The southeastern region of the United States has been experiencing consistetly higher fatal vehicle crashes and fatality rates compared to other regions of the country. The region has also a number of different socioeconomic characteristics compared to the nation including low median household incomes, high percentages of population below poverty levels and classified as rural, and lower percentatges in high school completion and university attainment than the national average. It is then possible that these types of socioeconomic characteristics could influence highway safety by affecting the age and type of vehicles owned, the condition of these vehicles, and the attitudes of the drivers towards safety and risk taking behaviors. The objectives of this study were to identify potential socioeconomic factors that could affect and contribute to the higher accident rates in the Southeast and to develop preliminary relationships between socioeconomic characteristics and accident trends that could explain these higher numbers and rates.
Fatal Vehicle Crash Rates in the Southeast United States: Why Are They Higher
1998
100 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Transportation , Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation Safety , Road Transportation , Accident rates , Fatality rates , Socioeconomic factors , Southeast region , United States , Accident causes , Trends , Driver characteristics , Vehicle characteristics , Statistical data , Vehicle age , Safety programs , Young adult drivers , Fatalities , Demography
Fatal Crash Rates in the Southeastern United States: Why Are They Higher?
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