2/22/2014 – Car crash deaths fall among elderly drivers

Maybe it’s okay to let grandpa keep those keys a little longer.

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety finds car-crash deaths have fallen quite a bit among older drivers during the past 15 years. The rate of fatal crashes among drivers age 70 and older fell 42% per licensed driver between 1997 and 2012, outpacing the 30% drop for drivers age 35 to 54 over the same period.

Read the full article at USA Today.