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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 3.
Published in final edited form as: Traffic Inj Prev. 2019 Feb 4;20(1):45–51. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2018.1528358

Table 3.

Biggest driving concerns of older adults (n = 751)

n (Column %)
No concerns 121 (16.1)
Other drivers: General (non-specific) 156 (20.8)
Driving at night 124 (16.5)
Visual ability/awareness 113 (15.0)
Other drivers: Aggressive/reckless 78 (10.4)
Reaction time 65 (8.7)
Other drivers: Distracted 61 (8.1)
Other drivers: Driving too fast 42 (5.6)
Crashes/collisions 37 (4.9)
Bad weather 35 (4.7)
Traffic 29 (3.9)
Being distracted/losing focus 24 (3.2)
Driving too fast 23 (3.1)
Distance from other cars 20 (2.7)
Getting lost/driving in unfamiliar places 17 (2.3)
Roadway hazards 16 (2.1)
Being sleepy/drowsy 15 (2.0)
Driving too slow 10 (1.3)
Physical discomfort 9 (1.2)
Car trouble 9 (1.2)
Other drivers: Drinking and driving 7 (0.9)
Tickets/citations 4 (0.5)
Cost of auto insurance 3 (0.4)

Note. All available data were included in analyses. Ns represent the number of participants who listed that particular concern. Concerns are not mutually exclusive- although participants were asked to note their biggest concern, many listed more than one and were counted more than once.