Socio-economic determinants of road traffic accident fatalities in low and middle income countries

Michael Grimm and Carole Treibich (carole.treibich@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr)

ISS Working Papers - General Series from International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam (ISS), The Hague

Abstract: In low and middle income countries road traffic accident fatalities will become in the near future one of the three major causes of death. Given that in particular the active population accounts for these fatalities, the potential economic implications are large, on the micro and the macro level. Yet, so far not much is known about the determinants and economic consequences of low road safety, in particular about the factors influencing road users’ behavior. Obviously this makes the design of interventions to prevent road traffic accidents and to care for the victims a serious challenge. The objective of this note is to summarize and review the existing knowledge on the determinants of road traffic accident fatalities, to identify the relevant research gaps in particular for low and middle income countries and to suggest ways to collect data and to conduct experiments that help to close these gaps. We also present a cross-country analysis of the determinants of road traffic accident fatalities that takes into account a wide range of potential environmental, economic and social factors.

Keywords: causes of death; driving behavior; road safety; vulnerable road users (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I10 O10 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-06-04
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