Auto Accidents and Senior Drivers
March 17, 2016
According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Highway Loss Data Institute, approximately 23.6 million of the estimated 30.1 million Americans aged 70 and older were licensed drivers in 2013. This means that, at that time, elderly drivers comprised about 11 percent of the drivers in the United States. Does this make drivers of other ages more vulnerable to auto accidents, or are our roadways just as safe when we share them with drivers in their golden years? At the law firm of Flickinger • Boulton • Robson • Weeks, we handle auto accident cases of all types, including those