Specific features of accidents caused by elderly traffic participants

With an ever rising human life expectancy the share of elderly people in society is constantly rising. This leads to the fact that at the same rate the share of people with age related diseases such as dementia and poor eyesight taking part in traffic will rise and therefore traffic accidents caused by this group of people due to the disease will play an ever greater role. This situation will be among the future challenges of road safety work. This study displays specific characteristics of accidents caused by elderly car drivers (aged 65 or higher) based on the analysis of the German In-Depth Accident Study (GIDAS). Herein almost 1,000 elderly car drivers were identified as accident participants in the years 2008 to 2011. The focus of this study lies on identifying special types of accidents which are caused by elderly drivers and on characterizing these types with the information gathered on scene and by interviewing the participants. The main evidence analyzed is the knowledge about the accident locality, the trajectories of the participants as well as the reasons for the occurrence of the accidents. Furthermore personal information such as the personal condition before the accident and driving purposes is used to identify patterns of contributing circumstances for accidents caused by elderly traffic participants. (A) Paper to the session "Accident Causation and Prevention" of the 5th International Conference on ESAR "Expert Symposium on Accident Research", 7th to 8th September 2012 in Hannover.

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• Authors:
  • Jaensch, M
  • Otte, D
  • Pund, B
• Publication Date: 2013-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: n.p.
• Monograph Title: 5. Internationale Konferenz ESAR „Expertensymposium Accident Research“
• Serial:
  • Berichte der Bundesanstalt fuer Strassenwesen. Unterreihe Fahrzeugtechnik
  • Issue Number: 87
  • Publisher: Fachverlag NW in der Carl Schuenemann Verlag GmbH
  • ISSN: 0943-9293

Subject/Index Terms

• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 6471: Analysis (math); 9003: Cause; 8525: Conference; 1772: Driver; 8125: Germany; 1746: Old people; 1755: Road user; 6555: Statistics
• Subject Areas: I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01497321
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• ISBN: 978-3-95606-021-2
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Oct 31 2013 9:53AM