Evidence for Drivers

The Development of Children’s and Young People’s Attitudes to Driving: A Critical Review of the Literature

To provide a critical review of the literature on the development of children and young people’s attitudes to driving and being a car passenger.

Author(s): K Durkin, A Tolmie

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Web Publication No. 18, 2010, September
Date: 03 Apr 2012
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Cohort II: A Study of Learner and New Drivers Volume 1 – Main Report

How ‘cohorts’ of learner drivers in Great Britain undertake driver training and testing, and of their subsequent experiences as new drivers.

Author(s): P wells, S Tong, B Sexton, G Grayson, E Jones

Published: TRL, Road Safety Research Report No. 81 2008, May
Date: 03 Apr 2012
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Learning to Drive: The Evidence

To set out the evidence on why there is a need to transform the training and testing of drivers, illustrating the Department for Transport and the Driving Standards Agency’s assessment of the current problem.

Author(s): K Emmerson

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report, May 2008.
Date: 03 Apr 2012
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Feeling Safe, Itching to Drive: Pre-Driver and Learner Perspectives on Driving and Learning

To extend the insights of this previous research (Christmas, 2007) and, in particular, to investigate the possible origins of, and influences on, the patterns identified in previous research.

Author(s): S Christmas

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report, 2008, May
Date: 03 Apr 2012
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Pre-driver Education: A critical review of the Literature on Attitude Change and Development, Good Practice in Pre-driver Education and Programme Effectiveness

To provide a self-contained copy of the critical review of the fundamental and applied literature on attitude development and change, good practice in pre-driver education provision and evaluation.

Author(s): Deighton, C, Luther, R

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report, March 2007
Date: 03 Apr 2012
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Pre-driver Education: Survey of Pre-driver Education Provision

Objectives: To develop an understanding of the current provision of pre-driver education in the UK and to investigate, to a lesser extent, any good practice applied by international providers.

Author(s): Launchbury, C, Deighton C, Luther, R

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report, March 2007
Date: 09 Apr 2012
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The Good, the Bad and the Talented: Young drivers’ Perspectives on Good Driving and Learning to Drive

Objectives: To investigate the impact of young people’s attitudes and mindsets on their driving, and the possible implications for interventions to improve road safety.

Author(s): S Christmas

Published: Department for Transport, Road Safety Research Report No. 74 2007
Date: 09 Apr 2012
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House of Commons Transport Committee Novice Drivers Seventh Report of Session 2006-07 Volume I

Objectives: To examine the potential for more radical measures which would be more effective in reducing casualties.

Author(s): House of Commons Transport Committee

Published: House of Commons Transport Committee, July 2007
Date: 09 Apr 2012
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In depth Study of Motorcycle Accidents

Objectives: To investigate the causes of motorcycle accidents. Very little research has been done in this country on the types of crashes experienced by motorcyclists.