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. 2021 Jan;13(1):69–80. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v13i1.1592

Table 1. Summary of driver education evaluation result.

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.