Maryland Older Driver Statistics

The future of demographics on the roadway IS older drivers –

The Baby Boomer Generation is aging, with 10,000 Americans each day reaching 65 years of age.
Half of the expected growth in vehicle miles travelled between now and the year 2030, will be drivers 65 years old and over. (Toward Zero Deaths: A National Strategy on Highway Safety, Pisarski, Aug2010)
The 2010 census numbers show Maryland’s population of older persons increasing at 25% over the last decade, compared to 21% nationally.
Maryland has close to 708,000 residents age 65 and over (12% of the population), and over 98,000 age 85 and over (2% of the population). Most all of them reside in Baltimore, Montgomery, and Prince George’s Counties and Baltimore City.
As of early 2012, Maryland has 604,487 licensed drivers ages 65 and over.

Significant changes in the numbers of licensed drivers by age group occurred between 2000-2012.
The age group that showed the greatest change was 90-100, with a 123% increase from 6,475 licensed drivers in 2000. It is possible that these drivers are not operating a motor vehicle on the road, but maintaining their licensure status for other reasons.

But, older drivers are not the big story on crashes –

Drivers aged 65+ make up less than one-tenth (7%) of all drivers involved in crashes.
Crash involvement decreases as age increases after age 34.

This is how it breaks down for the crashes that are reported to be the fault of the older drivers –

While the total number of crashes peaks within the 25-34 year age group, the proportion of drivers reported to be a fault peaks within the youngest and oldest age groups. Driver fault is determined by police officers at the time of the crash and recorded as yes/no on the crash report.
The top 3 crash types for drivers are rear-end, sideswipe/angle and left turn crashes; older drivers are more involved than younger drivers in both sideswipe crashes (39%) and left turn crashes (23%).