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This presentation further expands on research results from a study aimed at identifying the factors which place some older drivers at risk for crash involvement. Specifically, attentional and cognitive factors are discussed within the context of the model presented by Dr. Owsley. By assessing a large sample of older drivers at several levels in the visual information processing system, they have identified a test of visual attention, the useful field of view, that has both high sensitivity (89 percent) and specificity (85 percent) in predicting which older drivers have crash problems. With respect to the model, researchers noted that eye health, central and peripheral vision, and mental status were more highly related to Useful Field of View (UFOV) than to crash frequency per se.

VTI Rapport 372A, Part 3

English

v.p.

1991-9

VTI Rapport

Proceedings of the Conference, Strategic Highway Research Program and Traffic Safety on Two Continents, Part Three

Aged; Aged drivers; Attention lapses; Eye; Field of vision; Risk assessment; Traffic crashes; Vision

Field of view

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor

TRIS, TRB

Dec 7 1993 12:00AM

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