Driver safety is an
increasingly important issue for professionals and policy makers.
While only a limited number of seniors who drive have fatal
crashes, the annual number of fatal crashes caused by older
drivers is expected to more than double by 2030, according to
the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety in Arlington, Va. Drivers
who are at least 65 years old are expected to account for 16% of all
crashes and 25% of all fatal crashes by 2030. Drivers who are 75 and
older have higher crash rates per mile traveled than all groups but
16- to 18-year-olds. And bodily-injury liability claims nearly
double for drivers who are 85 and older, meaning that they are more
often at fault in crashes than younger drivers, according to the
insurance institute.
Projection of 65+
Age Group as follows:
2000: 35,061,000
2030: 71,453,000 – 104% increase from 2000
2050: 86,705,000 – 147% increase from 2000
Between 2000 and
2050, there will be a 147% increase of the 65+ population while the
overall population increase during the same time period will be 49%.
Projection of 85+
Age Group as follows:
2000: 4,267,000
2030: 9,603,000 – 125% increase from 2000
2050: 20,861,000 – 389% increase from 2000
Between 2000 and
2050, there will be a 389% increase of the 85+ population while the
overall population increase during the same time period will be 49%.
In 2000, there were
4.3 million people ages 85+.
In 2050, it is
projected that there will be 20.9 million people age 85+.
In
addition to its research and demonstration, and technical assistance
activities, the Beverly Foundation prepares informational materials
for use by the media in conveying the message of senior
transportation problems and solutions. While much of its information
is found in reports and white papers, the Foundation also has
prepared fact sheets, snapshots, and information briefs that provide
overviews of issues of interest in communities across America.
Topics include:
The Trauma of Giving
Up The Keys
Calculating The Cost
of Driving A Car
STPs as Alternatives
to The Car
Senior Friendly
Transportation
Quality of Life
Transportation
Supportive
Transportation
The 5 A’s of Senior
Friendliness
STAR Search for STPs
STAR Awards for
Excellence
For
more information of interest to professionals in transportation and
aging, policy makers, and researchers click any link in the right
hand side of this page. You may also want to search other locations
on this website such as the
Resource Store and the
TurnKey Kit.
