The road against fatalities: Infrastructure spending vs. regulation?

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 227-239

  Albalate, Daniel ^a   Fernández, Laura ^a   Yarygina, Anastasiya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Infrastructure spending; Public policy impacts; Regulation; Road safety; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING; PUBLIC INTERVENTIONS; REGULATION; REGULATORY CHANGE; ROAD SAFETY; TRAFFIC CONDITIONS; UNIFIED FRAMEWORK;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ECONOMICS; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; PUBLIC POLICY; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

INVESTMENTS;

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING; LEGAL ASPECT; MORTALITY; POLICY; PUBLIC POLICY IMPACTS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ROAD SAFETY; SAFETY; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

INFRASTRUCTURE SPENDING; PUBLIC POLICY IMPACTS; REGULATION; ROAD SAFETY; TRANSPORTATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PUBLIC POLICY; SAFETY; SPAIN;

EID: 84879925159     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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