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 Elderly
Drivers: A Growing Concern
July
2003 - The accident yesterday involving an 86-year-old driver who
left 8 dead after plowing his car through a street market, again
raises questions about the safety of elderly drivers.
Below
are some links and charts pertaining to driving safety and the
elderly.
This link is to other stories pertaining to older drivers that have
been published in SeniorJournal.com -
CLICK HERE
"...there's cause for concern when elderly
people do drive because they have higher rates of fatal crashes than
all but the youngest drivers, especially per mile driven."
Online report on Elderly Drivers by
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
Opening of 2003
Budget
"Recent statistics
indicate that traffic crashes claim more than 40,000 lives annually,
accounting
for over 90 percent of transportation-related deaths and the leading
cause of death for persons age 4 through 33. The economic cost of
motor vehicle crashes is more than $150 billion annually.
Emerging demographic trends, such as
a continuing increase in the number of drivers and a significant
growth in both elderly and teenage
drivers, pose increased traffic safety
challenges that must be addressed."
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Links to information on older drivers - Click
Collision Rates by Age Group per
1,000 Drivers
Collision Rates by Age Group per
100M Miles Driven
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