Graphical abstract Display Omitted Research highlights ▶ Road accident risk associated with place of residence. ▶ Risk of being killed or seriously injured considerably below average for urban dwellers. ▶ Risk of slight injuries somewhat higher for urban dwellers. ▶ Suburban and rural areas have markedly higher per capita accident costs than cities.
Abstract This paper aims to spatially differentiate the road accident risk associated with living at a certain place of residence. Official accident data usually record the place the accident occurred, but not the casualties’ places of residence. Among those involved in an accident at a certain place there may obviously be some non-residents, such as in-commuters and transients. Hence spatial analysis based on place of accident may not be suitable for drawing conclusions about specific risk levels for people living in certain places. People's risk of encountering an accident in areas other than that where they live may vary with their mobility. We report on two case studies for the German states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony, which are based on casualties’ places of residence. We draw on two data sets both of which have specific advantages and disadvantages. From the data we calculate population-based risk figures on the district level and, for Lower Saxony, on the municipality level. For North Rhine-Westphalia these are categorised by age group and transport mode. We also investigate to what extent accident related analyses can be used to estimate residential related risks. The results show that the risk of being killed or seriously injured in a road accident is considerably lower for the population of agglomeration cores than for the suburban and rural population. Macro-economically this means that suburban and rural areas have markedly higher accident costs than cities.
A residential location approach to traffic safety: Two case studies from Germany
Accident Analysis and Prevention ; 43 , 1 ; 307-322
2010-08-29
16 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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