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

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  • Perera, Loshaka
  • Dissanayake, Sunanda

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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.

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  • Perera, Loshaka & Dissanayake, Sunanda, 2010. "Contributing Factors to Older-Driver Injury Severity in Rural and Urban Areas," Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Transportation Research Forum, vol. 49(1).
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ndjtrf:207180
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.207180
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