@misc{10481/72968,
year = {2021},
month = {12},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/72968},
abstract = {This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of vehicles on the road with a timed-out vehicle
inspection certificate (TOVIC) and the associations of driver, vehicle, and environmental factors with
this infraction. A quasi-induced exposure approach was used in this cross-sectional study to analyze
a case series comprising 51,305 drivers passively involved in clean collisions (only one infractor
driver involved) between two or more vehicles registered in the Spanish National Register of Road
Crashes with Victims from 2014 to 2017. The prevalence of TOVIC was estimated in the whole sample
and in subgroups defined by the variables considered. Multivariate logistic regression modeling
was used to obtain adjusted odds ratios for the association between TOVIC and each category of
the variables. The prevalence of TOVIC was low, although significant differences were found for
certain subcategories of drivers, vehicles, and environmental factors. Significant positive adjusted
associations were found between TOVIC and license-related infractions, vans (compared to cars),
vehicle age, and vehicle defects. Several vehicle-related factors potentially associated with a high risk
of involvement in a crash were clearly related with TOVIC, which suggests the need for measures to
control this non-negligible number of high-risk vehicles on the road.},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Periodic vehicle inspection},
keywords = {Timed-out certificate},
keywords = {Cross-sectional},
keywords = {Risk factors},
title = {Prevalence of and Factors Associated with Driving a Vehicle with Timed-Out Inspection Certificate in Spain},
doi = {10.3390/ijerph19010098},
author = {Martín de los Reyes, Luis Miguel and Martínez Ruiz, Virginia Ana and Rivera Izquierdo, Mario and Jiménez Mejías, Eladio and Lardelli Claret, Pablo},
}