Traffic Safety Facts 2000: Older Population

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  National Center for Statistics and Analysis (U.S.)
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Aged drivers
  • Pedestrian-vehicle crashes
  • Traffic crash victims
  • Fatalities
  • Demographics
  • Human factors in crashes
  • Statistics
  • Tables (Data)
  • Driver fatality rates
  • Nonoccupant fatalities
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT HS 809328
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00824615
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLES-Pedestrians ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics
• Abstract:
  There are more than 25 million people age 70 years and older in the United States. In 2000, this age group made up 9.2 percent of the total U.S. resident population, compared with 8.5 percent in 1990. From 1990 to 2000, this older segment of the population grew nearly twice as fast as the total population. In 2000, 181,000 older individuals were injured in traffic crashes, accounting for 6 percent of all the people injured in traffic crashes during the year. These older individuals made up 13 percent of all traffic fatalities, 12 percent of all vehicle occupant fatalities, and 17 percent of all pedestrian fatalities. This fact sheet compares accident and fatality rates of older Americans against other age groups. 3 Figures, 2 tables.
• Format:
  PDF
• Alternate URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/11000/11700/11744/2000oldpop.pdf
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4855/dot_4855_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 56.97 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b935903fff519765880acaae3e7e8fcf650cc7812ddb90951664df87f5ec7a6e