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The Death by Age Group Table on
https://www.budgetdirect.com.au/car-...tatistics.html repeated at the foot of this post, seems pretty obvious noting also that, due to their frailty, and possibly prevailing health issues, the aged are also much more likely to die after being involved in an accident (e.g.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3217450/
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Older drivers killed were significantly more likely to die of a chest injury (47.3% vs. 24.0% in youngest group) and less likely to die of a head injury (22.0% vs. 47.1% in youngest group). Older drivers were more likely to die at a date after the crash date (“delayed death”), as were males (p=0.003). A 16-year-old driver had a 10.8%–12.0% probability of delayed death, while a 75-year-old had a 20.7%–22.7% probability. For those having a delayed death, the length of the delay increased significantly with age (2.9 days for age 16 vs. 7.9 for age 75). A subjective assessment of the case files indicated that frailty or a pre-existing health condition played a role in 4.3% of the younger drivers’ deaths, but 50.0% of the older group.
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https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafe...ers/index.html
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Older drivers, particularly those aged 75+, have higher crash death rates than middle-aged drivers (aged 35-54).3 Higher crash death rates among this age group are primarily due to increased vulnerability to injury in a crash.
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Deaths By Age Group
Year 0-16 17-25 26-39 40-64 65-74 >75 Total
2008 87 377 345 395 86 147 1437
2009 106 362 355 445 94 129 1491
2010 74 336 305 418 97 122 1353
2011 93 280 275 398 83 148 1277
2012 70 284 300 400 96 149 1300
2013 66 230 243 374 118 156 1187
2014 65 235 251 359 109 130 1151
2015 65 225 272 373 118 152 1205
2016 60 265 290 412 103 163 1293
2017 48 238 245 382 128 184 1225
2018 51 226 257 362 114 130 1146