[wbm00]

80 year old driver visits son's address and demolishes his wall:

Lancs Road Police on Twitter: "80 year old driver visits sons address on Bare Avenue Bare and demolishes his wall, no injuries. Team 3 RPU.

No injuries thankfully and the i30 doesn't look too badly damaged.

If you scroll down the tweet, an interesting bar graph was posted in response, showing RTC fatalities by age group.

[asathorny]

[wbm00]

That's the one asa - sadly it won't stop people jumping to the usual conclusions.

[Dazzler]

Fortunately not as bad as I imagined from the heading! 

[cruiserfied]

The graph is good but doesnt factor how many of each age group are on the road. Theres probably ten 17-25yr olds to every one 75+yr old.

[beerman]

The graph is good but doesnt factor how many of each age group are on the road. Theres probably ten 17-25yr olds to every one 75+yr old.

Not to mention time spent on the road. I would easily do 30,000km per year. My 72yo Father would struggle to do 10% of that.

The noticable drop between 46-55 (kids grow up and start to drive themselves), 56-65 (more kids grow up, start of retirement) and 66-75 (retirement) would demonstrate this.

Also as you get older you reduce your exposure to driving later where drunk/drugged idiots are highest, and the fatigue of working/raising a family (and associated taxi work) and trying to have a bit of time for yoursef can really impact.

[Dazzler]

All good points Beerman... You do make some sober judgements.

[asathorny]

The graph is good but doesnt factor how many of each age group are on the road. Theres probably ten 17-25yr olds to every one 75+yr old.

In the UK, according to our government, we're over run with pensioners