More Boomer Drivers…Fewer Deaths
A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds car-crash deaths have fallen quite a bit among older drivers during the past 15 years. The rate of fatal crashes among drivers age 70 and older fell 42% per licensed driver between 1997 and 2012, outpacing the 30% drop for drivers age 35 to 54 over the same period.
Older drivers have lower police-reported crash rates per person than younger drivers, largely because they drive less. But crash rates per mile traveled begin to increase at age 70, and by age 80, drivers have “markedly higher” crash rates than their middle-aged counterparts, IIHS says.
As baby boomers age, licensed drivers older than 70 have increased 30% between 1997 and 2012, and that’s expected to continue. Americans age 70 and older represented 9% of the U.S. population in 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, and IIHS says the Census expects that to swell to 16% of the population by 2050.
Maybe it’s okay to let grandpa keep those keys a little longer. A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds car-crash deaths have fallen quite a bit among older drivers during the past 15 years. The rate of fatal crashes among drivers age 70 and older […]
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