THE DRAG-2 MODEL FOR QUEBEC. IN: STRUCTURAL ROAD ACCIDENT MODELS. THE INTERNATIONAL DRAG FAMILY

Development of a highway infrastructure plays a major role in any economy, including Quebec's by improving transportation of people and goods. Development does, however, come at a cost, namely air and noise pollution and road accidents. Road accidents directly affect the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ) at tow levels. The SAAQ is the agency set up by the Government of Quebec in March 1978 to oversee its new no-fault public insurance scheme for bodily injuries sustained by Quebecers in road accidents. A few years later, given its financial responsibility to Quebecers, in 1980 the government transferred to the SAAQ the mandate of controlling access to the road network through regulation of drivers and vehicles and promotion of road safety in order to fulfill these mandates, the SAAQ must focus on minimizing bodily injuries from road accidents by promoting appropriate safety measures. It is therefore essential that the SAAQ have the necessary tools to better understand all aspects of road safety. To better understand trends in road accidents, in 1983-1984 the SAAQ granted funding to the University of Montreal, under its road safety research program, to develop an effective means of analysis. This initiative led to version 1 of the DRAG econometric model. Given the valuable results obtained and the potential for this analysis tool, the DRAG-2 model was developed.

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  Pergamon Press, Incorporated

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• Authors:
  • Fournier, Francois
  • Simard, Robert
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 37-66
• Monograph Title: STRUCTURAL ROAD ACCIDENT MODELS: THE INTERNATIONAL DRAG FAMILY.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash records; Distance; Highways; Infrastructure; Mathematical analysis; Model atmosphere; Noise; Regulations; Safety; Transportation planning; Variables
• Geographic Terms: Quebec (Province)
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Safety and Human Factors; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00804832
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0080430619
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 18 2001 12:00AM