CONTROL OF DRUNKEN DRIVING ACCIDENTS IN NORWAY: AN ECONOMETRIC EVALUATION OF BEHAVIOUR UNDER UNCERTAINTY

A simple choice-theoretic model and econometric analysis was used to evaluate the control of automobile accidents in Norway. The model attempts to take account of the impact of driving levels, traffic density, and road quality as well as alcohol consumption, the probability of convictions, and sanctions on the generation of accidents. Five alternative logit formulations, estimated with a simultaneous systems framework, provide insights on the impact of law enforcement on the levels of fatal and serious accidents. Results of this pooled cross-section/times-series analysis compare favorably with earlier time-series estimates of the strength of control effects. (Author/TRRL)

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

  Headington Hill Hall
  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • VOTEY, H L
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 153-166
• Serial:
  • Journal of Criminal Justice
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier Science
  • ISSN: 0047-2352

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Arrests; Behavior; Crashes; Decision making; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Econometric models; Econometrics; Economic analysis; Fatalities; Highways; Injuries; Intoxication; Law enforcement; Level of service; Mathematical models; Penalties; Probability; Probability theory; Safety; Traffic crashes; Traffic flow; Traffic violators; Uncertainty
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deterrence
• Geographic Terms: Norway
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1772: Driver; 2231: Drunkenness; 1534: Enforcement (law); 1602: Fatality; 2755: Highway; 2163: Injury; 653: Level of service; 6473: Mathematical model; 8084: Norway; 1502: Penalty; 6534: Probability; 671: Traffic flow
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392714
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1985 12:00AM