ArticleJournal of safety research2019
Driver licensing, motor-vehicle crashes, and moving violations among older adults.
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- Silver sanctions: Legal financial obligations in an aging population.Advances in life course research · 2025Article
- Geospatial and econometric approaches or older driver safety: Analysis of crash injury severity of regional highways.PloS one · 2025Article
- The Impact of Spatial Orientation Changes on Driving Behavior in Healthy Aging.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2024Article
- Differential Impacts of Road Diets on Driving Behavior among Older Adults with and without Preclinical Alzheimer's Pathology.Transportation research. Part F, Traffic psychology and behaviour · 2023Article
- Medication and Road Test Performance Among Cognitively Healthy Older Adults.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Driving-Related Cognitive Abilities: Evaluating Change over Time in a Sample of Older Adults Undergoing an Assessment Regarding Fitness to Drive.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Vehicle safety characteristics in vulnerable driver populations.Traffic injury prevention · 2020Article
- Medication use and driving patterns in older drivers: preliminary findings from the LongROAD study.Injury epidemiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionDriving is important for well-being among older adults, but age-related conditions are associated with driving reduction or cessation and increased crash risk for older drivers. Our objectives were to describe population-based rates of older drivers' licensing and per-driver rates of crashes and moving violations.
methodsWe examined individual-level statewide driver licensing, crash, and traffic citation data among all New Jersey drivers aged ≥ 65 and a 35- to 54-year-old comparison group during 2010-2014. Rate ratios (RR) of crashes and moving violations were estimated using Poisson regression.
resultsOverall, 86% of males and 71% of females aged ≥ 65 held a valid driver's license. Older drivers had 27% lower per-driver crash rates than middle-aged drivers (RR: 0.73, 95% CI: 0.73, 0.74)-with appreciable differences by sex-but 40% higher fatal crash rates (RR: 1.40 [1.24, 1.58]). Moving violation rates among older drivers were 72% lower than middle-aged drivers (RR: 0.28 [0.28, 0.28]).
conclusionThe majority of older adults are licensed, with substantial variation by age and sex. Older drivers have higher rates of fatal crashes but lower rates of moving violations compared with middle-aged drivers. Practical applications: Future research is needed to understand the extent to which older adults drive and to identify opportunities to further reduce risk of crashes and resultant injuries among older adults.
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