EFFECTS OF RAPID INCREASE IN MOTORIZATION LEVELS ON ROAD FATALITY RATES IN SOME RICH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Road fatality rates in some rich developing countries (RDC) are studied and compared with those of some industrialized countries (ICF) during the fifties when their motorization levels and rates are comparable. It was found that fatalities per vehicle in both RDC and ICF relate inversely to motorization levels (vehicle per population). It was also found that the power of the inverse relation correlates with motorization rates. Specifically, slow decrease in fatality rates are associated with rapid increases in motorization levels, the strength of the association being greater in the case of the RDC. (Author/TRRL)

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  Oxford OX30BW,    
• Authors:
  • Mekky, A
• Publication Date: 1985-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 101-109
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 17
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Crash rates; Developed countries; Developing countries; Fatalities; Highway transportation; Highway travel; Income; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Population
• Uncontrolled Terms: Increase
• ITRD Terms: 1612: Accident rate; 150: Developing countries; 1602: Fatality; 256: Income; 9032: Increase; 335: Population; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450945
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-038 990
• Files: HSL, ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1985 12:00AM