DRIVING AND CRASH EXPERIENCE AND ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE. IMPLICATIONS FOR COUNTERMEASURES
A study was undertaken of 725 Vermont drivers with ischemic heart disease, representative of such drivers within the community, whose crash rates were compared with those of all Vermont drivers and with matched samples of drivers of similar sex and community of residence and of similar age, sex and community of residence. The drivers with heart disease had lower overall crash rates and rates of property damage, injury and single vehicle crashes than did the other groups, but this is believed to reflect the fact that many of these predominantly older individuals were able both to reduce their annual mileage and to limit their driving to less hazardous times and circumstances. The results of this study, therefore, are not necessarily applicable to disease conditions that affect predominantly younger individuals or to commercial drivers. (Author/TRRL)
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Supplemental Notes:
- Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference, San Antonio, Texas, October 3-6, 1983.
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Corporate Authors:
American Association for Automotive Medicine
P.O. Box 222
Morton Grove, IL United States 60053 -
Authors:
- Waller, J A
- Naughton, T J
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Conference:
- 27TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
- Location: San Antonio Texas, United States
- Date: 1983-10-3 to 1983-10-6
- Publication Date: 1983
Media Info
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 249-262
- Monograph Title: PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA, OCTOBER 3-6, 1983. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR AUTOMOTIVE MEDICINE
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Age; Aged drivers; Cardiac disorder; Cardiovascular diseases; Conferences; Countermeasures; Crash rates; Diseases and medical conditions; Driver records; Drivers; Driving; Equipment; Females; Human beings; Injuries; Loss and damage; Property; Single vehicle crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Property damage
- ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 2122: Cardiovascular disease; 8525: Conference; 1855: Driving (veh); 3674: Equipment; 2134: Illness; 1787: Man; 1788: Woman
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00389443
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Institute for Road Safety Research, SWOV
- Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
- Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM