@article{ref1,
title="Differences between older and younger drivers: characteristics of fatal car crashes and driver injuries",
journal="Proceedings: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine Annual Conference",
year="1993",
author="Oestroem, M and Eriksson, Antonina and Bjoernstig, U and Sjoegren, H",
volume="37",
number="",
pages="237-253",
abstract="Car drivers (>= 18 years; n = 514) in Northern Sweden who were fatally injured over a 13-year-period were investigated using autopsy and police reports. Fatalities per unit distance and per licenced driver were highest for the >= 70-year-old and < 25-year-old drivers; these two age groups had similar fatality frequencies. The &quot;older&quot; (>= 60-year-old) drivers were more often at fault than the &quot;younger&quot; (< 60-year-old) ones. Fatal head injuries decreased whilst chest injuries increased with age. The older drivers were more likely to die as a consequence of less severe injuries than the younger ones. The belted younger drivers had fewer fatal chest injuries and more head injuries than the non-belted ones. In older drivers, fatal head injuries were more common in side impacts than in frontal impacts. Older drivers got more post-traumatic complications than the younger ones.<p />",
language="",
issn="1540-0344",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}