City curfew ordinances and teenage motor vehicle injury
- 1 August 1990
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV in Accident Analysis & Prevention
- Vol. 22 (4), 391-397
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0001-4575(90)90054-o
Abstract
Several U.S. cities have curfew ordinances that limit the late night activities of minor teenagers in public places including highways. Detroit, Cleveland, and Columbus, which have curfew ordinances, were compared to Cincinnati, which does not have such an ordinance. The curfew ordinances were associated with a 23% reduction in motor vehicle related injury for 13- to 17-year-olds as passengers, drivers, pedestrians, or bicyclists during the curfew hours. It was concluded that city curfew ordinances, like the statewide driving curfews studied in other states, can reduce motor vehicle injury to teenagers during the particularly hazardous late night hours.Keywords
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