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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Accid Anal Prev. 2011 Oct 24;45(2):711–717. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.040

Table 2.

Mean at-fault safety errors, speed, and steering control during baseline and the PASAT, with comparisons between middle-aged and elderly drivers via the Wilcoxon-Rank Sum Test.

Middle-Aged Drivers Mean (SD) Elderly Drivers Mean (SD) p-values
At-fault Safety Errors
 Baseline 0.30 (0.61) 0.65 (1.09) 0.082
 PASAT 218 0.76 (1.05) 1.19 (1.17) 0.021

Mean MPH
 Baseline 61.65 (7.52) 60.00 (5.34) 0.005
 PASAT 218 61.00 (6.86) 59.09 (5.27) 0.005

SD MPH
 Baseline 1.62 (1.16) 1.94 (0.91) 0.006
 PASAT 218 2.09 (1.72) 2.33 (1.32) 0.012

Gas Pedal Hold
 Baseline 2.19 (1.56) 3.12 (7.76) 0.882
 PASAT 218 2.19 (1.32) 4.09 (8.31) 0.164

SD Lateral Acceleration
 Baseline 0.04 (0.004) 0.04 (0.006) 0.586
 PASAT 218 0.04 (0.005) 0.04 (0.006) 0.550

SD Steering (degrees)
 Baseline 1.95 (0.47) 2.21 (2.98) 0.583
 PASAT 218 2.93 (0.50) 2.64 (1.85) <0.001

Steering Frequency
 Baseline 0.48 (0.11) 0.53 (0.13) 0.029
 PASAT 218 0.39 (0.09) 0.53 (0.16) <0.001

# Steering Dev. ≥6°
 Baseline 3.86 (4.97) 3.24 (4.81) 0.552
 PASAT 218 12.98 (7.89) 8.84 (8.58) 0.001
# Steering Dev. ≥10°
 Baseline 0.00 (0.00) 0.13 (0.61) 0.124
 PASAT 218 0.43 (1.08) 0.65 (3.38) 0.322
Demographics
 Education 15.63 (2.31) 15.70 (2.72) 0.6658
 Miles/Week 162.86 (157.64) 151.33 (191.01) 0.3471
 Gender 23 Males 46 Males 0.3833