Older Driver

In 2005, people 65 years of age and over accounted for nearly 15 percent of the licensed drivers in the state. Older drivers were involved in 15 percent of the fatal traffic crashes and 12 percent of the crashes involving a serious injury in the last three years.

Aging baby boomers and increases in life expectancy are likely to cause the proportion of the senior population in Missouri to rise from about 10 percent today to more than 18 percent by 2020.

Missouri will be working toward addressing older driver safety and mobility through a comprehensive older driver intervention program in the state. A core set of programs will be implemented or promoted in Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Columbia, and Cape Girardeau.

Older Driver Data

Overview of comprehensive older driver intervention program (131kb, 2 pages)

Community, State and National Coordinators

The core programs include:

(Click on each program for a brief description)

Communities

Links to other helpful sites

For more information on how you can be involved, contact 800-800-2358.

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In the last three years, 543 people were killed and 3,186 were seriously injuried in traffic crashes involving an older driver.

(Click on each program for a brief description)