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List of journals containing publications by Leonard Evans

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO OLDER DRIVERS -- Leonard Evans

See:

Chapter 6:  Gender, Age, and Alcohol Effects on Survival

Chapter 7:  Older Drivers  of  Traffic Safety (Copyright © 2004 by Leonard Evans)

(Numbering is sequence on a longer LIST OF PUBLICATIONS)

Pre digital age - but of note for that reason

77. Older driver involvement in fatal and severe traffic crashes.  The Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 43: S186-S193; 1988.

Yes - 1988

Conclusions of ~30 years ago same as now.  Yes - a problem, but not much of a problem.  Overwhelmingly, main threat to other road users is from young male drivers.  While risks in traffic increase as people age past ~65, the increase from other sources, especially disease, is far faster.  The probability that an old persons' death is due to a traffic crash becomes vanishingly small with increasing age.  Far more important to take your pills, check your blood pressure,. cholesterol, and weight, hold handrail going down stairs, etc. and forget about safety belt!  Best to do all - but some are more important than others. 

 [traffic problem for old folks is mobility - not risk of getting killed].

 

104  How safe were today's older drivers when they were younger? (PDF).  American Journal of Epidemiology 137: 769-775; 1993.

170.  Drivers involved in crashes killing older road users (PDF). SAE paper 2007-01-1165. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers, April 2007.  

139.  Gender and age influence on fatality risk from the same physical impact determined using two-car crashes (PDF). (Authors: Leonard Evans and Peter H. Gerrish), SAE paper 011174. Warrendale, PA: Society of Automotive Engineers; March 2001.   (Also included in: Vehicle Aggressivity and Compatibility in Automotive Crashes. SAE special publication SP-1601, 2001).

138. Age and Fatality Risk from Similar Severity Impacts (PDF). Journal of Traffic Medicine, 29: 10-19, 2001.

137. Female Compared to Male Fatality Risk from Similar Physical Impacts (PDF). Journal of Trauma, 50:281-8, 2001

133. Risks older drivers face themselves and threats they pose to other road users (PDF). International Journal of Epidemiology, 29: 315 - 322; 2000