A poor way to die: social deprivation and road traffic fatalities

A sample of 893 fatal vehicle occupant cases was considered, from 10 UK police forces, from the years 1994-2005 inclusive. Each case was summarised on a database that included the main objective features (such as time and place), a summary narrative, a sketch plan and a list of explanatory factors. Each case was then assigned an index of multiple deprivation (IMD) score based on the postcode/address of the primary fatality, and these scores were separated into IMD quintiles. The main findings were that driving at excessive speed, driver intoxication, driver/passenger failure to wear seat-belts, and unlicensed/uninsured driving were most prevalent in fatal collisions in the most deprived IMD quintiles. Young drivers (under 24 years) form high proportions of fatal casualties across all IMD quintiles. Older drivers and passenger fatalities are more concentrated in the least deprived IMD quintiles.

• Record URL:
  http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/research/rsrr/theme5/poorwaytodie.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Great Britain. Department for Transport

  London,    
• Authors:
  • Clarke, D D
  • Ward, P
  • Truman, W
  • Bartle, C
• Publication Date: 2009-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 13p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Crash analysis; Drivers; Fatalities; Highway safety; Socioeconomic factors
• Uncontrolled Terms: Road safety (human factors)
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• ATRI Terms: Crash analysis; Driver behaviour; Fatality; Road safety; Socioeconomic factors
• Subject Areas: Economics; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01384147
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 4:14PM