作者: Jonathan J. Rolison , Paul J. Hewson , Elizabeth Hellier , Poppy Husband
DOI: 10.1111/J.1532-5415.2012.04059.X
关键词: Suicide prevention 、 Injury prevention 、 Demography 、 Human factors and ergonomics 、 Occupational safety and health 、 Poison control 、 Population 、 Risk assessment 、 Pedestrian 、 Medicine
摘要: OBJECTIVES: To compare risk of fatal injury in elderly road users (drivers, passengers, pedestrians) with that younger age groups and to assess the contribution number reported fatalities population. DESIGN: Fatality was categorized as 21 29, 30 39, 40 49, 50 59, 60 69, or 70 older, user driver, passenger, pedestrian. Estimated trips made by each group used adjust for exposure measure individual risk. SETTING: Fatalities recorded Britain between 1989 2009. PARTICIPANTS: Population-wide counts Britain. MEASUREMENTS: Age fatally injured drivers, pedestrians. per year RESULTS: Risk injury, but not fatality numbers population, were higher older adult (≥70) drivers than groups. also high passengers pedestrians, who represented majority fatalities. CONCLUSION: Previous emphasis on driver impairment has unduly focussed attention represent a minority all Older adults much larger proportion passenger pedestrian Additional policy schemes initiatives should be targeted at safeguarding making environment safer Language: en