Accidents, TrafficNCT00062829
Young Driver Intervention Study: Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes
A study testing Teen Driving: Program for parents in people with Accidents, Traffic and Health Behavior, run by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
Trial summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program designed to reduce teen crashes and risky driving by increasing parental monitoring and restriction of their adolescents' driving practices during the first year of licensed driving. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 16 to 16 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Accidents, Traffic, Health Behavior
- What is being tested?
- Teen Driving: Program for parents
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 3,743 participants
- Where
- No sites listed yet
- Study dates
- Sep 1998to Sep 2005
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 16 to 16 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Lives with parent/guardian at least 50% of the time
- Obtains learner's driving permit
- Family members are able to complete interviews in English
Who cannot join
None listed.
About this study
Official title: Young Driver Intervention Study: Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Young Drivers
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program designed to reduce teen crashes and risky driving by increasing parental monitoring and restriction of their adolescents' driving practices during the first year of licensed driving.
Read the detailed description
Motor vehicle crashes are the major cause of death and disability among adolescents from 16 through 20 years of age. While adolescents between the ages of 16 and 19 years constitute only 5% of all licensed drivers, they are involved in 15% of the crashes in which they or other occupants are killed. In fact, 16-year-old drivers are more than 20 times as likely to have a crash as the general population of drivers and 17-year-olds are more than 6 times as likely. In addition, for each adolescent motor vehicle fatality, approximately 100 nonfatal injuries occur, making crashes the leading cause of disability due to head and spinal cord injuries in adolescents.
Parents can have a huge impact on adolescent behavior. However, the impact of parenting practices on adolescent driving behavior has not yet been examined. This study aims to determine the efficacy of an intervention designed to increase parents' involvement in, and parental restrictions on, their teens' early driving experiences in order to reduce the number of tickets and crashes among teen drivers. The intervention provides educational materials to parents and adolescents from the time the adolescent gets a learner's permit through the first 6 months of licensure. These persuasive communications are tailored to adolescents' level of driving experience. The intervention materials make explicit the increased risk associated with adolescent driving and methods for reducing risk through increased parental involvement in and restriction of driving.
Participants were recruited in the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle offices as adolescents applied for their learner's permits. Participants were randomized to either the intervention group or the control group. The control group received standard information about driving not related to the specific teen risks focused on in the intervention group materials. All participants completed interviews at study entry, licensure, 3 months after licensure, 6 months after licensure, and 12 months after licensure. Parents were asked about their expectations and parenting practices regarding their adolescents' driving behaviors. Adolescents were asked about their driving practices and their parents' rules and restrictions regarding driving. The driving records for each adolescent were obtained from the state motor vehicle administration and examined 18 months after licensure.
- Conditions
- Accidents, Traffic, Health Behavior
- Being tested
- Teen Driving: Program for parents
- Keywords
- Teen driving, Adolescent risk behavior, Parenting, Checkpoints Program, Health Education
- Medical subject headings
- Health Behavior, Health Education
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Teen Driving: Program for parentsBehavioural
A behavioral intervention targeting driving risks unique to young drivers, including completing a behavioral contract, was administered to the intervention group. The control group received safety information appropriate for new drivers.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Teen Driving: Program for parents | Other | A behavioral intervention targeting driving risks unique to young drivers, including completing a behavioral contract, was administered to the intervention group. The control group received safety information appropriate for new drivers. Receives: Behavioral: Teen Driving: Program for parents |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Risky Driving
17 item assessment of engaging in risky driving behaviors.
Measured: 12 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted18 Jun 2003 (estimated)
- Study startSep 1998
- Primary completionSep 2000
- Study completionSep 2005
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (3)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Accidents, TrafficStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 3,743 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Sponsor type
- US National Institutes of Health
- Collaborators
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Denise Haynie, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Investigators
- Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH, Principal investigator, Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, NICHD
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00062829
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- N01HD83285
- Other IDs
- Z01HD001707-01, N01-HD-8-3285
- Status last verified
- Sep 2014
- First submitted
- 17 Jun 2003
- Last updated
- 25 Sep 2014
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Simons-Morton BG, Hartos JL. How well do parents manage young driver crash risks? J Safety Res. 2003 Jan;34(1):91-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-4375(02)00085-3.
PubMed 12535911Simons-Morton BG, Hartos JL, Leaf WA. Promoting parental management of teen driving. Inj Prev. 2002 Sep;8 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):ii24-30; discussion ii30-1. doi: 10.1136/ip.8.suppl_2.ii24.
PubMed 12221027Simons-Morton BG. Reducing young driver crash risk. Inj Prev. 2002 Sep;8 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):ii1-2. doi: 10.1136/ip.8.suppl_2.ii1. No abstract available.
PubMed 12221023
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 25 Sep 2014. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Young Driver Intervention Study: Preventing Motor Vehicle Crashes Among Young Drivers
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00062829
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- N01HD83285
- Conditions
- Accidents, Traffic, Health Behavior
- Keywords
- Teen driving, Adolescent risk behavior, Parenting, Checkpoints Program, Health Education
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 3,743 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)US National Institutes of Health
- Collaborators
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Study start
- Sep 1998
- Primary completion
- Sep 2000 (actual)
- Study completion
- Sep 2005 (actual)
- First posted
- 18 Jun 2003 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a program designed to reduce teen crashes and risky driving by increasing parental monitoring and restriction of their adolescents' driving practices during the first year of licensed driving.
Detailed description
Motor vehicle crashes are the major cause of death and disability among adolescents from 16 through 20 years of age. While adolescents between the ages of 16 and 19 years constitute only 5% of all licensed drivers, they are involved in 15% of the crashes in which they or other occupants are killed. In fact, 16-year-old drivers are more than 20 times as likely to have a crash as the general population of drivers and 17-year-olds are more than 6 times as likely. In addition, for each adolescent motor vehicle fatality, approximately 100 nonfatal injuries occur, making crashes the leading cause of disability due to head and spinal cord injuries in adolescents.
Parents can have a huge impact on adolescent behavior. However, the impact of parenting practices on adolescent driving behavior has not yet been examined. This study aims to determine the efficacy of an intervention designed to increase parents' involvement in, and parental restrictions on, their teens' early driving experiences in order to reduce the number of tickets and crashes among teen drivers. The intervention provides educational materials to parents and adolescents from the time the adolescent gets a learner's permit through the first 6 months of licensure. These persuasive communications are tailored to adolescents' level of driving experience. The intervention materials make explicit the increased risk associated with adolescent driving and methods for reducing risk through increased parental involvement in and restriction of driving.
Participants were recruited in the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle offices as adolescents applied for their learner's permits. Participants were randomized to either the intervention group or the control group. The control group received standard information about driving not related to the specific teen risks focused on in the intervention group materials. All participants completed interviews at study entry, licensure, 3 months after licensure, 6 months after licensure, and 12 months after licensure. Parents were asked about their expectations and parenting practices regarding their adolescents' driving behaviors. Adolescents were asked about their driving practices and their parents' rules and restrictions regarding driving. The driving records for each adolescent were obtained from the state motor vehicle administration and examined 18 months after licensure.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Teen Driving: Program for parents | Other | Behavioral: Teen Driving: Program for parentsA behavioral intervention targeting driving risks unique to young drivers, including completing a behavioral contract, was administered to the intervention group. The control group received safety information appropriate for new drivers. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 16 to 16 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Lives with parent/guardian at least 50% of the time
- Obtains learner's driving permit
- Family members are able to complete interviews in English
Key exclusion criteria (0 listed)
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Teen Driving: Program for parentsA behavioral intervention targeting driving risks unique to young drivers, including completing a behavioral contract, was administered to the intervention group. The control group received safety information appropriate for new drivers. | Behavioural | Teen Driving: Program for parents |
Primary outcome
Risky Driving
Time frame: 12 months
17 item assessment of engaging in risky driving behaviors.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 25 Sep 2014.
- Background: PubMed 12535911Simons-Morton BG, Hartos JL. How well do parents manage young driver crash risks? J Safety Res. 2003 Jan;34(1):91-7. doi: 10.1016/s0022-4375(02)00085-3.
- Background: PubMed 12221027Simons-Morton BG, Hartos JL, Leaf WA. Promoting parental management of teen driving. Inj Prev. 2002 Sep;8 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):ii24-30; discussion ii30-1. doi: 10.1136/ip.8.suppl_2.ii24.
- Background: PubMed 12221023Simons-Morton BG. Reducing young driver crash risk. Inj Prev. 2002 Sep;8 Suppl 2(Suppl 2):ii1-2. doi: 10.1136/ip.8.suppl_2.ii1. No abstract available.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Bruce Simons-Morton, EdD, MPH principal investigator
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, NICHD
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Teen Driving: Program for parents in people with Accidents, Traffic and Health Behavior, run by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD).
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 0 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 25 Sep 2014. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Risky Driving (time frame: 12 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00062829, which also lists 3 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 25 Sep 2014.