Citation

Potoglou D, Carlucci F, Cirà A, Restaino M. Int. J. Inj. Control Safe. Promot. 2018; 25(3): 303-310.

Affiliation

Department of Economics and Statistics , University of Salerno , Fisciano (SA) , Italy.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17457300.2018.1431945

PMID

29400122

Abstract

This paper reports on the factors associated with non-fatal urban-road accident severity. Data on accidents were gathered from the local traffic police in the City of Palermo, one of the six most populated cities in Italy.

FINDINGS from a mixed-effects logistic-regression model suggest that accident severity increases when two young drivers are involved, road traffic conditions are light/normal and when vehicles crash on a two-way road or carriageway. Speeding is more likely to cause slight or serious injury even when compared to a vehicle moving towards the opposite direction of traffic. An accident during the summer is more likely to result in a slight or serious injury than an accident during the winter, which is in line with evidence from Southern Europe and the Middle East. Finally, the severity of non-fatal accident injuries in an urban area of Southern Europe was significantly associated with speeding, the age of the driver and seasonality.

Language: en

Keywords

Italy; Road accident severity; crashes; speeding; urban mobility