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Evidence summaries

Post-Licence Driver Education for the Prevention of Road Traffic Crashes

Post-licence driver education is not effective in preventing road traffic injuries or crashes. Level of evidence: "A"

A Cochrane review (abstract , review [Abstract]) included 24 studies with a total of almost 300 000 subjects. Nineteen trials reported traffic offences: pooled relative risk (RR) = 0.96, 95% CI 0.94 to 0.98), trial heterogeneity was significant (p=<0.00001). Fifteen trials reported traffic crashes: pooled RR = 0.98 (95% CI 0.96 to 1.01). Four trials reported injury crashes: pooled RR = 1.12 (95% CI 0.88, 1.41), trial heterogeneity was significant (p=<0.00001).

    References

    • Ker K, Roberts I, Collier T, Renton F, Bunn F. Post-licence driver education for the prevention of road traffic crashes. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2003;(3):CD003734. [PubMed]

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