Resources

Booklets

Li, G., Braver, E.R., and Chen, L.H. (Aug. 2001) "Exploring the high driver death rates per vehicle-mile of travel in older drivers: Fragility versus excessive crash involvement." Arlington, VA: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.

Web Resources

Supplemental Transportation Programs for Seniors
www.aaafoundation.org/resources/index.cfm?button=stppaper
This white paper proposes supplement program for transporting elders.

Senior Drivers
www.seniordrivers.org/home/toppage.cfm
The AAA Foundation's website for senior drivers is a resource for older individuals, their families, and transportation providers.

The Older Adult Driver
www.aafp.org/afp/20000101/141.html
This article summarizes key issues for older drivers from the physician's perspective.

www.nas.edu/trb/
This organization's home page provides updates on national issues relating to transportation.

Older Road Users
www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/olddrive/index.html
Here is an online library of research studies, references and policy statements relating to NHTSA's older-driver safety initiative.

Family and Friends Concerned about an Older Driver
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/FamilynFriends/faf_index.htm
The NHTSA report summarizes how families and friends influence older drivers.

Safe Mobility for Older People Handbook
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/olddrive/safe/safe-toc.htm
This guidebook presents a comprehensive summary of key issues for older drivers and related studies.

Improving Transportation for a Maturing Society (1997)
http://ntl.bts.gov/DOCS/index2/execsum.htm
The Department of Transportation reviews the challenges in meeting the mobility needs of older adults.

Older Pedestrians: Engineering for Safety
www.dot.ca.gov/hq/traffops/survey/Older%20Ped%20Safety.ppt
This is a PowerPoint presentation by Patti Yanochko, MPH, San Diego State University Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice.