Evaluation of the Oregon Division of Motor Vehicles Medically At-Risk Driver program

Final report.PDFTech ReportFHWA-OR-RD-09-12SPR 657High risk driversAccident analysisBefore and after studiesOregonOregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research UnitG. Strathman, JamesBronfman, Lois MartinDong, HongweiPortland State University. Center for Urban StudiesOregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research UnitOregon Transportation Research and Education ConsortiumUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-AccidentsNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway SafetyNTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human FactorsNTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-StatisticsUS Transportation CollectionOregon is one of six states with requirements for mandatory reporting of drivers with medical impairments. In 2003,the state\ue2\u20ac\u2122s mandatory reporting program, administered by Oregon Driver Motor Vehicles (DMV) Services, wasrevised to cover an extensive range of cognitive and functional impairments. This report examines the safety risk ofpersons treated in Oregon\ue2\u20ac\u2122s revised Medically At-Risk Driver program. The incidence of crashes and traffic offenseconvictions before and after license suspension is documented and compared to crash and conviction incidence ofpersons treated in the DMV\ue2\u20ac\u2122s voluntary medical reporting program. Comparisons are also made to a representativesample of the state\ue2\u20ac\u2122s driver population. Structured interviews of program stakeholders were also undertaken toidentify issues related to the program\ue2\u20ac\u2122s performance. The safety analysis and interview findings provided a basis forrecommendations made in the report