Do age-based mandatory assessments reduce older drivers' risk to other road users?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1913-1918

  Langford, Jim ^a   Bohensky, Megan ^a   Koppel, Sjaanie ^a   Newstead, Stuart ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crash risk; Licensing; Mandatory age based assessments; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; POPULATION STATISTICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROADS AND STREETS;

ASSESSMENT PROGRAMS; CRASH INVOLVEMENTS; CRASH RISK; DRIVING TESTS; FATALITY RATES; LICENSED DRIVERS; LICENSING; LICENSING POLICIES; MANDATORY AGE-BASED ASSESSMENTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPANCY RATES; OLDER DRIVERS; PASSENGER FATALITIES; ROAD USERS; SAFETY BENEFITS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRIVER LICENCE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RISK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVER EXAMINATION; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; VICTORIA;

EID: 54949114667     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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