INCREASED MOTORIZATION AND HIGHWAY FATALITIES IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
Highway accident, injury, and fatality data for 1985 for the 29 provinces and municipalities of the People's Republic of China were analyzed in terms of population, number of vehicles, and number of licensed drivers. China is clearly at the beginning of the "highway safety transition," as evidenced by high fatality-per-vehicle and low fatality-per-population rates. Although changes in fatality rates over time could not be analyzed, the number of fatalities per vehicle was found to decrease with increasing vehicle ownership in the provinces in accordance with Smeed's law. Growth in the number of vehicles is extremely rapid, and private ownership is being encouraged in the spirit of the new economic reforms. The costs due to traffic fatalities, injuries, and property damage must be included in the total price of developing the highway system that is so badly needed for China's economic development.
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- This paper appears in Transportation Research Record No. 1238, Application and Management of Accident Data. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Holden, Janet A
- Yang, Zhao-Sheng
- Publication Date: 1989
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- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 65-72
- Monograph Title: Application and management of accident data
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1238
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automobile ownership; Costs; Crashes; Data analysis; Drivers; Economic development; Fatalities; Highway safety; Injuries; Loss and damage; Mathematical analysis; Population; Property; Traffic crashes
- Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Property damage
- Geographic Terms: China
- Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I81: Accident Statistics;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00495034
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309049741
- Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
- Created Date: Jun 30 1990 12:00AM