Seniors’ and Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Using Driving Simulators in Clinical Settings
This paper weighs whether potential clients and physicians would use driving simulators in order to assess a driver’s safety knowledge behind the wheel.
Driver Education
Seniors Driving Research by MIT AgeLab and The Hartford
Newscaster Conn Jackson speaks with MIT AgeLab’s Dr. Liza D’Ambrosio and The Hartford’s Jodi Olshevski about the latest research on senior driving.
Senior Pedestrian Safety
The Pinehurst Seattle website lists several tips for senior pedestrians.
Senior Drivers Aren’t Unsafe Drivers
The article follows up with information on a new study that “found that drivers aged 65 and older are only about 16 percent likelier to cause a crash than drivers aged 25 to 64.”
Self-perceptions and Current Practices of High-risk Older Drivers: Implications for Driver Safety Interventions
Comfort Keepers Senior Care Durham & Chapel Hill discusses safe driving for seniors in their video.
Safety Solutions for Older Drivers
This video by the Roadway Safety Foundation provides best practices for improving community safety through better road design, and offers case studies from Florida and Delaware, as well as interviews with leading traffic safety experts.
Recent Changes in Driving Among Older Adults
An examination of drivers aged at least 65 years between the years 1980 and 1989.
Reasons Why Teenagers and Older People Are the Riskiest Drivers
Consumer Reports published an article on how teenagers and older people are the riskiest drivers on the road and also includes statistics on the crash rates for each age group.
Florida: Aging Road User Data
Every year, the Coalition selects priority counties using a 3-year average of the rate of crashes involving individuals aged 65+, compared to the population of 65+ in both urban and rural counties.