Road facilities, model split and Smeed's Law.

Author(s)
Smith, I.
Year
Abstract

The international variation in road death 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 suggests that motor vehicle use is inversely associated with death on the roads across OECD countries all else equal. (A)

Request publication

3 + 5 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.

Publication

Library number
990906 ST [electronic version only]
Source

Applied Economics Letters, Vol. 6 (1999), No. 4, p. 215-217, 7 ref.

Our collection

This publication is one of our other publications, and part of our extensive collection of road safety literature, that also includes the SWOV publications.