abstract: 'Objective Deaths and serious injuries among young drivers are an

  important public health concern. Road safety researchers and policy

  makers tend to focus on strategies to restrict the driving activities of

  young people. Other social research suggests the disadvantages

  experienced by young people in socially deprived groups are exacerbated

  by not having a driving licence or owning a car. In this qualitative

  study, we consider the views of young people from less affluent

  backgrounds in the south-west of England who took part in a brief

  intervention to encourage them to delay gaining a driving licence and

  car ownership.

  Methods Between September 2011 and January 2012, a researcher observed

  four training sessions involving 173 young people. Postintervention,

  digitally recorded focus groups were conducted at three venues involving

  23 randomly selected young people. Data from the focus group transcripts

  were sorted into charts in relation to key research questions and

  scrutinised using constant comparison.

  Results These young people believed the ability to drive, and car

  ownership, could increase their independence, improve access to further

  education, widen their employment opportunities, and enable them to

  contribute to family or household responsibilities.

  Conclusions We argue there is a potential conflict between some

  strategies seeking to promote young driver safety and the impact this

  may have on equity and social disadvantage. Interdisciplinary work is

  required between professionals and researchers in transport, road

  safety, public health and social equity. Government policies should

  include low-cost, safe, reliable and attractive transport alternatives

  for young people in more deprived communities.'
affiliation: 'Audrey, S (Corresponding Author), Univ Bristol, Sch Social \& Community
  Med, Canynge Hall,Whatley Rd, Bristol BS8 2PS, Avon, England.

  Audrey, S.; Langford, R., Univ Bristol, Sch Social \& Community Med, Bristol BS8
  2PS, Avon, England.'
author: Audrey, S. and Langford, R.
author-email: suzanne.audrey@bristol.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Audrey
  given: S.
- family: Langford
  given: R.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1136/injuryprev-2013-040756
eissn: 1475-5785
files: []
issn: 1353-8047
journal: INJURY PREVENTION
keywords-plus: DEPRIVATION; BEHAVIOR
language: English
month: FEB
number: '1'
number-of-cited-references: '38'
orcid-numbers: Langford, Rebecca/0000-0002-7722-0808
papis_id: 39c226abf35b61957f29d0ffc58dbec1
ref: Audrey2014dyingget
times-cited: '5'
title: 'Dying to get out: young drivers, safety and social inequity'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000331191000002
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '13'
volume: '20'
web-of-science-categories: Public, Environmental \& Occupational Health
year: '2014'