The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety had recently conducted a survey, the results of which have defied the belief that a greater percentage of elderly drivers were involved in US auto accidents. The result of this study comes as pleasant news to all elderly aged 60 and above.
It was so far believed that drivers who are nearing the age of 30 were less likely to cause accidents and hence enjoyed the benefit of cheap auto insurance. The drivers aged above 60 or 70 were considered to be more prone to cause accidents but the recent study of data between 1997 and 2008 revealed a change in the same.
As per the data that was collected by IIHS, the number of crashes has dropped by as much as 37 percent in all cases where elderly aged above 70 were involved.