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2010 BC Guide in Determining Fitness to Drive

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Increased At-Fault Crash RiskThe significance of cognitive impairment and dementia <strong>in</strong> relation <strong>to</strong> other medical conditionswas highlighted <strong>in</strong> a 1999 study done <strong>in</strong> Utah. This study compared citations, crashes and atfaultcrashes <strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>dividuals with medical conditions <strong>to</strong> those <strong>in</strong> healthy controls matched for age,gender and county of residence. As shown <strong>in</strong> the graph below, the results <strong>in</strong>dicated that<strong>in</strong>dividuals with cognitive impairment (<strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g dementia) had at-fault crash rates that weremore than 3 times higher than controls. In comparison, the at-fault crash rate for those who hada his<strong>to</strong>ry of alcohol or other drug abuse was 2 times higher than controls.Risk of at-fault crash: selected medical conditions 213.53.02.52.01.51.00.50.0PulmonaryDiabetesVisual AcuityMusculoskeletalPsychiatric IllnessEpilepsyNeurologicalAlcoholCognitive Impair.21 Source: Diller, E, Cook, L, Leonard, D, Read<strong>in</strong>g, J, Dean, JM, Vernon, D. Evaluat<strong>in</strong>g drivers licensed withmedical conditions <strong>in</strong> Utah, 1992-1996. DOT HS 809 023. Wash<strong>in</strong>g<strong>to</strong>n, DC: National Highway Traffic SafetyAdm<strong>in</strong>istration.338

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