Fuel prices and road deaths in Australia

Paul Burke (paul.j.burke@anu.edu.au) and Ataklti Teame

CAMA Working Papers from Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: After years of general progress in reducing Australia’s road death toll, road deaths increased in 2015 and 2016, reaching 1,293 per annum. These were also years of relatively cheap fuel following the dramatic decline in the world oil price in late 2014. This study uses monthly data to model the number of road deaths in Australia. Our estimates suggest that low fuel prices have contributed to knocking Australia off track for meeting its 2020 road safety target. The paper also provides a discussion of other factors that may have contributed to the rise in Australia’s road death toll.

Keywords: road safety; road deaths; gasoline price; fuel price; Australia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q41 Q43 R41 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26 pages
Date: 2018-03
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