Driving licences and medical screening in old age: Review of literature and European licensing policies

A Siren, S Haustein - Journal of Transport & Health, 2015 - Elsevier
Chronological age, per se, seems to be, in the case of mature drivers, only a weak predictor
of safe driving performance. However, screening policies based on chronological age are …

Older drivers are at increased risk of fatal crash involvement: results of a systematic review and meta-analysis

LSR Pitta, JL Quintas, IOA Trindade, P Belchior… - Archives of gerontology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Older adults have become a larger part of the driving population, but whether they are at
increased risk of being involved in fatal crashes remains unclear. Methods We performed a …

The influence of built environment factors on elderly pedestrian road safety in cities: the experience of Madrid

D Gálvez-Pérez, B Guirao, A Ortuño… - International journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With the progressive ageing of the population, the study of the relations between road safety
and elderly users is becoming increasingly relevant. Although the decline of pedestrian …

[LIVRE][B] Human behavior in the social environment: Perspectives on development, the life course, and macro contexts

A Rogers - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
In this new aggregated edition of Anissa Taun Roger's Human Behavior in the Social
Environment, readers will find a comprehensive overview of the issues related to human …

Cognitive function and young drivers: The relationship between driving, attitudes, personality and cognition

E Zicat, JM Bennett, E Chekaluk, J Batchelor - Transportation research part …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Young drivers (aged 17–25 years) are the highest risk age group for driving
crashes and are over-represented in car crash statistics in Australia. A relationship between …

Cognitive screening of older drivers does not produce safety benefits

A Siren, A Meng - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2012 - Elsevier
Although screening policies for older drivers based on chronological age are widely used in
many countries, previous research has shown that increasing age does not cause higher …

Risks older drivers pose to themselves and to other road users

BC Tefft - Journal of safety research, 2008 - Elsevier
PROBLEM: Studies have shown that older drivers have high death rates and lower rates of
involvement in crashes that kill others; but most studies have not considered drivers' …

Barriers to senior citizens' outdoor mobility in Europe

R Risser, G Haindl, A Ståhl - European Journal of Ageing, 2010 - Springer
The aim of this study was to picture perceived problems amongst older citizens in the traffic
environment. Moreover, answers to the question why measures that are known to be …

Cognition and driving in older persons

JT Wagner, T Nef - Swiss medical weekly, 2011 - smw.ch
In Switzerland, approximately 350 000 people aged 70 years or older own a valid driving
license. By law, these drivers are medically assessed every other year, most commonly by …

Association between mandatory cognitive testing for license renewal and motor vehicle collisions and road injuries

H Inada, J Tomio, S Nakahara… - Journal of the American …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background We examined whether the policy amendment from March 2017 for a cognitive
screening test for older drivers at driver's license renewal was associated with the …