Citation

Bener A, Ofosu JB. IATSS Res. 1991; 15(1): 35-38.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

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Abstract

The knowledge of accident rates in the country provides a useful tool for a comprehensive analysis of their causes as well as for their prevention. Smeed devised a formula that estimates the road traffic fatality is the country by using the population and the number of registered vehicles of a particular country. This paper shows that Smeed's formula leads to a remarkably low estimation of traffic fatalities in Saudi Arabia. A much more realistic formula for estimating road traffic fatalities in Saudi Arabia is given.