Age Concern Auckland chief executive Kevin Lamb encourages the elderly to take Staying Safe road refresher courses. However, crash numbers for 2020 and 2021 are provisional due to a lag in data being entered into the Crash Analysis System, an agency spokesman said. Meanwhile, young drivers pose the highest risk of being involved in a smash, according NZTA data detailing crashes reported to police. In 2019, drivers aged 16-24 were involved in 71 fatal crashes, 612 serious injury collisions and 3,058 minor injury smashes. The number of elderly drivers is set to surge with a quarter of the country’s population on track to be aged 65 years and over by 2030.