TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Explaining national road fatalities
JO  - Accident analysis and prevention
A1  - Bester, C. J.
SP  - 663
EP  - 672
VL  - 33
IS  - 5
N2  - The purpose of this paper is to report on a model that can be used to explain the differences in road fatalities of individual countries. National infrastructure, transportation and socio-economic variables from international databases were considered as possible variables. The model was developed by means of stepwise regression analyses. It was found that the passenger car ownership is a better predictor of fatalities per 100000 passenger cars than vehicle ownership as a predictor of fatalities per 100000 vehicles. Many individual infrastructure and socio-economic variables have a significant effect on the fatality rate. The final model includes passenger car ownership, the Human Development Index (HDI), and the percentage of other vehicles as explanatory variables.
LA  - en
SN  - 0001-4575
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -