Abstract
The endorsement of Victorian driver licenses for automatic transmission vehicles was removed in July 1984. A 1000 first year drivers who had police reported accidents were separated into four groups depending on whether the licence test or the accident involved an automatic or manual car. The accident proportions were then compared with the proportions of distances travelled. The resulting relative risk of accident per distance travelled for each of the 4 groups was estimated and weak evidence was found to indicate a higher accident risk for drivers who took the driving test in an automatic car and subsequently drove a manual car.