Medications and Medical Conditions Impact on Driving

This study was done to test cognitive training and motor vehicle collision in senior drivers.

This is a study of the varying characteristics of car crashes among young, middle-aged and older drivers.

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

The FDA reports on its website that medications and their side effects could be harmful while driving. 

Evidence has found the revocation of a driver's licence and subsequent loss of independence have severe negative affects on older people. But are they putting other road users in danger if they continue to drive?

Senior drivers who take sleeping pills are at higher risk for vehicle crashes.

Senior drivers who’d been using opioid painkillers regularly for several months also had higher odds of getting into accidents, study shows. 

Research was conducted to measure the effect of hypnotic drugs on driving performance in aging drivers.

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.

A Case Study of Guidelines and Processes in Seven U.S. States.