Citation

Bener A, Hussain SJ, Al-Malki M, Shotar MM, Al-Said MF, Jadaan KS. East Mediterr. Health J. 2010; 16(3): 318-323.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health, Weill Cornell Medical College of Qatar, Doha, Qatar. abener@hmc.org.qa

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, World Health Organization)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20795448

Abstract

Smeed's equation is a widely used model for prediction of traffic fatalities but has been inadequate for use in developing countries. We applied regression analysis to time-series data on vehicles, exponential models for fatality prediction, producing an average absolute error of 20.9% for Qatar, 10.9% for population and traffic fatalities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Jordan and Qatar. The data were fitted to Jordan and 5.5% for the UAE. We found a strong linear relationship between gross domestic product and fatality rate.

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