Elder Drivers Getting Safer?

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released a 2014 study on elder driver accident rates. The February 20, 2014 status report, Fit for the road: Older drivers’ crash rates continue to drop notes good news for elder drivers:

Today’s older drivers are not only less likely to be involved in crashes than prior generations, they are less likely to be killed or seriously injured if they do crash… That’s likely because vehicles are safer and seniors are generally healthier. It’s a marked shift that began to take hold in the mid-1990s and indicates that the growing ranks of aging drivers aren’t making U.S. roads deadlier.

The article notes the “crash outlook” has improved for younger drivers as well.

The article looks at the demographics of drivers, changes in travel patterns, improved vehicle safety and recent trends.

Photo by Colin Dayton Stacy.