Color blindness in male drivers referred to Samenol-A'emeh clinic in Kermanshah (2005-2008)

Abstract

Background: Color blindness is an inherited disorder in which a person cannot distinguish colors from each other. Color blind drivers are involved in car accident twice as much as others. According to the importance of identifying causes of a lot of car accidents in Iran and shortage of similar studies in this regards, this research was done to study the prevalence of color blindness in drivers.