A total of 5,853 elderly drivers, aged 55 and over, and 8,210 middle-aged drivers 36-50 years old, all of whom were involved in accidents during 1986, were compared using discriminant function and univariate techniques. Substantial differences were found in accident characteristics not only between
Elderly drivers and their accidents: the Aging Driver Questionnaire
β Scribed by Dianne Parker; Lorraine McDonald; Patrick Rabbitt; Paul Sutcliffe
- Book ID
- 108300476
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 32
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
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