Assessing older driver's fitness to drive allowing for a low mileage basis: using the GRIMPS screening test.

Author(s)
Koppel, S. Langford, J. Charlton, J. Fildes, B. Frith, W. & Newstead, S.
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Abstract

Data from 244 older drivers in New Zealand have been used to demonstrate that older drivers who travel low mileages are liable to have more crashes per distance driven than older drivers who travel higher mileages. The results showed that drivers travelling 50 km or less per week had a considerably higher per-distance crash rate than drivers travelling 100 km or more per week. Low mileage drivers also performed significantly worse on both a screening test of fitness to drive (the GRIMPS screening test) and on the New Zealand Older Driver Relicensing Test (NZODORT). With reduced driving performance likely to be a major factor in explaining the association between extent of driving and crash involvement, the findings presented in this paper are valuable in identifying a small, more precisely defined target group for road safety countermeasures, while excluding most older drivers from any special safety scrutiny. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E214057. Printed volume contains peer-reviewed papers. CD-ROM contains submitted papers.

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Publication

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C 38084 (In: C 38022 CD-ROM) /83 / ITRD E214025
Source

In: Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference 2005, Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand, 14-16 November 2005, [Cd-rom] 11 p.

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