@article{ref1,
title="Traffic accident risk of disabled drivers having special driving control equipment: a driver survey and accident data",
journal="Journal of traffic medicine",
year="1997",
author="Laaperi, Timo and Seppalainen, R. and Luoma-Aho, E. and Alaranta, H.",
volume="25",
number="1-2",
pages="15-19",
abstract="Objective: This study was undertaken to find out the traffic accident risk of disabled drivers having special driving control equipment. Methods: The data is based on the clients of the Insurance Rehabilitation Agency (IRA) during the years 1987-91. The data was collected from the records of the IRA and by mailing a personal questionnaire to all clients. The data was collected from the years 1992-93. The possible deaths in traffic accidents were checked from the records of traffic insurance companies. Results: At the moment there are in Finland around 11,000 disabled drivers using special driving control equipment. The number of study population was 149 (mean age 41.7 years). Most of them had suffered a spinal cord injury. They drove 23,000 km per year on an average. The retrospective analysis showed that 7.6 per cent had been involved in some minor traffic accident. No one had died in a traffic accident. Conclusions: In Finland the frequency of traffic accidents among the disabled persons using special driving control equipment is no higher than that among the other drivers.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0345-5564",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}