Evidence for Drivers - Older Drivers

Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2012

Annual report of personal injury accidents, the resulting casualties and contributing factors in Great Britain.

Author(s): Department for Transport (DfT)

Published: Department for Transport (DfT) (2013)
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Neuroimaging of healthy cognitive aging

A brief overview of resting neuroimaging studies of aging, and review functional neuroimaging studies of aging in various cognitive domains.

Author(s): Dennis, N. A. & Cabeza, R.

Published: The handbook of aging and cognition, 3rd ed. (pp. 1–54), 2008
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Neuropsychological predictors of driving errors in older adults

Study to identify neuropsychological factors associated with driving errors in older adults.

Author(s): Dawson, J. D., Uc, E. Y., Anderson, S. W., Johnson, A. M. & Rizzo, M.

Published: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 58(6): 1090–1096, 2010
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Who Drives Older Driver Decisions?

Focus groups with older adults aged 58-89 to explore questions around the role others play in older adults’ decisions around driving, and when such involvement is more likely to be welcome.

Author(s): Coughlin, J. F., Mohyde, M., D'Ambrosio, L. A. & Gilbert, J.

Published: MIT AgeLab, 2004
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Cumulative Meta-analysis of the Relationship Between Useful Field of View and Driving Performance in Older Adults: Current and Future Implications

Assessment of the relationship between the Useful Field of View (UFOV) assessment and objective measures of driving performance, such as state-recorded accidents, on-road driving, and simulator driving performance.

Author(s): Clay, O. J., Wadley, V. G., Edwards, J. D., Roth, D. L., Roenker, D. L., & Ball, K. K.

Published: Optometry & Vision Science, 82(8), 724-731, 2005
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Killer crashes: Fatal road traffic accidents in the UK

Examination and analyse of a sample of police reports of older driver crashes in order to gain insight into the causation and underlying factors of these crashes.

Author(s): Clarke, D.D., Ward, P., Bartle, C., & Truman, W.

Published: Accid Anal Prev; 42(2): 764-70.
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Collisions involving older drivers: An in-depth study

An in-depth analysis of police reports in order to understand older driver accident causation.

Author(s): Clarke, D. D., Ward, P., Truman, W., & Bartle, C.

Published: Department for Transport, 2009
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Maintaining safe mobility for the ageing population: The role of the private car

Review of existing literature, government crash statistics, and expert knowledge.

Author(s): Box, E. Gandolfi, J. and Mitchell, K.

Published: RAC Foundation, 2010
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Improving the safety of aging road users: A mini-review

Review of literature about how the roadway environment can be modified to better match the capabilities of older drivers and evidence for the efficacy of training interventions for older drivers.

Author(s): Boot, W., Stothart, C. & Charness, N.

Published: Gerontology, p. 1-5, 2013
Date Added: 04 Feb 2014
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Can older drivers be nudged? How the public and private sectors can influence older drivers’ self-regulation

Discussion and evaluation of current literature about how interventions, or ‘nudges’, based around insights from behavioural economics and psychology can be used to assist older drivers in coping with the ageing process.