Australian Research

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NSW Driving & Dementia Discussion Paper April 2010


Older Drivers in Australia : Trends in Driving Status & Cognitive and Visual Impairment. J Am Ger Soc 2009 Oct 57(10)

 

Medical Aspects Of Fitness To Drive - What Do Public Hospital Doctors Know & Think.  Internal Medical Journal 2007 37(6)

 

Older Drivers : A Review of Licensing Requirements & Research Findings NSW Parliamentary briefing paper No 11/07


Papers from Road Users Safety Symposium

 

Preparing for the Impact of Dementia NSW Parliamentary briefing paper No 4/06


Ageing in Australia NSW Parliamentary briefing paper No 12/04

 

Monash University Older Driver Research Programs


The Monash University Accident Reseach Centre has conducted extensive research in conjunction with Austroads & Australian Licencing authrorities over the past decade with the aim of developing a national model licensing procedure. The research outlines the proposed model and which targets those suspected to be "at-risk" drivers using community referral mechanisms and a more thorough and valid assessment procedure within a licensing agency framework. "The emphasis of the model is to allow older drivers to continue to drive as long as possible without placing undue risk on either the older population or the community general".  The following publications are available for download from the Austroads Website:


* AP-R176/00 : Model Licence Re-assessment Procedure for Older and Disabled Drivers : Stage One Research



* AP-R259/04 : Model Licence Re-Assessment Procedure for Older Drivers: Stage 2 Research



* AP-R322/08 : Trial of a Model Licence Re-assessment Procedure for Older Drivers: Stage 3 Research



* AP-R336/09 : Older Driver Model Assessment Program: Stage 4 - Validation of Screening Tests to Assess At-Risk Older Drivers

 

Australian Medical Association
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Bureau of Transport Economics (2000). Road Crash Costs in Australia. Report 102. Canberra, Bureau of Transport Economics.


Charlton, J. L., Fildes, B., Koppel, S., Andrea, D., Newstead, P.E., Pronk, N. (2002). Evaluation of a GP Referral Assessment Tool for Assessing Older and Functionally Impaired Drivers. Research and Development report GR/2002. VicRoads.


Jang, R., et al., (2007) Family Physicians' Attitudes and Practices Regarding Assessments of Medical Fitness to Drive in Older Persons. Society of General Internal Medicine. 22: p. 531-543.

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Langford, J. (2008). "Usefulness of off-road screening tests to licensing authorities when assessing older driver fitness to drive." Traffic injury prevention 9(4): 328-335.


Shanahan, E., Sladek, R., & Phillips, P. (2007) Medical aspects of fitness to drive. What do public hospital doctors know and think? Internal Medicine Journal, 37: p. 372-376.

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