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Self-report versus state records for identifying crashes among older drivers
Author(s)	Richard A Marottoli, Leo M Cooney Jr, Mary E Tinetti
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and medical sciences, vol 52A, no 3, May 1997
Pages	pp M184-M187
Keywords	Drivers accidents ; Driving capability ; United States of America.
Annotation	There is growing concern about the potential safety implications of the increasing number of older drivers among public health and safety officials. A primary consideration in determining the risk is the method of outcome ascertainment. In the case of car crashes, the two most common methods are self-report and state record of events. In this study, the self-reports of car crashes were compared to state records among 358 active drivers in a sample of community-living individuals aged 72 years and older in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1989. Results showed that of the 358 drivers, 33 had reported or had a state record of a crash in the previous year. Of the 33, 20 were identified by self-report only, 9 by both self-report and state records, and 4 by state records only. The study concluded that self-report and state records provide complementary information for the ascertainment of crashes among older drivers.
Accession Number	CPA-971125213 A
Classmark	OPD: OPF: 7T
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