Fragility versus excessive crash involvement as determinants of high death rates per vehicle-mile of travel among older drivers

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Li, Guohua ^a,b   Braver, Elisa R ^c   Chen, Li Hui ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Insurance Inst for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Elderly drivers; Epidemiologic methods; Older drivers; Traffic safety

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGING OF MATERIALS; AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; RISKS;

OLDER DRIVERS; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037334447     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-4575(01)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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