Road fatalities, modal split and Smeed's Law
1999; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 6; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/135048599353366
ISSN1466-4291
Autores Tópico(s)Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
ResumoThe international variation in road death rates is investigated using cross-sectional data for 19 countries. It is proposed that road fatality rates are influenced by modal substitution between relatively vulnerable trips by foot and bicycle, and motorized journeys which have a smaller exposure to risk of fatal injury. Although available data do not permit a direct test of this hypothesis, regression results suggest that motor vehicle use is inversely associated with death on the roads across OECD countries all else equal.
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