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A senior driving study made last year showed that approximately 14 million Americans had been involved in a car accident caused by an elderly driver in the previous year.
According to the US’ Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 15 senior drivers were killed in car accidents in the USA each day in 2014, while approximately 586 were injured in the same kind of event.
Driving is an activity which requires a set of skills, combined with a high level of attention and good reflexes. The latter categories tend to lose their qualities over time, when humans grow older, making some question the possibility of allowing senior citizens to drive until a certain age.
In the wake of senior citizen deaths in car accidents, Caring.com made an analysis to find out which are the most dangerous states for this category of the population.
Unlike other demographics, everyone will eventually become a senior citizen, if they get the chance to live that long, so keep that in mind before pointing your fingers at them for doing something you might not like.
The analysis was made through a comparison between the number of drivers aged over 65 that were killed in car crashes in a given state, and the age group’s share of the overall population. Sources utilized include the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the US Census Bureau.
According to the research, Delaware is the 10th deadliest US state for drivers aged over 65. The situation is explained by the state’s harsh winters, lack of stricter regulations for older drivers, as well as a high population density.
Hawaii comes in a surprising seventh place, as 23% of people killed in car crashes in the Aloha State were 65 or older in 2014, even if it does have stricter laws for older drivers. Among them, they include more frequent license renewals, starting at age 72, which means the 16% of the state’s population will keep clerks at the DMV occupied.
The three most dangerous states for senior drivers are Minnesota, Maine, and Rhode Island. The latter is the smallest state in the country, and it even has laws that compel drivers to renew their licenses more frequently once they pass 75-years-old.
The study showed that 35% of car-related deaths in 2014 involved senior citizens. That is the highest percentage of senior citizens in car-related fatalities in the entire country, the study shows. Maybe driverless cars do have a future for some demographics.
Driving is an activity which requires a set of skills, combined with a high level of attention and good reflexes. The latter categories tend to lose their qualities over time, when humans grow older, making some question the possibility of allowing senior citizens to drive until a certain age.
In the wake of senior citizen deaths in car accidents, Caring.com made an analysis to find out which are the most dangerous states for this category of the population.
Unlike other demographics, everyone will eventually become a senior citizen, if they get the chance to live that long, so keep that in mind before pointing your fingers at them for doing something you might not like.
The analysis was made through a comparison between the number of drivers aged over 65 that were killed in car crashes in a given state, and the age group’s share of the overall population. Sources utilized include the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and the US Census Bureau.
According to the research, Delaware is the 10th deadliest US state for drivers aged over 65. The situation is explained by the state’s harsh winters, lack of stricter regulations for older drivers, as well as a high population density.
Hawaii comes in a surprising seventh place, as 23% of people killed in car crashes in the Aloha State were 65 or older in 2014, even if it does have stricter laws for older drivers. Among them, they include more frequent license renewals, starting at age 72, which means the 16% of the state’s population will keep clerks at the DMV occupied.
The three most dangerous states for senior drivers are Minnesota, Maine, and Rhode Island. The latter is the smallest state in the country, and it even has laws that compel drivers to renew their licenses more frequently once they pass 75-years-old.
The study showed that 35% of car-related deaths in 2014 involved senior citizens. That is the highest percentage of senior citizens in car-related fatalities in the entire country, the study shows. Maybe driverless cars do have a future for some demographics.
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