| Title | Using linked data to evaluate motor vehicle crashes involving elderly drivers in Connecticut : Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System (CODES) linked data demonstration project |
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| Record ID | 15662 |
| Personal Name Creator |
Jacobs, G. Z. L.; Thibeault, L. |
| Source | 48p. in various pagings |
| Corporate Creator | Connecticut Healthcare Research and Education Foundation; United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publisher | United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration |
| Publication Date | 19990900 |
| Language | English |
| Abstract | A deterministic algorithm was developed which allowed data from Department of Transportation motor vehicle crash records, state mortality registry records, and hospital admission and emergency department records to be linked for analysis of the impact of motor vehicle crashes on the elderly (65 years of age and over) population. Elderly drivers were involved in 8.4% of the motor vehicle crashes in Connecticut in 1995. Elderly drivers were associated with 5.2% of the linked medical records and 3.2% of the fatalities. Of the elderly drivers with linked hospital vists, 81% were treated in the emergency department and discharged; the rest were admitted to hospital, with median length of stay of 4 days. Geographically, crashes involving elderly drivers showed a bias towards more rural areas and away from the areas showing the highest overall motor vehicle crash rates. Logistic regression showed that, compared to the general population, crashes involving elderly drivers were more frequently correlated with driver illness (as reported by traffic enforcement personnel), a construction zone, violating traffic control, or failing to grant right of way, and less frequently with drinking or aggressive or dangerous driving. Conditions of diminished visbility were not identified as a significant factor, but elderly drivers were significantly more likely to be in a crash involving striking a deer. |
| Rosap ID | dot:4987 |
| Rosap URL | https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4987 |
| TRT Terms | Crash data; Aged drivers; Evaluation; Fatalities; Rural areas; Statistical analysis; Medical records; Medical services |
| General Subjects | Aged drivers; Algorithms; Connecticut; Crash Outcome Data Evaluation System(CODES); Data analysis; Elderly persons; Evaluation; Linked data; Motor vehicle accidents |
| Classification | NTL - REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES - Statistics; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors; NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - SAFETY AND SECURITY |
| Geographical Coverage |
Connecticut |
| OCLC | 42901326 |
| TRIS Online Accession No |
778817 |
| Contract Number | DTNH-22-96-R-07266 |
| Report Number | DOT HS 808 971 |
| Resource type | Research Paper |
| URL | https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/15000/15600/15662/PB2000100227.pdf |
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| Database | NTL Digital Repository |