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The on-road difficulties of older drivers and their relationship with self-reported motor vehicle crashes

Wood, Joanne; Anstey, Kaarin; Lacherez, Philippe; Kerr, Graham; Mallon, Kerry; Lord, Stephen

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Objectives: To quantify the driving difficulties of older adults using a detailed assessment of driving performance and to link this with self-reported retrospective and prospective crashes. Design: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: On-road driving assessment. Participants: Two hundred sixty-seven community-living adults aged 70 to 88 randomly recruited through the electoral roll. Measurements: Performance on a standardized measure of driving performance. RESULTS: Lane positioning, approach,...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorWood, Joanne
dc.contributor.authorAnstey, Kaarin
dc.contributor.authorLacherez, Philippe
dc.contributor.authorKerr, Graham
dc.contributor.authorMallon, Kerry
dc.contributor.authorLord, Stephen
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T22:14:20Z
dc.identifier.issn1532-5415
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/50246
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To quantify the driving difficulties of older adults using a detailed assessment of driving performance and to link this with self-reported retrospective and prospective crashes. Design: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: On-road driving assessment. Participants: Two hundred sixty-seven community-living adults aged 70 to 88 randomly recruited through the electoral roll. Measurements: Performance on a standardized measure of driving performance. RESULTS: Lane positioning, approach, and blind spot monitoring were the most common error types, and errors occurred most frequently in situations involving merging and maneuvering. Drivers reporting more retrospective or prospective crashes made significantly more driving errors. Driver instructor interventions during self-navigation (where the instructor had to brake or take control of the steering to avoid an accident) were significantly associated with higher retrospective and prospective crashes; every instructor intervention almost doubled prospective crash risk. Conclusion: These findings suggest that on-road driving assessment provides useful information on older driver difficulties, with the self-directed component providing the most valuable information.
dc.publisherWiley Interscience
dc.sourceJournal of American Geriatrics Society
dc.subjectKeywords: aged; article; clinical assessment; cohort analysis; community; controlled study; driver; driving ability; female; groups by age; human; male; performance; prospective study; questionnaire; retrospective study; self report; traffic accident; Accidents, Tr Crashes; Driving assessment; Driving errors; Older drivers
dc.titleThe on-road difficulties of older drivers and their relationship with self-reported motor vehicle crashes
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume57
dc.date.issued2009
local.identifier.absfor111714 - Mental Health
local.identifier.ariespublicationU4146231xPUB200
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationWood, Joanne, Queensland University of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationAnstey, Kaarin, College of Medicine, Biology and Environment, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationLacherez, Philippe, Queensland University of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationKerr, Graham, Queensland University of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationMallon, Kerry, Queensland University of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationLord, Stephen, Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue11
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage2062
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage2069
local.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02498.x
local.identifier.absseo920410 - Mental Health
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T10:37:32Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-70350439831
local.identifier.thomsonID000271248500012
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