TRUCK SAFETY AND FINANCIAL DISTRESS: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS

This study examines the relationship between financial condition and various measures of safety performance in the post deregulated U.S. trucking industry. The study focuses specifically on the general freight carrier segment of the industry which is, in turn, segmented into two groups, carriers which have gone bankrupt since 1981 and carriers which have been highly successful since 1981. Measures of safety performance considered are expenditures on safety, compliance with Federal safety regulations and accident rates.

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  • https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001070572/Home
• Availability:
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• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Forum

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  Washington, DC  United States  20005
• Authors:
  • Blevins, M W
  • Chow, G
• Publication Date: 1988

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 18-23
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Transportation Research Forum
  • Volume: 29
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Forum
  • ISSN: 1046-1469
  • Serial URL: https://trforum.org/journal-of-the-trf/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Compliance; Crash rates; Deregulation; Expenditures; Performance; Safety; Trucking
• Old TRIS Terms: Financial condition
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Safety and Human Factors; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00479167
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-040 915
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1991 12:00AM