objective: To estimate the association between driver nationality and the risk of causing a collision between vehicles in motion. Design: Retrospective, matched by collision, case-control study. Setting: Collisions that occurred in Spain during the period from 1990 to 1999 were studied. Participants: Responsible (case) and non-responsible (control) drivers identified in the databases of the Dirección General de Tráfico (General Traffic Directorate) who were involved in a collisions between two or more four wheeled vehicles in motion, in which only one of the drivers had committed a traffic violation. Main results: Crude odds ratios (ORs) for the effect of driver nationality on the risk of causing a collision were significantly higher for foreign drivers than for Spanish drivers, and ranged from a minimum of 1.19 (95% CI 1.09 to 1.29) for Portuguese drivers to a maximum of 2.06 (1.88 to 2.27) for British drivers. Corresponding adjusted ORs were slightly lower, but were still significantly higher than 1 for all nationalities except Italian, Belgian, and American (USA). Adjusted ORs were usually higher for collisions that occurred in urban areas than on open roads. Conclusions: Authorities responsible for traffic safety, and drivers in general, should consider foreign drivers in Spain at particularly high risk for causing collisions, especially in urban areas
Archaeology · Collision · Computer security · Environmental health · Geography · Immigration · Injury prevention · Logistic regression · Nationality · Odds · Odds ratio · Poison control · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Computer Science · Demography · Injury Epidemiology and Prevention · Medicine · Older Adults Driving Studies · Traffic and Road Safety
| Highly cited | No |
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