Risk-Exposure Density and Mileage Bias in Crash Risk for Older Drivers
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Risk-Exposure Density and Mileage Bias in Crash Risk for Older Drivers
Crash rates per mile indicate a high risk of vehicle crash in older drivers. A reliance on mileage alone may underestimate the risk exposure of older drivers because they tend to avoid highways and travel more on nonfreeways (e.g., urban roads), which present greater hazards. We introduce risk-exposure density as an index of exposure that incorporates mileage, frequency of travel, and travel du...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0002-9262,1476-6256
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwx220