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https://doi.org/10.3141/2236-03

http://scholar.google.com...lvik&publication_year=2011

This paper provides a meta-analysis of studies that have evaluated the effects of the use of a mobile phone while a person is driving on the risk of accident. The paper illustrates the difficulties of doing meta-analyses when studies are few and bad. Two main groups of studies were formed: one consisted of six studies that reported the actual use of mobile phones at the time of an accident; the other consisted of seven studies with less-precise information about the use of mobile phones at the time of accident. One study belonged to both groups. Study findings were heterogeneous even within these small groups. The trim-and-fill technique suggested the presence of publication bias, but its effects on summary estimates of risk varied according to whether a fixed-effects or random effects model of meta-analysis was used. Evidence from the epidemiological studies was not consistent with the findings of effects on driver behavior from driving simulator studies.

01360407

11-0134

English

pp 20-26

2011

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309167567

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Figures (3) ; References (27) ; Tables (1)

Automobile drivers; Behavior; Cellular telephones; Crash risk forecasting; Driving simulators; Epidemiology; Highway safety; Meta-analysis; Risk assessment; Traffic crashes; Validity

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I80: Accident Studies

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

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