PMID: 16502564Mar 1, 2006Paper

Evaluation of a policy to reduce youth tractor crashes on public roads

Injury Prevention : Journal of the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention
Barbara MarlengaJames G Linneman

Abstract

Evaluate the effectiveness of a United States state law, Wisconsin Act 455, in reducing highway tractor crashes involving youth operators. Policy outcome evaluation involving review of a retrospective case series. Youth highway tractor crashes from Wisconsin for the years 1994-2003 that resulted in a fatality, injury, and/or property damage. One hundred and forty six tractor crash cases involving operators younger than 16 years. Describe and model the tractor crash patterns before and after enactment of the law, and examine the relation between the contributing circumstances identified in the crash reports and the content covered in the mandated tractor certification course. There was neither a significant change in the number of youth tractor crashes after the law was passed, nor any reduction in the proportion of crashes where the youth operator was designated at fault. The tractor certification course did not cover the major factors contributing to youth tractor crashes on public roads. No significant effect of the law was detected and crash rates at the end of the study period were similar to those before Wisconsin Act 455. The authors'findings should not be construed to suggest that public policy, in general, is an ineffec...Continue Reading

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