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Older Adult Drivers: Fact Sheet  

 


Overview

National Goals

Occurrence

Consequences

Groups at Risk

Risk Factors

Protective Factors

Sources of Additional Information

University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute: Promising Approaches for Enhancing Elderly Mobility

University of Florida: Florida Senior Safety Resource Center

AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: Senior Driver Web Site

AAA National: AAA Roadwise Review: A Tool to Help Seniors Drive Safely Longer

University of Michigan, Transportation Research Institute: Driving Decisions Workbook

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: Active Aging Programs

Community Transportation Association of America: Senior Transportation

American Society on Aging (ASA): Road Map to Driving Wellness

References

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services (US). CDC; 1997. [cited 2002 June 1]. Available from: URL: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss/page.asp?yr=1997&state=US&cat=IC#IC.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [Online]. (2006). National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (producer). Available from: URL: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/wisqars. [cited 2006 Dec 1].

Department of Health and Human Services (US). Healthy People 2010. 2nd ed. With understanding and improving health and objectives for improving health. 2 vols. Washington (DC): Government Printing Office (US); 2000.

Hakamies-Blomquist L. Safety of Older Persons in Traffic in Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of Experience. Technical Papers and Reports from a Conference: Bethesda, MD; Nov. 7-9, 1999. Washington, DC, Transportation Research Board; 2004.

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Fatality facts, older people. Arlington (VA): IIHS; 2006. Available from: URL: http://www.iihs.org/research/fatality_facts/olderpeople.html [cited 2006 Nov 21].

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation (US). Traffic Safety Facts 2005: Older Population. Washington (DC): NHTSA; 2006 [cited 2006 Nov 21]. Available from: URL: http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSF2005/810622.pdf.

Owsley C. Driver Capabilities in Transportation in an Aging Society: A Decade of Experience. Technical Papers and Reports from a Conference: Bethesda, MD; Nov. 7-9, 1999. Washington, DC, Transportation Research Board; 2004.

Quinlan KP, Brewer RD, Siegel P, Sleet DA, Mokdad AH, Shults RA. Alcohol-Impaired Driving Among U.S. Adults: 1993-2002. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2005;28:346-50.

 

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