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Table 4 Descriptive statistics of the database for accident analysis: drivers' characteristics*

From: Evaluating the impacts of the demerit points system on traffic law violations and driver involvement in road accidents in Israel

Characteristic (variable in the model)

Categories and distribution of drivers according to categories

Drivers' group: treatment or comparison (treat)

Treatment 251,449 (50%), comparison 251,449 (50%)

Period: before or after (after)

Before (50%), after (50%)

Drivers' group by type of treatment** (group)

(1) 1 or 1_1, B (47.9%); (2) 1_2 or 1_3 or 2 or 3, B (7.1%); (3) 1_2_6 or 1_3_6 or 1_6 or 2_6 or 3_6, B (5.6%); (4) 6, B (6.9%); (5) 1 or 1_1, other (20.1%); (6) 1_2 or 1_3 or 2 or 3, other (4.3%); (7) 1_2_6 or 1_3_6 or 1_6 or 2_6 or 3_6, other (3.9%); (8) 6, other (4.2%)

City of driver's residence, by religion (religion)

Jewish city (63.0%), Arab city (16.0%), mixed city (21.0%)

City of driver's residence, by size (size)

Small (44.1%), medium-sized (25.3%), large (30.6%)

Age-groups of drivers** (age)

Below 25 (4.1%); passed 25 (14.1%); between 25–44 (43.2%); passed 45 (10.3%); between 45–64 (22.6%); passed 65 (3.2%); 65 or more (2.5%)

  1. *N = 502,898. **See comments to Table 1