Exploring older driver crash trend: New Jersey case study

Vanvi Trieu; Seri Park; John McFadden

Exploring older driver crash trend: New Jersey case study

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Author(s): Vanvi Trieu¹ ; Seri Park¹ ; John McFadden²
- Affiliations: 1: Civil and Environmental Engineering , Villanova University , Villanova , PA , USA ;
  2: Office of Safety Research and Development , Turner-Fairbanks Highway Research Center , McLean , VA , USA
Source: Volume 2014, Issue 4, April 2014, p. 124 – 132
DOI: 10.1049/joe.2014.0030 , Online ISSN 2051-3305

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This is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/)

Received 28/01/2014, Accepted 17/02/2014, Published 05/03/2014

Older drivers age 65 and above are known to experience greater risk on the roadway as well as increasing the risk to other roadway users. Within the next 20 years, their population is expected to increase from 41 million in 2011 to 70 million in 2030. To address this foreseeable change, the nation's recent Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) act requires state and local governments to examine older drivers and pedestrian risks and implement countermeasures as appropriate. This research was conducted to assist agencies in strategising for future plans, programmes and initiatives to better address the problem presented. This was accomplished by performing a detailed engineering analysis on crash data of older drivers over a 10-year period (2003–2012) from the state of New Jersey to identify crash trends and characteristics. A major finding from this research was the increase in fatal crashes of older drivers as a function of age. Top-ranking collision types with other vehicles and non-vehicles were identified. Crashes as a function of seasonal change, climate and lighting conditions were also examined.

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