Older Drivers Safer on Roads than Younger
Young drivers between 15 and 24 years old are three times as likely to cause car accidents as senior citizens, U.S. researchers at the Rand Institute for Civil Justice found, noting that the findings contradict policies that make it harder for older drivers to renew their licenses. People over the age of 65 make up 15% of drivers but were responsible for only 7% of the 330,000 fatal two-car crashes in the past 25 years. Drivers up to age 24 represented 13% of drivers, but caused 43% of the accidents across the United States. Senior drivers were only 16% more likely to cause an accident than drivers between the ages of 25 and 64.
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