Older Adults and Vehicle Design

Vehicle designs that enhance the safety of older users should consider their needs in the design process. This study aimed to capture the ingress and egress strategies employed by older drivers in order to understand the relationship between balance and mobility and movement patterns. A sample of healthy older drivers ( n=15; aged 72.5±7.9) and those with mobility impairments ( n=17; aged 71.3±6.0) were captured entering and exiting four …