TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Fatal traffic accidents among the elderly in the county of Ringkobing
JO  - Ugeskrift for Laeger
A1  - Hansen, T. B.
A1  - Dupont, G.
SP  - 3676
EP  - 3678
VL  - 154
IS  - 51
N2  - The cases of all persons aged 70 years or more who were killed in traffic accidents in the County of Ringkobing during the period 1.1.1983-31.12.1990 were reviewed on the basis of the death certificates and the police reports. A total of 58 deaths were involved and this was significantly greater than in the age group 0-69 years (p &lt; 0.01). Twenty-eight of the accidents (48.3%) were car accidents. The commonest cause of these car accidents was that "give way" signs had not been respected and there were thus no solo accidents. The next most frequent type of accident consisted of knocking down of pedestrians (25.9%), followed by bicycle accidents (15.5%) and moped accidents (8.6%). Out of the total of fatal accidents, only one of the fatally injured persons was under the influence of alcohol (1.7%). If passengers in motor vehicles were excluded, a total of 39 of the fatally injured persons (88.6%) were themselves the cause of the accident concerned. It is concluded that fatal traffic accidents among elderly persons in the County of Ringkobing constitute a great problem and that the driving abilities of elderly persons should be investigated further.     <p>Language: da</p>
LA  - da
SN  - 0041-5782
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -