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  1. Trends in Highway Safety: Effects of an Aging Population on Accident Propensity — National (08/01/1995)

    Source: Expert

    This research speaks to the U.S’s aging population and propensity for car crashes.

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  2. Psychoactive Medications and Injurious Motor Vehicle Collisions Involving Older Drivers — National (11/01/1994)

    Source: Expert

    Older drivers have the second highest risk for motor vehicle collisions of any age group, after adolescents. Psychoactive medications may place older drivers at increased risk for injurious motor vehicle collisions.

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  3. Compensation in Older Drivers as Reflected in Their Fatal Accidents — National (02/01/1994)

    Source: Expert

    To estimate safety effects of compensatory changes in the driving behavior of older drivers (age 65+), their fatal accidents were compared with those of young and middle-aged drivers (26-40 years) in different situations.

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  4. Cognitive-Motor Abilities of the Elderly Driver — National (02/01/1992)

    Source: Expert

    This article reviews information the effects of old age on motor abilities as it relates to driving behavior.

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  5. Vision, Aging, and Driving: The Problems of Older Drivers — National (01/01/1992)

    Source: Expert

    This research was done on adults ages 22-92 years old in regard to their visual difficulties when driving and performing everyday tasks

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  6. Visual Requirements for Safety and Mobility of Older Drivers — National (10/01/1991)

    Source: Expert

    This paper was done to assess visual deterioration with aging and how to deal with issues in visual functions and driving.

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  7. Recent Changes in Driving Among Older Adults — National (10/01/1991)

    Source: Expert

    An examination of drivers aged at least 65 years between the years 1980 and 1989.

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  8. Differences in Accident Characteristics Among Elderly Drivers and Between Elderly and Middle-aged Drivers — National (10/01/1990)

    Source: For Profit Organization

    A total of 5,853 elderly drivers, aged 55 and over, and 8,210 middle-aged drivers 36–50 years old, all of whom were involved in accidents during 1986, were compared using discriminant function and univariate techniques.

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  9. Cardiovascular Disease, Aging and Traffic Accidents — California (08/01/1967)

    Source: Expert

    Mean individual traffic accident and violation rates were compared for 267 “healthy” drivers and 82 senile persons. 

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  10. What Should You Keep in the Car? — National 

    Source: Nonprofit Organization

    Every vehicle should have an emergency supply kit in the trunk. Learn what goes into the Emergency Supply Kit with a list from National Safety Council. 

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