Skip to main content
Home / Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEP), Volume 49, Number 4

Free Content Benchmarking Road Traffic Safety Across OECD Countries A Distance Function Approach

Download Article:

Authors: Nghiem, Son; Connelly, Luke B.

Source: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (JTEP), Volume 49, Number 4, October 2015, pp. 539-559(21)

Publisher: Journal of Transport Economics and Policy

This study combines an economic production framework with a latent risk theory framework to examine improvements in road safety performance of thirteen Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries for the period 1975–2004. We find that, on average, total factor productivity in road safety increased by 2 per cent per annum over the past 30 years. We also find that technological progress has been the main contributor to improvements in road safety. Indicators of economic activity, including the employment rate and CO2 emissions per capita as well as population density, are positively associated with improvements in traffic safety.

Document Type: Research Article

Publication date: 01 October 2015

More about this publication?

  • JTEP is international both in terms of authors and readership. Since it first appeared, more than 1,000 papers have been published from Europe, North America, the Pacific Rim/Australasia, Africa, Asia, and South America. This international variety is also reflected in the readership.

    Published four times a year, the journal covers all modes of transport and a wide variety of economic themes, including: Passenger Transport, Freight Transport, Shipping, Aviation, Transport Infrastructure, Environment & Energy, Traffic, Planning and Policy, Safety, Costs & Pricing, Competition, Evaluation, Productivity, Demand & Elasticities, Service Quality, Economies of Scale, Economics Regulation and Choice.

    A complete indexing and article service is available FREE from 1967 to 2000

  • Editorial Board
  • Submit a Paper
  • Subscribe to this Title
  • Library Recommendation Form
  • About us
  • Ingenta Connect is not responsible for the content or availability of external websites

Share Content

  • Access Key
  • Free content
  • Partial Free content
  • New content
  • Open access content
  • Partial Open access content
  • Subscribed content
  • Partial Subscribed content
  • Free trial content