December 4th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

It’s Older Driver Safety Awareness Week, and though senior drivers are among the safest on the road, they are more likely to be seriously injured or killed in a crash according to statistics.  In West Virginia, 27% of fatal crashes between 2019 and 2023 involved drivers 65 or older.  West Virginia Police Sergeant Jamie Wilhite says it’s more about ability than age…

   

“65 for you may be a different 65 for me.  It’s just something family members can keep an eye on whether they ride with them or if that family member is in a high number of motor vehicle crashes, you know, something definitely they need to keep an eye on.  It’s a very difficult conversation because you’re taking that family member’s, your taking that person’s autonomy, freedom—what they’ve been used to doing their entire life.”