Older drivers often involved in daytime crashes more severe than younger drivers' crashes

Thursday, April 15, 2010 - 21:07 in Health & Medicine

Kansas State University researchers are discovering the challenges ageing creates for drivers. To help improve traffic safety, K-State engineers identified the characteristics of older drivers in Kansas and the types of crashes they are involved in. Their research found most car accidents involving older drivers occur during the daytime and are more severe, often ending in injury or fatality, than those for younger populations...

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