Risks older drivers pose to themselves and to other road users

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 577-582

  Tefft, Brian C ^a  

^a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety   (United States)

Author keywords

Crash rate; Crash risk; Motor vehicle; Older drivers; Relative risk

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION PERSONNEL;

CRASH RATE; CRASH RISK; MOTOR VEHICLE; OLDER DRIVERS; RELATIVE RISK;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57049112617     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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