Driving Behaviors Following Brain Injury: Self-Report and Motor Vehicle Records

Background: This study examined both objective and subjective measures of driving behaviors occur-ring in the past 5 years for 47 individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) and 22 healthy controls (HC), matched for age, gender, education, and years of driving experience. Results: Overall, subtle descriptive differences in driving characteristics were observed between the two groups. However, comparison of self-reported and documented reports of aberrant driving behaviors did not reveal a significantly greater number of accidents or violations among TBI participants compared with HC drivers. The results suggest that individuals with TBI, who successfully complete a driving evaluation program, are able to reinte-grate into the driving community with minimal difficulty. Key words: accidents, driving, motor vehicle, traumatic brain injur