dc.contributor.author
Albalate, Daniel, 1980-
dc.contributor.author
Fageda, Xavier, 1975-
dc.date.issued
2022-03-08T18:12:06Z
dc.date.issued
2022-03-08T18:12:06Z
dc.date.issued
2021-05-01
dc.date.issued
2022-03-08T18:12:06Z
dc.identifier
https://hdl.handle.net/2445/183916
dc.description.abstract
We empirically examine the relationship between traffic congestion and deaths in road accidents at the city level. We use panel data from 130 large cities in Europe for the period 2008-2017. We find strong evidence of a quadratic relationship between congestion and deaths in accidents, using both parametric and non-parametric econometric techniques. The threshold point at which the relationship between congestion and deaths in accidents is reversed and becomes positive occurs when congestion results in about a 30 per cent increase in travel time compared to a free flow situation. For most congested cities, any effective measure to contain congestion may also lead to better safety outcomes.
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application/pdf
dc.publisher
Elsevier Ltd
dc.relation
Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.03.011
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Transport Policy, 2021, vol. 105, p. 145-152
dc.relation
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2021.03.011
dc.rights
cc-by-nc-nd (c) Elsevier Ltd, 2021
dc.rights
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
dc.rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.source
Articles publicats en revistes (Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada)
dc.subject
Congestió del trànsit
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Seguretat viària
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Accidents de trànsit
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Traffic congestion
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Traffic safety
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Traffic accidents
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Cities and towns
dc.title
On the relationship between congestion and road safety in cities
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type
info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
