Vehicle Age and Driver Assistance Technologies in Fatal Crashes Involving Teen and Middle-Aged Drivers
These findings suggest that older vehicles and those with fewer driver assistance technologies are associated with increased risk of driver death in fatal crashes; thus, teens should drive the safest vehicles available, not older family cars. The findings underscore the urgent need to ensure teens drive safer vehicles to protect their lives.
Authors
- Christopher Mitropoulos-Rundus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6548-8340)
- Enas Alshaikh
- Fangda Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7716-2129)
- Corinne Peek‐Asa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9472-2538)
- Jingzhen Ginger Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4019-0999)
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2025-05-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.8942
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Traffic and Road Safety
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.61
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention