Elderly drivers represent about 11 percent of licensed drivers in the United States. While accident data broken down by age groups are relatively sparse, what data do exist suggest that elderly drivers, as a group, do not pose a threat to other drivers on the road. However, the data also suggest that elderly drivers have a higher probability of serious injury relative to drivers of other ages once a collision occurs, and that the accidents in which they become involved have a characteristic pattern. More research is needed to determine if elderly driver injury rates could be reduced or if specific types of accidents could be avoided.


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    Title :

    What Accident Data Reveal About Elderly Drivers


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Passenger Car Meeting & Exposition ; 1985



    Publication date :

    1985-12-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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