Changes in motor vehicle occupant fatalities after repeal of the national maximum speed limit

Farmer, Charles M.; Retting, Richard A.; Lund, Adrian K.

doi:10.1016/s0001-4575(99)00010-x

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“…A similar study conservatively estimated fatalities on rural interstates to be 15 percent higher than they would have been if the states had retained the 55 mph limit (Baum, Lund, and Wells 1989). Using more recent data that examined the 1995 repeal of the NMSL, fatalities on interstates increased 15 percent in the 24 states that raised speed limits (Farmer, Retting, and Lund 1999). After accounting for changes in vehicle-miles of travel, fatality rates were 17 percent higher following the speed-limit increases.…”

Section: Maximum-speed-limit Lawsmentioning

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The Effect of State Regulations on Motor Vehicle Fatalities for Younger and Older Drivers: A Review and Analysis

Grabowski

Morrisey

2001

Milbank Quarterly

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Policymakers have had a long‐standing interest in improving the motor vehicle safety of both younger and older drivers. Although younger and older drivers share the distinction of having more crashes and fatalities per mile driven than other age groups, the problems posed by these two groups stem from different origins and manifest in different ways. A number of state‐level policies and regulations may affect the number of motor vehicle crashes and fatalities in these two high‐risk groups. A critical review of the existing literature in regard to the risk factors and the effects of various policy measures on motor vehicle crashes in these two high‐risk populations provides direction for policymakers and high‐priority areas of interest for the research community.

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Section: Maximum-speed-limit Lawsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of State Regulations on Motor Vehicle Fatalities for Younger and Older Drivers: A Review and Analysis

Grabowski

Morrisey

2001

Milbank Quarterly

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“…Yet in 1995, Congress saw fit to remove the federal requirement that states retain the 55 mph. In those states that raised their speed limits, traffic fatalities increased 17% (9).…”

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Challenges in Motor Vehicle Safety

Waller

2002

Annu. Rev. Public Health

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Key Words motor vehicle injury, federal motor vehicle safety standards, drunk driving, occupant restraints, motorcycle safety s Abstract Reductions in motor vehicle injury and death represent a major public health success. Since the advent of the federal program in highway safety in 1966, motor vehicle deaths have dropped dramatically, not only in rates per miles driven but also in absolute numbers. Key to this success has been the broad-based comprehensive approach promoted by the program's first administrator, a public health physician. The federal program provided leadership and coordination that leveraged national, state, and local programs to bring about safer vehicles, improved traffic records, more effective enforcement, enormously improved emergency medical services, more responsible judicial systems, and many other accomplishments. Although progress has been made on many fronts, major areas addressed here include federal motor vehicle safety standards, alcohol safety programs, occupant restraint laws and usage, and speed limits. The achievements in motor vehicle safety provide a model for other injury control efforts.

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“…Twenty states have rural limits of 65 mph, 14 have set 70 mph and 11 have 75 mph. Farmer, Retting and Lund reported that the 1995 repeal increased interstate fatalities by 15% in the states that raised their limits [14]. Greenstone found a statistically significant increase in rural interstate fatalities with the initial move to 65 mph limits following the 1987 change in federal legislation [15].…”

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State motor vehicle laws and older drivers

Morrisey

Grabowski

2005

Health Econ.

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After teenage males, elderly individuals have the highest per capita motor vehicle fatality rate in the United States. Surprisingly, there has been only limited work examining the effect of state motor vehicle laws on older driver fatalities. This paper uses state-level data from the 1985-2000 Fatality Analysis Reporting System to examine the effects of changes in state laws dealing with license renewal, seatbelt use, speed limits, and driving while intoxicated on fatalities among drivers and others aged 65 and over. Negative binomial regressions are estimated using alternatively state and year fixed effects, or age and year fixed effects. In-person license renewal reduced fatalities among the oldest drivers, but vision tests, road tests and the length of the license renewal cycle generally did not. In terms of policies that apply to all drivers, seatbelt laws, particularly with primary enforcement, were generally the only policies that reduced older driver fatalities. These results are noteworthy because a number of policies that have been effective towards increasing younger driver safety are not relevant for older drivers, implying that policymakers must think broadly about using state laws to improve older driver safety.

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Changes in motor vehicle occupant fatalities after repeal of the national maximum speed limit

Cited by 103 publications

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The Effect of State Regulations on Motor Vehicle Fatalities for Younger and Older Drivers: A Review and Analysis

The Effect of State Regulations on Motor Vehicle Fatalities for Younger and Older Drivers: A Review and Analysis

Challenges in Motor Vehicle Safety

State motor vehicle laws and older drivers

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