Revisiting exposure: Fatal and non-fatal traffic injury risk across different populations of travelers in Wisconsin, 2001–2009

Comparing the injury risk of different travel modes requires using a travel-based measure of exposure. In this study, the authors quantify injury risk by travel mode, age, race/ethnicity, sex, and injury severity using three different travel-based exposure measures (person-trips, person-minutes of travel, and person-miles of travel) to learn how these metrics affect the characterization of risk across populations. The authors used a linked database of hospital and police records to identify non-fatal injuries (2001–2009), the Fatality Analysis Reporting System for fatalities (2001–2009), and the 2001 Wisconsin Add-On to the National Household Travel Survey for exposure measures. In Wisconsin, bicyclists and pedestrians have a moderately higher injury risk compared to motor vehicle occupants (adjusting for demographic factors), but the risk is much higher when exposure is measured in distance. Although the analysis did not control for socio-economic status (a likely confounder) it showed that American Indian and Black travelers in Wisconsin face higher transportation injury risk than White travelers (adjusting for sex and travel mode), across all three measures of exposure. Working with multiple metrics to form comprehensive injury risk profiles such as this one can inform decision making about how to prioritize investments in transportation injury prevention.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2013.08.005
• Record URL:
  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457513003163
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  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00014575
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • McAndrews, Carolyn
  • Beyer, Kirsten
  • Guse, Clare E
  • Layde, Peter
• Publication Date: 2013-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 103-112
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 60
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash exposure; Crash injuries; Cyclists; Drivers; Fatalities; Mode choice; Pedestrians; Traffic crashes; Traffic safety; Travelers
• Identifier Terms: Fatality Analysis Reporting System; National Household Travel Survey
• Geographic Terms: Wisconsin
• Subject Areas: Highways; Pedestrians and Bicyclists; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I84: Personal Injuries;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01501508
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 23 2013 7:52AM