I know you have been sitting there pondering "I wonder how many motor vehicle accidents there were between 1975 and 1999 in Texas". Well wonder no longer, there was 3.9 million resulting in 90,036 fatalities.

As reckless teens burn rubber up and down your street I can see you sitting in the rocking chair on your balcony thinking "Those darn young uns, they are the menace on the road". Well they might be annoying but they are not the main cause of the accidents, that honour falls to the over 65 bracket.

Not only do the elderlies have the most accidents, because of declining perception and motor skills, but, quite understandably, they also experience the most trauma when they do have one. Drivers 65 or older are nearly twice as likely to die in a crash as drivers between 55 and 64. Drivers over 85 were nearly four times as likely to die.

We could, of course, view this as nature in action, easing the older members of the community off their perch to make way for the young uns but it will continue to increase in significance as populations in countries such as Australia, USA and UK age.

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