Reference |
Countries |
Study design |
Number of Studies included |
Type of studies |
Driver stages |
Type of education |
Age group |
Outcomes |
Summary of findings |
Kua et al. (2007)9
|
Canada |
Systematic review |
8 |
Six RCTs, one pre-post-study design,and one descriptive study |
Post-license |
Educational curriculum (retraining) |
aged 55 and older |
Awareness, driving behavior, crashes |
Training interventions in older drivers improve moderately driving awareness and driving behavior, but do not reduce crashes. |
Vernick et al. (1999)17
|
USA |
Systematic review |
9 |
Two randomized controlled trials,9,10 two re-analyses of the data from one of the controlledtrials,11,12 three ecologic time-series designs,13–15 and two ecologic analyses of group differences |
Post-license |
Education curriculum |
High School (young drivers) |
Motor vehicle crash |
there is no convincing evidence among young drivers that the driver education of high school reduces motor vehicle accident involvement rates (either at the community or individual level) |
Ker et al. (2005)10
|
UK |
Systematic review and meta-analysis |
21 |
RCT |
Driver improvement /Post-license |
Remedial driver education / Advanced driver education |
All ages |
Re-offences , crashes, injury |
No evidence of that post-licence driver training is effective in reducing road crashes (relative risk (RR): 0.98, 95%CI: 0.96-1.01) or injury crashes (RR: 1.12, 95%CI: 0.88-1.41); however the results showed a small reduction in the traffic offences (RR: 0.96, 95%CI: 0.94-0.98). |
Roberts et al. (2008)6
|
UK |
Systematic review and meta-analysis |
3 |
RCT |
Pre-license |
School based driver education |
Aged 17 to 21 years |
Crashes |
No evidence of that the training of drivers reduce road crashes (Risk Ratio: 1.03 95%CI: 0.98-1.08). |
Korner-Bitensky et al. (2009)8
|
Canada |
Systematic review |
4 |
Three RCTs and one matched-pairs cohort design |
Post - license |
Education modules, educational curriculum |
Aged 55 and older |
Knowledge, driving performance, crashes |
Combined education with on-road training strongly improves the driving performance and moderately increases the driving knowledge. Physical restraining moderately improves the performance of drivers. There is moderate evidence that a single training intervention curriculum is not efficacy in decreasing crashes |
Sangrar et al. (2019)14
|
Canada |
Systematic review |
33 |
Twenty-five RCTs and eight non-RCTs |
Post - license |
Classroom-based education, or a combination of classroom-based education with on-road feedback |
Aged 55 and older |
Knowledge, crashes |
Increased drivers’ knowledge about road safety. And improved the self-perceived and behind-the-wheel outcomes such as crashes. |
Martín-delosReyes et al (2019)7
|
Spain |
Systematic review |
5 |
Two experimental studies with random assignment, one quasi-experiment, and two cohort studies |
Pre – license (learner drivers) |
Driving Simulator-based training |
Young novice or learner drivers |
Safety |
No evidence to support or refute the program education efficacy using simulators among young people in developing the driving behavior and their safety. |