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This portal presents interactive visualizations that focus on several highway safety topics of interest. These visualizations include multiple dashboards with information on fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes and fatalities based on data from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). FARS contains data on every fatal traffic crash in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. To be included in FARS, a crash must involve a motor vehicle traveling on a public trafficway and must result in the death of a vehicle occupant or a nonoccupant within 30 days of the crash.

This research includes reviewed literature on cognitive, sensory, motor and physical factors associated with safe driving and crash risk in older adults with the goal of developing a model of factors enabling safe driving behaviour. 

The purpose of this research was to examine the impact of age and health on patterns of driving and self-regulation among older adults who still drive.

To evaluate CarFit, an educational program designed to promote optimal alignment of driver with vehicle.

Whether it be due to health concerns, safety concerns, or a mix of both, knowing how and when to approach such a sensitive topic can be intimidating and quite discouraging.

Read on to learn how to approach the subject and how to know when it’s time for aging parents to hang up their keys. 

Data from the Department of Transportation shows that over 30 million adults over 65 in the US are driving. Many older adults have been driving for 50 or more years, and it can provide a sense of personal independence, which older adults are reluctant to give up. For most seniors, the loss of their driving ability can make them feel isolated and dependent.

"As healthcare providers know, a patient’s wellbeing goes beyond the physician’s office. With more than 15,000 senior driver-related crashes on Virginia roads, talk to your patients about the impacts of age-related change on one’s driving ability.

As a trusted source to your patients, you can empower them to use the tools they need to stay safe and independent on the road."
 

With the number of seniors dramatically increasing each year, any professional who works in law enforcement – from judges to police officers – needs to be prepared with resources and tools that keep older drivers safe.