title: Characteristics of older road users and their effect on road safety.
abstract: This paper reports the results of several field surveys on the characteristics of older road users in Japan and of their traffic accident statistics. The results obtained are as follows: the reduced physical and mental functions with advancing age give improper driving characteristics to elderly drivers, but are not deterministic factors of quitting driving; the driving characteristics have some relation with traffic accidents; problematic drivers seem to emerge among elderly drivers; reduced functions are also related to the occurrence of accidents among elderly people in bicycle riding and walking. Further, a systematic and comprehensive approach is presented for traffic accident prevention among the elderly based upon these results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mori
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mizohata
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000517:prevention & control; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology; D001642:Bicycling / Q000293:injuries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011158:Population Growth; D012307:Risk Factors; D012449:Safety