Phone use while driving — Halo Research Library

Moderate for crash risk; limited for mortality

Observational study

Crash case-crossover OR 4.1 for phone use within 5 min before crash; culpability OR 1.70 in another study

Causal status: Strong causal plausibility for crash impairment; direct mortality estimate limited

Reliability / bias notes: Self-report/recall; exposure definition; no robust all-cause mortality coefficient

McEvoy et al. · 2007 · PMID 17920840