Title

Exploring the relationship between drivers' age and crash involvement

Keywords

Accidents; Crashes; Driver's age; Old drivers; Traffic safety; Young drivers

Abstract

A complete investigation of the effect of drivers' age on crash involvement was conducted. This paper presents an overview of this effort. The paper presents general trends in the crash involvement rates for the different age groups. Due to the large number of visitors to the state of Florida, special attention was given to the non-resident drivers. As expected the results showed that the relationship between age and crash involvement follows the traditional U-shape, with very high rates in particular for drivers bellow the age of 25. Considering the "drivers at fault in a crash" showed that the Ushape is maintained. However, the curve becomes lower in the middle and higher on the edges particularly for the younger ages. Conditional probabilities were used to account for exposure when analyzing certain variables. The analysis indicated that the young groups tend to drive in situations or conditions that increase their risk, the elderly drivers tend to avoid adverse conditions in an attempt to compensate for the decline in their driving capabilities. The results showed that young drivers are over-involved in crashes that are related to speeding. Younger drivers are involved in overturn, off-road, and head-on collisions more than other age groups. Therefore, they were found to be over-involved in crashes that occur on curves. Whether at intersections or at other locations, elderly drivers were found to be over-involved in right and left turns as well as angle collisions.

Publication Date

12-1-1998

Publication Title

Proceedings, Annual Conference - Canadian Society for Civil Engineering

Volume

4 C

Number of Pages

327-337

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

33645021204 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/33645021204

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