ArticleAmerican journal of public health2009
Road casualties and changes in risky driving behavior in France between 2001 and 2004 among participants in the GAZEL cohort.
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- Policy guidance on threats to legislative interventions in public health: a realist synthesis.BMC public health · 2011Review
- Failure to reduce drinking and driving in France: a 6-year prospective study in the GAZEL cohort.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2010Article
- The burden of road traffic accidents in a French Departement: the description of the injuries and recent changes.BMC public health · 2009Article
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Abstract
objectivesWe investigated behavioral changes in a large cohort of drivers to identify underlying causes of the decline in road casualties in France.
methodsIn 2001 and 2004, 11,240 participants used self-administered questionnaires to report attitudes toward road safety and driving behaviors. Injury road traffic collisions were recorded from 2001 to 2005 through the cohort's annual questionnaire.
resultsBetween 2001 and 2004, speeding and cell phone use decreased concomitantly with a decrease in injury road traffic collision rates among participants. Reported driving while sleepy remained unchanged and driving while alcohol intoxicated was reported by a higher proportion in 2004 than in 2001. Decreases in speeding between 2001 and 2004 were strongly linked with positive attitudes toward road safety in 2001.
conclusionsIn this cohort, speeding and using a cell phone while driving decreased over the 2001 to 2004 period concomitantly with increases in traffic law enforcement and a dramatic decline in road mortality in France. However, the deterrent effect of traffic enforcement policies may have been reduced by negative attitudes toward traffic safety and having had a history of traffic penalty cancellations.
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