Table 1.
Driver Characteristics | Mean (SD) or Frequency (%) | Sample Size |
Age | 73.86 (6.05) | |
Gender | ||
Female | 119 (60.1) | |
Male | 79 (39.9) | |
Race | ||
White | 178 (89.9) | |
Other | 18 (9.1) | |
Missing | 2 (1.0) | |
Education | ||
≤High school | 39 (19.7) | |
Vocational training after high school | 50 (25.3) | |
≥College | 107 (54.0) | |
Missing | 2 (1) | |
No. medications | 7.22 (4.55) | 194 |
No. crashes (12 mo) | 18 (25.3) | 118 |
No. crashes (3 yr) | 12 (15.4) | 78 |
Driving days per week | ||
0–3 | 35 (17.7) | |
4–5 | 52 (26.3) | |
6–7 | 103 (52.0) | |
Missing | 8 (4.0) | |
Avoidance | ||
Rush hour or heavy traffic | 73 (37.6) | 194 |
Interstate or highway driving | 24 (12.5) | 192 |
Rain | 25 (13.0) | 193 |
Night | 20 (22.5) | 89 |
Left-hand turns | 27 (13.9) | 194 |
Other driving situations | 19 (9.8) | 194 |
Visual acuity: Both | ||
Vision 20/20–20/40 | 164 (82.8) | |
Vision 20/50–20/200 | 18 (9.1) | |
Missing | 16 (8.1) | |
Visual acuity: Right | ||
Vision 20/20–20/40 | 170 (85.9) | |
Vision 20/50–20/200 | 22 (11.1) | |
Missing | 6 (3.0) | |
Visual acuity: Left | ||
Vision 20/20–20/40 | 174 (87.9) | |
Vision 20/50–20/200 | 18 (9.1) | |
Missing | 6 (3.0) | |
UFOV subset | ||
UFOV 1 (ms) | 32.60 (42.62) | |
UFOV 2 (ms) | 123.89 (112.01) | |
UFOV 3 (ms) | 269.88 (118.91) | 196 |
UFOV risk index | ||
Very low | 89 (44.9) | |
Low | 50 (25.3) | |
Low to moderate | 31 (15.7) | |
Moderate to high | 20 (10.1) | |
High to very high | 6 (3.0) | |
Missing | 2 (1.0) | |
Trails B | 117.52 (85.91) | |
MMSE total | 27.92 (5.58) | |
Road test pass | 165 (83.3) |
Note. For the data collected from 2004 to 2006, we collected crash frequency in the past 12 mo, whereas the data collected from 2010 to 2011 show crash frequency over a period of 3 yr. Other racial categories included African American, American Indian or First Nations, Asian, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander. SD = standard deviation; UFOV = Useful Field of View; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; Trails B = Trail Making Test Part N.