Contributing Factors to Older-Driver Injury Severity in Rural and Urban Areas

Loshaka Perera and Sunanda Dissanayake

Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, 2010, vol. 49, issue 01

Abstract: Older drivers tend to be involved in more severe crashes compared to middle-aged drivers, and U.S. Census Population statistics indicate that the older-driver population is rapidly increasing. Therefore, an improvement in older-driver safety is both important and necessary. In this analysis, a statistical modeling technique was used to identify factors contributing to older-driver injury severity. Two separate models were developed for rural and urban locations, which incorporated several potential explanatory variables. Speed, gender, presence of passengers, road type and street-lighting conditions were found to be important factors affecting injury severity of older drivers on both rural and urban roads.

Keywords: Public; Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.207180

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