Regional economic conditions and crash fatality rates - a cross-county analysis

Journal of Safety Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-39

  Traynor, Thomas L ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross country; Economic conditions; Fatalities; Fatality rate; Income; Interaction effect; Regional; Regional economic conditions; Regional traffic fatalities; Safety

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; INTERACTION EFFECT; REGIONAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; REGIONAL TRAFFIC FATALITIES;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

ARTICLE; CAR; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECONOMICS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCOME; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OHIO; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 39849089018     PISSN: 00224375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsr.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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