Studded and unstudded winter tires in fatal road accidents in Finland

Malmivuo, Mikko; Luoma, Juha; Porthin, Markus

doi:10.1080/15389588.2016.1243239

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“…Some countries have introduced restrictions of tire studs in passenger cars in the form of taxes or bans, such as Norway [3], leading to a 34% use of tire studs in passenger cars during winter [4]. In other countries, the studded tire use in passenger cars is notably higher (e.g., about 63% in Sweden [5] and 88% in Finland [6]).…”

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Live and Let Die? Life Cycle Human Health Impacts from the Use of Tire Studs

Furberg

Arvidsson

Molander

2018

IJERPH

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Studded tires are used in a number of countries during winter in order to prevent accidents. The use of tire studs is controversial and debated because of human health impacts from increased road particle emissions. The aims of this study are to assess whether the use of tire studs in a Scandinavian studded passenger car actually avoids or causes health impacts from a broader life cycle perspective, and to assess the distribution of these impacts over the life cycle. Life cycle assessment is applied and the disability-adjusted life years indicator is used to quantify the following five types of health impacts: (1) impacts saved in the use phase, (2) particle emissions in the use phase, (3) production system emissions, (4) occupational accidents in the production system, and (5) conflict casualties from revenues of cobalt mining. The results show that the health benefits in the use phase in general are outweighed by the negative impacts during the life cycle. The largest contribution to these negative human health impacts are from use phase particle emissions (67–77%) and occupational accidents during artisanal cobalt mining (8–18%). About 23–33% of the negative impacts occur outside Scandinavia, where the benefits occur. The results inform the current debate and highlight the need for research on alternatives to tire studs with a positive net health balance.

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Live and Let Die? Life Cycle Human Health Impacts from the Use of Tire Studs

Furberg

Arvidsson

Molander

2018

IJERPH

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“…However, the accident risk has recently been substantially higher on bald ice for unstudded than for studded winter tires. The magnitude of this risk difference is difficult to determine without specific information on exposure by road surface [9]. Attribute to studded winter tires minor declines in automobile accident rates of 5% for snow-or ice-covered roads, 2% for bare roads and 4% for all road surfaces combined.…”

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Investigation of the Use of Studded Winter and Universal Tires in Vehicles of M1 and N1 Categories in Šiauliai

Astrauskas

2023

PSTP

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Tires are one of the most important elements of vehicles in terms of traffic safety. This is even more evident in unfavourable weather conditions on winter roads. The wrong choice of tires quite often becomes the cause of a traffic accident. It is very important to pay attention to the correct use of tires for drivers of trucks and cars. The vehicle is in contact with the road surface only on the four surfaces of the human palm. Road traffic safety depends on various traffic elements: driver education, road quality and technical condition of cars. Tires are one of the components of a car. This paper examines the types of tires suitable for use in winter, the tire tread patterns, in order to determine the types of winter tires used, the prevalence of studded tires is studied. The aim is to determine the reasons why some European countries prohibit the use of studded winter tires. Keywords: winter tires, studded tires, traffic safety, road surface

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“…Moreover, the limited existing literature focusing on the road safety effects of studded tyres find mixed results. Malmivuo et al (2017) study the number of accidents involving cars using studded tyres and determine whether there are differences in accident rates compared to cars without studded tyres. The authors find that the overall risk of fatal road accidents in winter does not differ statistically significantly between vehicles with and without studded tyres.…”

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Safety First? The Effect of Studded Tyres on Traffic Accidents and Local Air Pollution

Krehic¹

2022

SSRN Journal

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Studded and unstudded winter tires in fatal road accidents in Finland

Cited by 8 publications

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Live and Let Die? Life Cycle Human Health Impacts from the Use of Tire Studs

Live and Let Die? Life Cycle Human Health Impacts from the Use of Tire Studs

Investigation of the Use of Studded Winter and Universal Tires in Vehicles of M1 and N1 Categories in Šiauliai

Safety First? The Effect of Studded Tyres on Traffic Accidents and Local Air Pollution

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