Cost‐Effective Measures for Reducing Road Fatalities in the Short Term

Rizzi, Luis Ignacio; Cumsille, Sebastián; Fresard, Francisco; Gazmuri, Pedro; Muñoz, Juan Carlos

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“…The goal of reducing by 50% the number of deaths associated with RTI in the country, which was the WHO proposal for all countries, makes sense if we do not to lose sight of the fact that it is an ideal to be achieved (although quite ambitious for the installed capacity and resources for preventive actions). The establishment of this same goal for all states without considering their epidemiological profile, the mortality trend in the previous period, the preventive potential of the different interventions implemented locally, and the different resources available as recommended 8 , 9 , is not the most appropriate path. The country and the different states should set realistic goals based on this diagnosis.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This was done without considering the potential impact of the actions being implemented or planned to be implemented during the Decade of Action and without realistically taking into account the availability of (human, material, and financial) resources in the country and in each of its states. These are key elements that should be considered when setting specific program goals after a thoughtful and serious analysis of the evidence on which road safety measures offer the greatest short-term preventive potential for the epidemiological profile of the country in a complex scenario of scarcity of available resources (cost-benefit analysis) 8 , 9 .…”

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confidence: 99%

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Avances en México a la mitad del Decenio de Acción para la Seguridad Vial 2011–2020

Hı́jar¹,

Pérez‐Núñez²,

Salinas‐Rodríguez

2018

Rev. saúde pública

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OBJECTIVE To analyze the progress towards the accomplishment of the expected goal in the middle of the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 in Mexico and its states.METHODS This is a secondary analysis of road traffic deaths in Mexico between 1999 and 2015. We projected the trend for the period 2011–2020 using a time series analysis (autoregressive integrated moving average models). We used the value of the Aikaike Information Criterion to determine the best model for the national level and its 32 states.RESULTS Mexico is progressing, approaching the proposed goal, which translates into 10,856 potentially prevented deaths in the five-year period from 2011 to 2015. This was due to a decrease in the number of deaths of motor vehicle occupants, as the deaths of pedestrians and motorcyclists were higher than expected. At least one third of the states had values below their goal; although the mortality rate remains unacceptably high in five of them. We identified four states with more deaths than those originally projected and other states with an increasing trend; thus, both cases need to strengthen their prevention actions.CONCLUSIONS The analysis can allow us to see the progress of the country in the middle of the Decade of Action, as well as identify the challenges in the prevention of traffic injuries in vulnerable users. It contributes with elements that provide a basis for a need to rethink both the national goal and the goal of the different states.

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confidence: 99%

Avances en México a la mitad del Decenio de Acción para la Seguridad Vial 2011–2020

Hı́jar¹,

Pérez‐Núñez²,

Salinas‐Rodríguez

2018

Rev. saúde pública

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“…From a transport mode perspective, it is clear that the road transport sector benefits from a lot of attention from researchers applying CEA. The scope of studies in this case was to prove the effectiveness of different measures either on social or environmental matters [28,29]. Furthermore, also the rail sector benefits from the attention of CEA applications.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The literature review shows that the scope of CEA in transport studies is to determine the effectiveness of measures for which a concrete estimation of all its benefits is difficult to determine [27,37]. For this reason, most CEA analyses concern environmental impact assessments [28,32,38,39] or quantification of costs for measures addressing social benefits in the short term [29]. In this case, researchers quantify the average cost of emission mitigation measures or actions aimed at decreasing the number of road fatalities.…”

Section: Cea: Outcomes From a Literature Review Of Transportation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More specifically, the effectiveness of pollution control measures is expressed in the average cost of the amount of emissions avoided (CO 2 , NO x , PM x , or SO x ) [28,[32][33][34]. In the case of measures with a social impact, the immediate outcomes are quantified in the amount of averted deaths or the value of life [29]. Some of the research studies on determining the cost effectiveness of projects in the transport sector do not end by calculating a CEA ratio.…”

Section: Cea: Outcomes From a Literature Review Of Transportation Studiesmentioning

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Innovation in Road Freight Transport: Quantifying the Environmental Performance of Operational Cost-Reducing Practices

2019

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Road transportation is a key mode of transport when it comes to ensuring the hinterland connection of most European ports. Constrained by low profit margins and having to be active in a highly competitive market, companies active in this sector seek multi-dimensional innovative solutions that lower their operational costs. These innovative initiatives also yield positive environmental effects. The latter however are poorly recognized. This paper investigates the characteristics of different types of chassis used to transport containers from and to the terminals in the port areas and looks into the details of operational planning practices. It analyses the cost-effectiveness of these innovative solutions highlighting both the costs and the environmental emissions they save. Transport data from a road hauler serving the hinterland connection of a port in Western Europe is used to build up a case study. Results show that by using special types of chassis, which enable the combination of transport tasks in round-trips, the operational costs are reduced by 25% to 35%, and equally the CO2 emissions are also decreased by 34% to 38%.

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Assessing the impact of road safety agencies and health systems in traffic outcomes across 146 countries, 1994–2012

Ignacio Nazif-Munoz,

Quesnel-Vallée,

van den Berg

2023

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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Cost‐Effective Measures for Reducing Road Fatalities in the Short Term

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Avances en México a la mitad del Decenio de Acción para la Seguridad Vial 2011–2020

Avances en México a la mitad del Decenio de Acción para la Seguridad Vial 2011–2020

Innovation in Road Freight Transport: Quantifying the Environmental Performance of Operational Cost-Reducing Practices

Assessing the impact of road safety agencies and health systems in traffic outcomes across 146 countries, 1994–2012

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