Identification of Factors Contributing to the Decline of Traffic Fatalities in the United States from 2008 to 2012 (2020) / Chapter Skim
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17 Data series were assembled to cover the vehicle, driver, and environmental factors identified as related to traffic safety. In addition, numerous economic series were collected to reflect the influence of the economy on traffic safety.
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18 Identification of Factors Contributing to the Decline of Traffic Fatalities in the United States from 2008 to 2012 and year. Years between the census years of formal counts are estimated by interpolation.
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Data 19 Fuel prices were obtained from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, State Energy Data System (2016)
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20 Identification of Factors Contributing to the Decline of Traffic Fatalities in the United States from 2008 to 2012 Data Source Seat belt, primary vs. secondary, by state and year Compiled from Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, digest of state laws, available at http://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/laws/safetybeltuse Belt-use rates Compiled from NHTSA's NOPUS program (Chen 2014; Chen and Ye 2009)
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Data 21 Highway spending was used in the statistical models to capture the effects of infrastructure and state highway programs on safety. Clearly, highway spending is an imperfect surrogate because the cost-benefit ratios of projects differ.
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