There are fast growing numbers of older people and increasingly older drivers, many of whom have led a car-dependent life. Without the car, contact with friends and family is more difficult, other activities shopping, sporting and cultural – are constrained. Health and well-being suffers. The social and economic burden on society increases, often unnecessarily.

The aim of the Task Force was straightforward: to find ways of helping older drivers to continue to drive safely for longer. Despite press reports to the contrary, older drivers are not a major risk to other drivers, though because of their fragility, they are more likely to die in a crash.