SICK AND HANDICAPPED DRIVERS

THIS REPORT PRESENTS A SUMMARY OF THE BOOK ENTITLED "SICK AND HANDICAPPED DRIVERS" IN WHICH RESULTS ARE GIVEN OF STUDIES OF ACUTE DISEASES, CHRONIC DISEASES, PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, AND OLD AGE AS CAUSES OF ACCIDENTS. NO DIFFERENCE WAS FOUND BETWEEN THE PATTERN OF OFFENCES AMONG SICK AND HANDICAPPED PERSONS AND A CONTROL GROUP. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND FOR ROAD USERS OVER 58 YEARS OF AGE, WHO WERE COMPARED WITH TWO LOWER AGE GROUPS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND DURING THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AFTER PASSING THE DRIVING TEST. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Arts en Auto

  P.O. Box 64
  Utrecht,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Ysander, L
• Publication Date: 1970-10-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 1534-5
• Serial:
  • Volume: 36
  • Issue Number: 19

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged; Crash causes; Diseases and medical conditions; Drivers; Persons with disabilities
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224699
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1974 12:00AM