Older Driver Crash Involvement and Fatalities, by Age and Sex, 2000–2017

Kendra L. Ratnapradipa; Caitlin N. Pope; Ann Nwosu; Motao Zhu

doi:10.1177/0733464820956507

Older Driver Crash Involvement and Fatalities, by Age and Sex, 2000–2017

Kendra L. Ratnapradipa
, Caitlin N. Pope
, Ann Nwosu
, Motao Zhu

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Abstract

Federal reporting of crash fatalities has limited age-by-sex stratification, but both age and sex are associated with driving reduction and cessation. We described older driver fatal crash involvement and fatalities using Fatality Analysis Reporting System data to calculate rates (per 100,000 licensed drivers, per 100,000 population) with age-by-sex stratifications. Nationally from 2000 through 2017, 110,422 drivers 65+ were involved in crashes resulting in at least one death within 30 days, and 67,843 of these older drivers died. Involvement and fatality rates per 100,000 licensed drivers in 2017 were lowest for females 65–69 (7.7 and 3.6, respectively) and highest for males age 85+ (34.3 and 25.5, respectively). Females had lower driver fatal crash involvement and fatality rates throughout the lifespan, even when rates generally decreased over time. Elaborating fatal crash trends and rates by age and sex helps to differentiate the public health burden of older driver crashes and fatalities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1314-1319
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Applied Gerontology
Volume	40
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0733464820956507
State	Published - Oct 2021

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Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health (grant number R01AG050581) to M.Z.

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute on Aging	R01AG050581

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

FARS
crash involvement
driver fatality rates
motor vehicle fatality
trend

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Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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