Trends in older driver crash involvement rates and survivability in the United States: An update

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 44-54

  Cicchino, Jessica B ^a   McCartt, Anne T ^a  

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

Author keywords

Crash trends; Older drivers

Indexed keywords

CRASHWORTHINESS; GERIATRICS; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

CRASH INVOLVEMENT; CRASH TRENDS; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; NON-FATAL INJURIES; OLDER DRIVERS; PASSENGER VEHICLES; SERIOUS INJURIES; VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED;

ACCIDENTS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84903974358     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2014.06.011     Document Type: Article

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