OLDER DRIVERS WITH VISION PROBLEMS

Driving records (1987 to 1990) for 7500 class 5 (automobile) permit holders aged between 70 and 85 years were collected from different files (permit holders, medical, infractions, demerit points, crashes) of the public insurer for injuries (SAAQ) to answer the following question: Do older drivers (70 to 85) with certain vision problems have a worse driving record than healthy ones of the same age? After cross validation of the health status with additional information from the Quebec provincial health insurance (RAMQ), up to six groups with specific vision problems, mainly low acuity (e.g. 20/40 or 20/50 for the best eye) and visual field reduction, were retained for comparisons with a corresponding healthy group with good vision, separately for women and for men. The study has shown that among the elderly drivers who have visual problems a few cohorts registered more crashes than their controls of the same age group with normal vision; for this latter, their accident rate per driver was low, particularly for women.

• Corporate Authors:

  Assoc for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine

  2340 Des Plaines Avenue, Suite 106
  Des Plaines, IL  United States  60018
• Authors:
  • Maag, U
  • Joly, P
  • Gagnon, R
  • Desjardins, D
  • Messier, S
  • LABERGE-NADEAU, C
• Conference:
  • Association for the Advancement of Auto Medicine Proceedings
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 317-334

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Biological aging; Crash rates; Driver records; Vision; Vision disorders
• Geographic Terms: Quebec (Province)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00730948
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 3 1997 12:00AM