Abstract
A follow-up study was carried out to determine the driving status in 99 epileptic patients (74 males and 25 females) who had held driving licences two years before.
Ninety-eight patients (99%) kept current driving licences, and 81 (83%) of them were actually driving motor vehicles at the time of this study. Sixty-two patients (63%) of the 98 licence holders had seizure-free period for the last five years or more. Fiftee patients (19%) of the 81 current drivers still had fits during the past two years.
Seven patients (7%) had caused traffic accidents, but no accident had occurred due to seizures. The form of seven accidents was as follows: one case of slight physical injury to the other person, 2 cases of the driver's own car damages without other material damages and 4 cases of accidents involving the other cars. There was no significant relationship between the accidents and seizure types.
