Artikel
Road safety: Challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
An estimated 1.3 million people die in traffic accidents each year worldwide and millions more are injured, with developing countries disproportionately affected. It is predicted that the number of global traffic deaths will be around 1.8 million annually by 2030, making it the eight cause of death in the world. This paper provides an overview of salient road safety issues in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region. It also reviews existing theoretical and causal empirical evidence of interventions to improve road safety outcomes, concentrating on three core areas: safer roads and mobility, safer vehicles, and safer road users. Despite the existence of potentially cost-effective and life-saving interventions, there is surprisingly little rigorous evidence on the effectiveness of road safety programs in the LAC context. This paper discusses promising areas for policy experimentation and future research.
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Journal: Latin American Economic Review ; ISSN: 2196-436X ; Volume: 28 ; Year: 2019 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-30 ; Heidelberg: Springer
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Transportation: Demand, Supply, and Congestion; Travel Time; Safety and Accidents; Transportation Noise
Transportation Economics: Government and Private Investment Analysis; Road Maintenance, Transportation Planning
Railroads and Other Surface Transportation
Health and Economic Development
Energy, Environmental, Health, and Safety Law
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Road safety
Road trafc accidents
Road fatalities
Latin America and the Caribbean
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Martinez, Sebastian
Sanchez, Raul
Yañez-Pagans, Patricia
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Veröffentlichung
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Springer
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Heidelberg
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2019
- DOI
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doi:10.1186/s40503-019-0078-0
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- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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- Artikel
Beteiligte
- Martinez, Sebastian
- Sanchez, Raul
- Yañez-Pagans, Patricia
- Springer
Entstanden
- 2019
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