Collisions Involving Senior Drivers: High-Risk Conditions and Locations

This review article focuses on studies of the characteristics of automobile crashes involving senior drivers (aged 65 years or older); the authors used North American studies published since 1990. The authors found that senior drivers' crashes are much more likely than younger drivers' crashes to occur at intersections. Senior drivers have particularly high rates of involvement in intersection crashes when they are turning, and even more so when they are turning left. Senior drivers are more likely than younger drivers to have been at fault in these situations, typically because they failed to yield the right-of-way, disregarded the traffic signal, or committed some other traffic violation. The authors call for additional research that separates older drivers into narrower age categories, to help elicit the impact of aging itself on the driving process. The authors conclude by considering the potential for low cost safety improvements at intersections, such as enhanced traffic signal visibility and all-red clearance intervals, which could reduce older driver crashes.

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• Authors:
  • Mayhew, Daniel R
  • Simpson, Herb M
  • Ferguson, Susan A
• Publication Date: 2006

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 117-124
• Serial:
  • Traffic Injury Prevention
  • Volume: 7
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 1538-9588
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/15389588.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Aged drivers; Biological aging; Crash characteristics; Crash injury research; Crash locations; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Intersections; Left turns; Traffic signals; Traffic violations
• Uncontrolled Terms: Age factors
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; I81: Accident Statistics; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01037361
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 28 2006 11:31AM