TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:
x

« Prev Next »

Return to Results | New Search

Bookmark and Share

Title:

SAFETY OF OLDER PERSONS IN TRAFFIC
Cover of SAFETY OF OLDER PERSONS IN TRAFFIC

Accession Number:

00974941

Record Type:

Component

Availability:

Find a library where document is available


Order URL: http://worldcat.org/isbn/0309077451

Abstract:

Older road users--vehicle drivers, occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists--clearly have a higher risk of serious injury and fatality in traffic, but the question of whether they also are at higher risk of crashes remains unresolved. Older persons' greater physical vulnerability leads to an overrepresentation of their crashes in databases based on injury outcome. Similarly, their risk estimates based on mileage driven are overestimated when compared with those of younger drivers with a higher yearly mileage. Older drivers' crash-type distribution reflects both their strengths and their weaknesses. Most of their crashes occur at intersections, and older drivers' crashes seldom involve speeding or risky overtaking. Attempts to relate crash risk to driver characteristics have successfully shown an increased risk related to certain illnesses such as dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). In contrast, correlations between crash rates and measures of specific functional abilities in healthy older drivers typically have been low. As a consequence of their increasing participation in traffic, older drivers' share of traffic crashes undoubtedly will grow during the next few decades. However, future trends in crash rates may present a discontinuous development because of changes in the older driver population itself and in the physical and social operating environment.

Supplemental Notes:

Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

Monograph Accession #:

00974939

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001 United States

Authors:

HAKAMIES-BLOMQVIST, L

Pagination:

p. 22-35

Publication Date:

2004

Serial:

Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings

Issue Number: 27
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
ISSN: 1073-1652

Conference:

Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of Experience

Location: Bethesda Maryland, United States
Date: 1999-11-7 to 1999-11-9
Sponsors: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; Federal Highway Administration; Federal Transit Administration; Office of the Secretary of Transportation; National Institute on Aging; National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; Eno Transportation Foundation; AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety; Beverly Foundation; Transportation Research Board

ISBN:

0309077451

Features:

Figures (5) ; References (60) ; Tables (3)

Subject Areas:

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

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Jun 24 2004 12:00AM

More Articles from this Serial Issue: