Marshfield, WI, National Children's Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety. Components are intended to provide professionals with injury facts, suggestions for preventive actions, and program examples. Trends in Large Truck Crashes. DOT HS 808 690. 1998. Washington, DC, U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, National Center for Statistics and Analysis.
Younger drivers appear to be under-represented in large truck crashes.
The risk of fatality to passenger vehicle drivers involved in large truck crashes was also found to be greater for younger drivers than for older drivers. Cross D, Stevenson M, Hall M, Burns S, Laughlin D, Officer J et al. This multicomponent project comprised an educational intervention for students, their parents and teachers, and the local community, as well as several environmental interventions. Their self-reported road crossing behaviors were validated using an observational schedule and brief interview. Results showed that children in the high and moderate intervention groups were significantly more likely to cross the road with adult supervision and play away from the road than the comparison group.