DESIGNING ROADWAYS TO SAFELY ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASINGLY MOBILE OLDER DRIVER: A PLAN TO ALLOW OLDER AMERICANS TO MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE

This report looks at aging drivers, their safety behind the wheel, their mobility and tendency to keep driving as they get older, and the improvements to roads that might make it easier for them to drive safely. It discusses traffic accident fatalities among older drivers, presents the state of Florida as a model in offering many roadway improvements to increase the safety of older drivers, and discusses in detail improvements that could improve traffic safety of older drivers. These improvements are broken down into three categories - signs and lighting, intersections, and streets and highways.

• Record URL:
  http://www.tripnet.org/OlderDrivers2003Study.PDF
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/38599
• Corporate Authors:

  The Road Information Program

  1200 18th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20036
• Publication Date: 2003-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 16 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Driving; Fatalities; Highway safety; Highways; Improvements; Intersections; Lighting; Mobility; Signs; Streets; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety
• Geographic Terms: Florida
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I82: Accidents and Transport Infrastructure; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00960515
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 1 2003 12:00AM