The effects of area-wide road speed and curvature on traffic casualties in England

Chao Wang, Mohammed Quddus and Stephen Ison

Journal of Transport Geography, 2009, vol. 17, issue 5, 385-395

Abstract: Transport provides a range of benefits to society in terms of mobility, access and economic growth. There are however negative impacts of transport, not least in terms of environmental degradation, damage to property, traffic accidents and loss of life. This paper focuses on road traffic accidents, the reduction of which is an important aim of transport policy world wide. The primary objective of this paper is to develop a series of relationships using spatially disaggregated area-level cross-sectional data between different traffic casualties, road traffic speed and road curvature by controlling for other contributing factors associated with area characteristics. The spatial units of the analysis are the 8019 census wards in England. Ward-level casualty data are disaggregated by severity of the casualty (such as fatalities, serious injuries and slight injuries) and by the severity of the casualty related to various road users.

Keywords: Transport safety; Area-wide road speed; Curvature; Spatial analysis; GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2008.06.003

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