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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] BenLeMan@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago

I'd be interested in seeing a percentage based graph taking into account the number of drivers per age group. I would expect there to be fewer drivers in the last two groups, concurrent with an increased percentage of accident drivers.

[–] djmikeale@feddit.dk 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'd assume older people drive less (but I might be wrong), so I'd be curious to see accidents per 100000 kilometers driven broken down by age

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 19 hours ago

Anecdotally they do. Every one of my elderly relatives self-limited how frequently they drive, long before they had to give up their licenses

For example they may stop driving at night or long distance or into cities