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S. Koppel, J. L. Charlton, P. Hua, P. Y. Liu, H. Pham, K. Stephan, D. Logan, R. M. St. Louis, G. Gao, D. Griffiths, G. Williams, T. Witharanage, M. Di Stefano, P. Darzins, M. Odell, M. M. Porter, B. Mazer, I. Gelinas, B. Vrkljan, S. Marshall
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Other › peer-review
Objective: The current study investigated whether older drivers’ driving patterns during a customized on-road driving task were representative of their real-world driving patterns. Methods: Two hundred and eight participants (male: 68.80%; mean age = 81.52 years, SD = 3.37 years, range = 76.00–96.00 years) completed a customized on-road driving task that commenced from their home and was conducted in their own vehicle. Participants’ real-world driving patterns for the preceding 4-month period were also collected via an in-car recording device (ICRD) that was installed in each participant’s vehicle. Results: During the 4-month period prior to completing the on-road driving task, participants’ median real-world driving trip distance was 2.66 km (interquartile range [IQR] = 1.14–5.79 km) and their median on-road driving task trip distance was 4.41 km (IQR = 2.83–6.35 km). Most participants’ on-road driving task trip distances were classified as representative of their real-world driving trip distances (95.2%, n = 198). Conclusions: These findings suggest that most older drivers were able to devise a driving route that was representative of their real-world driving trip distance. Future research will examine whether additional aspects of the on-road driving task (e.g., average speed, proportion of trips in different speed zones) are representative of participants’ real-world driving patterns.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | S173-S175 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Traffic Injury Prevention |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | S2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 21 Mar 2018 |
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review