Abstract
This fact sheet focuses on the older population in the United States, defined as all people age 65 and older. In 2010, 13 percent of the total U.S. resident population (40.4 million people) were age 65 and older. In 2010, 5,484 people age 65 and older were killed and 189,000 were injured in traffic crashes. These older individuals made up 17 percent of all traffic fatalities and 8 percent of all people injured in traffic crashes during the year. Compared to 2009, fatalities among people age 65 and older increased by 3 percent. Among people injured in this age group there was a slight (1%) increase from 2009. (Author/publisher)