Road safety: challenges and opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean
| Autor: | Sebastian Martinez, Raúl Sánchez, Patricia Yañez-Pagans |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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050210 logistics & transportation Economic growth R41 Latin Americans R42 K32 05 social sciences Psychological intervention Developing country Context (language use) Latin America and the Caribbean SAFER 0502 economics and business ddc:330 Road safety L92 Road trafc accidents Business 050207 economics Empirical evidence Road fatalities General Economics Econometrics and Finance Road user |
| Zdroj: | Latin American Economic Review. 28 |
| ISSN: | 2196-436X 2198-3526 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s40503-019-0078-0 |
| Popis: | 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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