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This paper focuses on how eye health variables and visual sensory function relate to crash frequency in older drivers. Studies indicate that: (1) Eye health and visual sensory status are not strongly predictive of crash frequency, agreeing with earlier studies. However, these variables are strongly related to visual attentional skills which is the strongest correlate to crash frequency. (2) Visual field sensitivity, which is a measure of the integrity of sensory processing throughout the visual field, is crucial for following events in peripheral vision. However, an older driver can have excellent visual field sensitivity, yet still have difficulty using information in peripheral vision, because of a visual attentional problem. (3) Simply being made aware by an eye-care specialist that one has an ocular disease that affects vision was associated with older adults avoiding challenging driving situations.

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

Age; Aged drivers; Aging (Biology); Drivers; Eye; Peripheral vision; Vision; Vision disorders; Visual perception

Driver age

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

TRIS, TRB

Dec 6 1993 12:00AM

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• DEMENTIA AND ROAD TEST PERFORMANCE
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• OLD HANDS ON THE WHEEL: EXPOSURE, ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE AND PROBLEMS OF ELDERLY DRIVERS
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• OLDER DRIVERS HANDLING ROAD TRAFFIC INFORMATICS: DIVIDED ATTENTION IN A DYNAMIC DRIVING SIMULATOR
• OVERTAKING BEHAVIOUR ON SINGLE CARRIAGEWAY ROADS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
• OVERTAKING BEHAVIOUR ON TWO-LANE RURAL ROADS
• PREDICTING ACCIDENT FREQUENCY FROM OLDER DRIVER CAPABILITIES: DEVELOPING A TESTABLE MODEL
• TIME AND SPACE CRITERIAS OF COLUMN FOLLOWING