Declines in fatal crashes of older drivers: Changes in crash risk and survivability

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 666-674

  Cheung, Ivan ^a   McCartt, Anne T ^a  

^a Insurance Institute for Highway Safety ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Crash trends; Older driver crashes; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCES; CRASH INVOLVEMENT; CRASH RATE; CRASH RISK; CRASH TRENDS; CURRENT ANALYSIS; FASTER RATES; FATAL CRASHES; FATALITY ANALYSIS REPORTING SYSTEMS; HISTORICAL TRENDS; LICENSED DRIVERS; NON-FATAL INJURIES; OLDER DRIVER CRASHES; OLDER DRIVERS; PASSENGER VEHICLES;

CRASHWORTHINESS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RISK; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79952442148     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.10.010     Document Type: Article

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