Promoting Safe Transportation Among Older Drivers: Risk Assessment via Driving Simulator

The primary objective is to validate driving simulator scenarios to assess older driver safety in a clinical-setting. Older drivers' performance in the driving simulator will be validated as compared to in-clinic assessments, on-road driving performance, and state recorded driving citations and crash involvement. Metrics of driving simulator performance indicative of older driver risk will be determined. There is a pressing need for developing and implementing safe and valid methods of assessing older drivers' risk, which will be met by the proposed study.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $50000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  DTRT13-G-UTC34

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  University Transportation Centers Program
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  Florida Department of Transportation

  605 Suwannee Street
  Tallahassee, FL  United States  32399-0450
• Performing Organizations:

  University of South Florida, Tampa

  Center for Urban Transportation Research
  3650 Spectrum Boulevard
  Tampa, FL  United States  33612-9446
• Start Date: 20140704
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20150714
• Source Data: RiP Project 39731

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aged drivers; Driver performance; Driving simulators; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Risk assessment
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01563859
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Southeastern Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: DTRT13-G-UTC34
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: May 23 2015 1:00AM