Can cars and trucks coexist peacefully on highways? Analyzing the effectiveness of road safety policies in Europe

Castillo-Manzano, José I.; Castro‐Nuño, Mercedes; Fageda, Xavier

doi:10.1016/j.aap.2015.01.010

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“…The rate of motorisation, as an indicator of a country's level of prosperity, showed a significant negative relationship. These results are consistent with previous studies [41,50,54,100]. Finally, fuel consumption per car was not statistically significant, which does not allow us to affirm whether a more or less intensive use of the vehicle fleet has an effect on mortality.…”

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Road Investment and Traffic Safety: An International Study

2020

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The aim of this study is to analyse whether the economic resources invested in roads—both investment in construction and expenditure on maintenance and conservation—have any influence on road fatality rates. Since this is a complex problem, and because there are many factors that can influence the fatality rate, other variables related to specific transport, socioeconomic and meteorological factors are also considered. The study was carried out using a panel data model, modelling road mortality as a function of 12 variables. The scope of the study is international, focusing on the interurban road network. Data were collected from 23 European countries for the period 1998–2016. The main results obtained are that both expenditure on road maintenance and conservation and the proportion of motorways in the total road network contribute to reducing road mortality. Contrariwise, greater investment in construction leads to an increase in the fatality rate.

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“…As for the factors that contribute most to the occurrence of road accidents, issues such as inexperience, lack of ability and risk behavior, alcohol and drug usein the case of collisions involving young driversand reduced visual capacity, cognitive and mobility -in the case of older drivers must be considered [15,16,17,18,19]. In addition, one can also point to the issue of speed as one of the variables most strongly related to the occurrence of accidents [20], as well as the increase in cargo fleets, especially of trucks, and of passenger vehicles [21] and by the construction of new highways and even duplication of already existing highways [3] facts observed in a significant way in the study area of this work.…”

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Vehicular Fleet Expansion and Accidents Variation Numbers: A Contribution to the Analysis of the D. Pedro I-Tamoios Exporter Road Axis

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Hoefel³

2019

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Aims: This paper aims to analyse the evolution of the fleet of vehicles on the D. Pedro I Export Corridor Axis, in the period 1998-2016 and its potential relationship with vehicle accident mortality rates with two municipalities cut by this route - Atibaia and Caraguatatuba. Study Design: The focus was to investigate to what extent the intensification of the current fleet can be related as a factor directly responsible for the increase of the occurrence of accidents, using as an indicator for this measurement the mortality rate due to accidents of Traffic. Place and Duration of Study: Study realized in São Paulo State, Brazil, for 36 months, from July 2015 to July 2018. The data used and analysed to diverse indicators were from 1998 to 2016. Methodology: The methodology for the analysis of the intensification of the current fleet in the studied region was based on the comparison between the evolution figures of the fleets and the mortality rates due to transport accidents. In this way, all values were arranged on an identical horizontal axis (referring to the years), to show possible correlations. Results: The relationship between the circulation fleet increase and the increase of accidents represents the negative impact of the processes of social and environmental changes that are occurring in the region. These processes link urbanisation, risks and vulnerability due to the lack of adequate urban planning and road safety infrastructure that exposes the population of these municipalities to a higher risk of accidents. Conclusion: The data on the evolution of vehicle fleet in the exporting Corridor unequivocally evidences an accelerated urbanisation process, while mortality rates indicate the absence or inefficiency of public sector-oriented police and the health of the population, which hinder this process and may indicate negative impacts on society as a whole.

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“…We therefore include three variables for the number of trucks per capita 6 that consider three 5 Overall, we may expect a stronger (negative) impact of trucks on traffic fatality than passenger cars. Castillo-Manzano et al (2015) examine the differential impact between the motorization rates for trucks and passenger cars but do not distinguish between different truck categories, which are essential for our analysis.…”

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“…Further studies have tested the influence of external factors, such as infrastructure design (Chang & Chien, 2013); vehicle technologies and maneuvering capabilities (Mooren et al, 2014); environmental conditions (Choi et al, 2014), and specific safety policies (Castillo-Manzano et al, 2015). Some studies have even analyzed the possibility of internalizing the externalities generated by truck accidents (Anderson & Auffhammer, 2014;Savage, 2011).…”

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Exploring the relationship between truck load capacity and traffic accidents in the European Union

Castillo-Manzano

Castro‐Nuño

Fageda

2016

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Re

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Under the recent framework developed in the European Union to extend the use of higher capacity goods vehicles, this article originally analyzes how different truck configurations by load capacity, impact road safety. Through the application of econometric techniques to panel data for EU28 and controlling for explanatory variables, we find that increased truck load capacity does not necessarily get worse traffic safety. Specifically, heavy trucks do not seem to be associated with more traffic fatalities/accidents, medium trucks appear to be the worst performers for fatalities and lighter trucks the worst for accidents.

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Can cars and trucks coexist peacefully on highways? Analyzing the effectiveness of road safety policies in Europe

Cited by 27 publications

References 71 publications

Road Investment and Traffic Safety: An International Study

Road Investment and Traffic Safety: An International Study

Vehicular Fleet Expansion and Accidents Variation Numbers: A Contribution to the Analysis of the D. Pedro I-Tamoios Exporter Road Axis

Exploring the relationship between truck load capacity and traffic accidents in the European Union

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