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4. A preliminary assessment of the medical and functional factors associated with vehicle crashes in older adults

Author

Sims, Richard V., Owsley, Cynthia, Allman, Richard M., Ball, Karlene, and Smoot, Tonya M.

Subjects
Traffic accidents -- Risk factors, Aged automobile drivers -- Health aspects, Health, Seniors
Abstract

Diminished visual abilities may be an important risk factor for automobile crashes in older people. Researchers compared 99 drivers over age 55 who had had an at-fault car accident and 75 older drivers who had not. Drivers involved in an accident were significantly more likely to have a 40% or greater decrease in vision as measured by the useful field of view (UFOV) test. Drivers who had caused an accident were also more likely to be of black race or to have recently fallen down, and less likely to be taking beta-blocker medications.

Published
1998

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