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Driver Education Research Study

ConditionsRisk Reduction BehaviorInjuriesAccident, TrafficDevelopment, Adolescent
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age16-17
SponsorChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia

About this trial

This study will test the effectiveness of different types of driver training interventions for reducing young new driver crash risk early after licensure.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Adolescents ages 16-17 years old who reside in Pennsylvania

Have an active Pennsylvania learner's permit

Have <30 hours of driving practice during permit phase

Have never taken an on-road licensing exam, in any state

Disqualifiers

Non-Pennsylvania resident

Participants who do not pass the license exam will not be able to complete the post-license monitoring until the license is obtained

Enrolled in another learner driver study

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Online Vehicle and Driver Safety Education

    Behavioral

    This online video education program provides education in vehicle and driver safety (e.g. vehicle maintenance, adjusting car seats and seatbelts). This online training will take up to 2 hours to complete and will have a short quiz at the end to determine compliance with this online training.

  • Online Driver Skills Training

    Behavioral

    The online driver training is the Accelerated Curriculum to Create Effective Learning (ACCEL) is designed to enhance the ability to anticipate, recognize and respond to hazards and to maintain attention to the road. The training is delivered online via a computer and can be done from home or at a school or other site that has a computer with internet access. It requires up to two hours to complete, and will be hosted on a platform that will track progress and completion through the training (such as accuracy, duration in modules, time to complete) and a short quiz will be provided at the end to assess learning.

  • Behind-the-Wheel Driver Training

    Behavioral

    The professional behind-the-wheel training course will be conducted in-person, delivered by local driving school partner Coastline Academy or licensed driver training schools subcontracted by Coastline Academy. The curriculum consists of 6 hours of training with assigned practice between lessons, and meets Pennsylvania and national standards. Post-lesson forms completed by the instructors will record adherence and consistency (intervention fidelity).

Treatment groups

1,300 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups
Group A: Active Control: Online Vehicle and Driver Safety EducationActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Online Driver Skills TrainingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: Behind-the-Wheel Driver TrainingExperimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Hard Braking Events

For Aim 1 and 3, the primary outcome is the number of hard braking events per 100 miles driven during the first 2 months post-licensure, as measured via the Way-to-Drive App.

Time frame
Measured over the 6 months post-licensure at the end of the study (about month 18-24), assessed at 2 and 6 months post-licensure, with primary outcome at 2 months post-licensure.
2

Pass rate on the licensure exam

The primary outcome in Aim 2 and 3 will be the pass rate on the first licensure exam attempt.

Time frame
Measured at the time of the license examination, post-intervention (in about month 8-18).

Secondary outcomes

1

Phone Use While Driving

For Aim 1 and 3: minutes of handheld phone use per hour of driving, as measured via the Way-to-Drive App.

Time frame
Measured over the 6 months post-licensure at the end of the study (about month 18-24), assessed at 2 and 6 months post-licensure.
2

Speeding

For Aim 1 and 3: Proportion of drive time \>10 miles over the posted speed limit, as measured via the Way-to-Drive App.

Time frame
Measured over the 6 months post-licensure at the end of the study (about month 18-24), assessed at 2 and 6 months post-licensure.
3

Crash Involvement

For Aim 1 and 3: Self-reported involvement in crashes as a driver (binary yes/no) as captured by a question in our follow-up driver experience questionnaire: response options are 1) none; 2) one; 3) two; 4) more than 2. This item has been used in previous studies as part of the modified Driver Behavior Questionnaire (mDBQ).

Time frame
Measured at 2-, 4- and 6-month follow-up post-licensure (about month 18-24).
4

Risky driving behavior

For Aim 1 and 3: Risky Driving factor score as captured through self-reported responses on the modified driver behavior questionnaire, in which participants rate how often they engage in 11 different risk-taking behaviors while driving on a 6-point scale from "Never" to "Nearly all the time."

Time frame
Measured at 2-, 4- and 6-month follow-up post-licensure (within about month 18-24).

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Lead sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

University of Pennsylvania

Collaborator

University of Michigan

Collaborator

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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