The number of elderly road users will increase strongly during the coming decennia. This group has a greater risk of being killed in a road crash than the average road user. However, there are various measures that could reduce the fatality rate of elderly road users. Possible measures to be taken include protection devices, technical systems that provide support, and infrastructural adaptations. These measures can compensate for functional limitations that occur with aging, so that the elderly can continue to safely and independently participate in traffic for a longer period of time. Furthermore, traffic education is of importance. This can be in the form of easily accessible courses that provide elderly drivers with the opportunity of testing their driving skills and driving behaviour and, if necessary, of making improvements by driving lessons and by changing their behaviour. Specific types of assessment and training should be made available to the elderly with functional limitations that threaten their fitness to drive.
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