The Effects of Public Private Partnerships on Road Safety Outcomes

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) have become common in providing high-quality infrastructure in many countries worldwide. One of the main reasons for PPP agreements is to improve efficiency and quality in the delivery of public services, as well as to boost investments for expensive projects. Despite PPPs having been particularly widespread in the case of the construction and rehabilitation of high-capacity road infrastructure, their impact in terms of road safety outcomes is still unexplored. This paper studies the effects of PPPs on road safety outcomes by taking advantage of the variety of production models provided in the Spanish highway network. Results based on a panel-data fixed-effects method show that the most relevant aspect influencing road safety outcomes is the quality of design of the road. However, the authors find evidence suggesting that privately operated highways (PPPs) are positively correlated with better road safety outcomes for roads with similar quality. This finding that should be confirmed by further research raises interest in the mechanisms that could produce this link between management models and road safety.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2019.03.015
• Record URL:
  • http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001457519304944
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • © 2019 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Abstract reprinted with permission of Elsevier.
• Authors:
  • Albalate, Daniel
  • Bel-Piñana, Paula
  • 0000-0002-9044-809X
• Publication Date: 2019-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 53-64
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 128
  • Issue Number: 0
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway design; Highway safety; Operations; Project management; Public private partnerships; Public service; Quality assurance
• Geographic Terms: Spain
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01705992
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 28 2019 9:46AM