Open AccessDriver age and crash involvement.
Author(s) -
Allan F. Williams,
Oliver Carsten
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.79.3.326
Subject(s) - crash , demography , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , poison control , age groups , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , gerontology , population , environmental health , medicine , computer science , sociology , pathology , programming language
The youngest and oldest drivers have the highest crash risk, but the problem lies predominantly in the youngest age groups because elderly drivers have low exposure. The elderly driver problem will increase gradually as their share of the population increases but will remain relatively small. The bulk of the problem will continue to reside among drivers younger than age 65, particularly the youngest drivers.