Impact of Elderly Road Users Characteristics at Intersection
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In this paper, a study of 200 elderly drivers, 100 cyclists and 55 pedestrian samples were interviewed using structured questionnaire and samples were weighted to remove bias using Delphi method according to gender and age, which revealed the following statistically significant effect on elderly: (i) 60+ drivers faces decrease in physical strength such as steering, braking, looking aside/backside.About:
This article is published in Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences.The article was published on 2013-12-02 and is currently open access. It has received 8 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population & Poison control.read more
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Population ageing and rural road accidents: Analysis of accident severity in traffic crashes with older pedestrians on Spanish crosstown roads
TL;DR: In this article, a logistic regression model was used to analyze the conditional probability of a fatal outcome in the case of a crash resulting in at least one severe injury on Spanish crosstown roads involving one vehicle and one elderly pedestrian.
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Neighbourhood walkability: Elderly's priorities
TL;DR: In this paper, a survey was developed in the urban area of Catania (Italy) to understand which aspects and measures the elderly consider more important in order to encourage and improve neighbourhood walkability, considering the influence of age-related declines and experience as road users.
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Why Are Older Adults More at Risk as Pedestrians? A Systematic Review.
Kate Wilmut,Catherine Purcell +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explore factors that could explain why older adults are more at risk at the roadside, and explore factors to explain why walking can result in an increased risk of injury as a pedestrian.
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Assessing the Strata Housing Attributes for Elderly to Age in Place in Klang Valley
Amalina Azmi,Nur Hafizah Juhari,Nurhayati Khair,Puteri Ameera Mentaza Khan,Sheelah Sivanatha +4 more
TL;DR: In the context of increasing elderly populations, there is concern that issues relating to providing housing attributes that can assist the elderly to age in place with respect to that, this research aims to identify the appropriate housing attributes for the elderly.
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