The Older Drivers Forum in Gloucestershire (ODFG) was established by Alexandra and Nigel Lloyd-Jones, as a positive legacy in memory of their mother who died in a collision in a vehicle driven by an elderly relative.
To contact ODFG email odfglos@gmail.com
Award Winning
On 21 March 2025 at the Gloucestershire Constabulary and Police Crime Commissioner’s Impact Awards ODFG were honoured to receive the Caroline Symes Memorial Bowl in recognition of outstanding voluntary work for the Gloucestershire Road Safety Partnership.
The award was presented by Maggie Blyth, T/Chief Constable and Roger Deeks DL, Vice Lord-Lieutenant.
Since 2018 ODFG have delivered 135 presentations and webinars to over 5,000 participants. Their social media viewings run in the thousands.
And the results of this work?
Gloucestershire is now a positive outlier in terms of road casualties of drivers in 70+ age group. Nationally 23% of all road fatalities are drivers in this age group. In 2024 in Gloucestershire there were no driver fatalities in this age group. Serious injuries were down 35% and slight injuries down 7%. Serious collisions involving mature drivers were down 34% on a 5 year average. There was also 21% reduction in the number of collisions where the mature driver was deemed blameworthy or partly blameworthy. (Source: GCC Highways)
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This Forum is operates under the charitable status of the Gloucestershire Older Persons Association (GOPA) Charity number 1124977
GOPA also also provides the umbrella charitable status for the Gloucestershire Dementia Alliance. The flow chart below shows the process by which drivers with early signs of dementia can have their condition assessed for continued fitness to drive. Click here to download PDF version
To know who we are and what we do read our ‘Who we are’ leaflet’. Click here to download
Why not have a read of our ‘Driving Safely for Longer’ booklet which has lots of useful information. Click here to read it.
Click here to see the PDF for ‘Living without a Car‘. The purpose of this leaflet is to help you plan how to stay mobile when you retire from driving, without being totally reliant on family or friends.
Click here for downloadable Flyer
Click here to download the Older Drivers Safety ‘Community Awareness Toolkit’
To get a copy of this ‘Reaction Card’ then click here.
To get copies of all these documents then please email us by clicking here and we will give details on how to get one
Post Crash Advice
2020 British Red Cross survey found that nearly half of drivers (47%) were unsure how to react in an emergency. Additionally, 59% stated they did not feel confident in providing first aid at the scene. To read about some practical advice then click here
Course / Assessments
If you don’t have a medical condition which affects your driving then the forum recommend the following assessments:
Click here to see the list of notifiable medical conditions
https://www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-driving
If you do have a medical condition that may affect your driving then see Driving Mobility centers assessment at the bottom of the this page
Find an assessment
Everybody’s driving changes over time, in different ways and for different reasons. A driving assessment can help you to identify how and why your driving is changing and what can be done to help you to continue to drive safely for as long as possible.
A driver assessment, and if recommended, some refresher training, will help to make your driving safer, less stressful and more enjoyable. It can help you to save money by using less fuel and reducing vehicle wear and tear, and your car may last longer and have a higher resale value. You may also be able receive insurance discounts from some insurance companies, and at the very least, it will help you to keep your no claims bonus intact
To find a local assessment – Click here for more information
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM)
Offer a number of courses to give assistance to the older driver, like the Mature Driver Review which is great in building confidence
Click here for more information.
Click here to see the list of notifiable medical conditions
https://www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-driving
Driving Mobility
Mobility Centres have specially trained clinicians and specially trained professional driving instructors to assess how a person’s condition or disability affects their driving and what help, including car adaptations, will enable them to continue to drive safely. This includes a medical assessment and an in-car driving assessment in a dual controlled car.
Click here for more information
There are 20 accredited Driving Mobility Centres in the UK and a range of satellite centres operating from just under 80 venues. They do around 13,000 assessments a year. Most people are within a one hour drive of a Centre
At these Centres, specially qualified Occupational Therapists and Approved Driving Instructors offer Fitness to Drive assessments to those who wish to gain or retain independence through safe driving.
Fitness to Drive assessments last up to 2½ hours and include a pre-drive consultation and an on-road drive in a dual controlled vehicle. Assessment outcomes are detailed in a comprehensive report which is recognised by the DVLA and may assist in licence renewal, particularly when medical investigations are being carried out.
Click here to see the list of notifiable medical conditions
https://www.gov.uk/health-conditions-and-driving
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