Recent Decreases in the Proportion of Persons with a Driver’s License across All Age Groups

This study examined changes in the United States from 1983 to 2014 in the percentage of persons with a driver’s license as a function of age. Also included are the data for 2008 and 2011. The data came from the Federal Highway Administration. The following are the three main findings: H For 16- through 44-year-olds, there was a continuous decrease in the percentage of persons with a driver’s license for the years examined. For example, the percentages for 20- to 24-year-olds in 1983, 2008, 2011, and 2014 were 91.8%, 82.0%, 79.7%, and 76.7%, respectively. H For 45- through 69-year-olds, there was an increase in the percentage of persons with a driver’s license from 1983 to 2008, followed by a continuous decrease from 2008 to 2014. For example, the percentages for 60- to 64-year-olds in 1983, 2008, 2011, and 2014 were 83.8%, 95.9%, 92.7%, and 92.1%, respectively. H For those 70 years and older, there was an increase in the percentage of persons with a driver’s license from 1983 to 2008, followed by an increase from 2008 to 2011, and a decrease from 2011 to 2014. The percentages for 1983, 2008, 2011, and 2014 were 55.0%, 78.4%, 79.2%, and 79.0%, respectively

• Record URL:
  http://www.umich.edu/~umtriswt/PDF/UMTRI-2016-4.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute

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  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

  Sustainable Worldwide Transportation
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• Authors:
  • Sivak, Michael
  • Schoettle, Brandon
• Publication Date: 2016-1

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 10p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age groups; Aged drivers; Driver licenses; Teenage drivers; Trend (Statistics); Young adults
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01644528
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTRI-2016-4
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 29 2017 10:09AM