The Determinants of Truck Accidents

This paper examines the determinants of truck accidents in the United States using a time series data set covering the period 1970-2001. Along with other factors, the effect of the Motor Carrier Act of 1980, which deregulated the trucking industry, is examined for its impact on truck accidents. In addition, the model accounts for the effect railroad freight mileage has on truck accidents. Empirically, alcohol consumption, the unemployment rate, and railroad activity were found to have significant effects on truck accidents while deregulation of the trucking industry did not have a statistically significant adverse effect on these accidents.

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  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VHF-4J6WR27-1/2/14d01f360073661a8c3360889aaacf9a
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Elsevier
• Authors:
  • Loeb, Peter D
  • Clarke, William A
• Publication Date: 2007-7

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 442-452
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review
  • Volume: 43
  • Issue Number: 4
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 1366-5545
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13665545

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohol use; Crash causes; Deregulation; Freight trains; Mathematical models; Railroad traffic; Range (Vehicles); Time series; Truck crashes; Trucks; Unemployment
• Identifier Terms: Motor Carrier Act of 1980; Staggers Rail Act of 1980
• Geographic Terms: United States
• Subject Areas: Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01052142
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 15 2007 12:07PM