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Äldre förare av motorfordon i trafikolycka: analys av data från Strada 2010–2019
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Driver and vehicle.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5198-8851
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Driver and vehicle.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8026-5591
Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Traffic and road users, Driver and vehicle.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4169-610X
2022 (Swedish)Report (Other academic)Alternative title
Elderly motor vehicle drivers in traffic accidents (English)
Abstract [sv]

Trafikskador är både i Sverige och internationellt ett växande folkhälsoproblem med stora kostnader för samhället. Sammanställda data som idag finns över trafikolyckor relaterat till äldre förare är bristfällig och det saknas forskning inom området. Syftet med studien var därför att kartlägga olyckor (dödade, allvarligt skadade och lindrigt skadade) med äldre förare av motorfordon inblandade med avseende på olika olycksomständigheter. 

Ett urval av vägtrafikolyckor rapporterade av polis och akutsjukvård i Transportstyrelsens olycksdatabas Strada analyserades. Urvalet inkluderade alla som varit förare i en olycka med motorfordon under perioden 2010–2019 och vid olyckstillfället varit 65 år eller äldre. De inblandade förarna i vägtrafikolyckor var dödade, allvarligt skadade (ISS 9–) måttligt skadade (ISS 4–8), lindrigt skadade (ISS 1–3), oskadade eller hade en osäker skada. 

Främst studerades personbilsförare. I analyserna delades äldregruppen upp i en yngre grupp med 12 672 personbilsförare i åldrarna 65–74 år och en äldre grupp med 8 478 förare i åldrarna 75 år och äldre. Jämförelser gjordes med 55 855 yngre olycksinblandade personbilsförare, 40–55 år. 

Följande huvudfynd framkom i studien: • Det fanns ingen direkt olycksökning bland äldre personbilsförare under tioårsperioden. • Könsskillnaderna ökade med åldern. Kvinnorna som var 75 år och äldre utgjorde en lägre andel av de olycksinblandade, jämfört med andelen kvinnor i den yngre gruppen och jämförelsegruppen. • Olyckstyperna skiljde sig åt, där de äldsta i äldregruppen var mer inblandade i korsningsolyckor och olyckor med oskyddade trafikanter. • Det var något vanligare att de äldres olyckor skedde på vägar med lägre hastighetsgränser. • Det var mindre vanligt att de äldres olyckor skedde i mörker.

Abstract [en]

Road traffic injuries are an increasing public health problem with large costs for society. Currently, there is insufficient compiled data with regard to traffic accidents related to older drivers, and there is a lack of research in the area. The aim of the study was to investigate accidents (defined as killed, seriously injured and slightly injured) with older motor-vehicle drivers involved with regard to different accident circumstances. 

A selection of road traffic accidents reported by the police and emergency care hospitals to the Swedish Traffic Accident Data Acquisition (Strada) were analyzed. The sample included everyone who was a driver in an accident with a motor vehicle during the period 2010–2019 and who was 65 years or older at the time of the accident. The injury coding in Strada were fatal or seriously injured (ISS 9–), moderately injured (ISS 4–8), slightly injured (ISS 1–3), uninjured or unknown injury. 

Mainly car drivers were analyzed. In the analyses, the elderly group was divided into a younger group of 12,672 car drivers aged 65–74 and an older group with 8,478 drivers aged 75 and over. Comparisons were made with 55,855 younger car drivers involved in accidents, aged 40–55. 

The main findings from the study were as follows: • There was no increased number of accidents among older car drivers during the ten-year period. • Gender differences increase with age. Women who were 75 years and older made up a smaller proportion of those involved in accidents, compared to women in the younger group and the comparison group. • The types of accidents differ, with the oldest drivers in the elderly group being more often involved in turning/crossing accidents and accidents with vulnerable road users. • It is somewhat more common for the elderly to be involved in accidents on roads with lower speed limits. • It is less common for the elderly to have accidents during the dark period of the day.

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Linköping: Statens väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, 2022. , p. 36
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VTI PM ; 2022:13
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Transport Systems and Logistics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:vti:diva-19331OAI: oai:DiVA.org:vti-19331DiVA, id: diva2:1720026
Available from: 2022-12-16 Created: 2022-12-16 Last updated: 2024-04-25Bibliographically approved

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