GENDER EFFECT ON THE ACCIDENT PATTERNS OF ELDERLY DRIVERS

Over the past decades, elderly drivers have been the fastest growing segment of the driving population. The increase of elderly drivers during the 1970-1997 period rose by approximately 180% which is the highest among all age groups and three times greater than the total driving population growth. Older drivers face a variety of barriers to continued automobile travel. Barriers such as physical limitations associated with aging, compounded with reluctance to forgo reliance on the automobile, suggest that ever greater use of the automobile among elderly may have significant societal implications. This paper seeks to provide a better understanding of gender distinctions in the crash involvement of older drivers.

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• Authors:
  • Stamatiadis, N
• Conference:
  • Traffic Safety on Two Continents
  • Location: Malmo, Sweden
  • Date: 1999-9-20 to 1999-9-22
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 131-138
• Serial:
  • Publication of: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute
  • Publisher: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
  • ISSN: 0347-6030

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Automobile driving; Crash causes; Crash data; Females; Gender; High risk drivers; Males; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky; United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00796749
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: VTI konferens 13A, Part 2
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 8 2000 12:00AM