Source: Drivers’ risk of dying in crash triples over the age of 75 The risk of older motorists being killed or seriously injured triples after the age of 75, figures have revealed. Data from the Department for Transport (DfT) showed a sharp increase in the rate at which older car drivers were involved in serious accidents, compared with middle-aged motorists. Deaths involving over-75s significantly outnumbered those of even the most inexperienced drivers on the road, prompting calls for retests and compulsory eye tests. The figures, which charted the number of drivers killed per billion miles driven, showed how motorists were safest from the age of about 40 until their mid-sixties. It equated to about 25 drivers killed in each five-year age bracket. ... At age 76, I'm on the wrong side of this curve except: FULL SELF DRIVING! Bob Wilson
