Analysis on Traffic Accident Costs of Automobiles and Motorcycles in Taiwan
| Autor: | YU, CHIN-HUI, 游沁蕙 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 105 This study attempts to estimate the traffic accident costs for different vehicles collisions in Taiwan by the degree of injuries of the involved road users. The data are from the road traffic accident investigation reports in 2014 provided by the National Police Administration in Taiwan. The regression analysis is then employed to examine the factors affecting the traffic accident costs in the Taiwan areas, urban areas, and rural areas. For automobile users, the results of regression analysis show that the protective equipment is significantly correlated with traffic accident costs in the above three study areas. However, gender, hierarchy of roads and types of road are significant in both the Taiwan areas and urban areas. In addition, obstruction is only significantly in the Taiwan areas, and traffic signal is only significantly in urban areas. For motorcycle users, gender is highly correlated with traffic accident costs in the above three study areas. However, protective equipment, hierarchy of roads and traffic signals are significantly correlated with traffic accident costs in the Taiwan areas and urban areas. In addition, alcohol usage, main accident factors, destination, and obstructions are significant only in urban areas, while weather and lane division facilities are significant only in rural areas. The usage of protective equipment causing higher accident costs could be explained by the risk compensation theory proposed by Peltzman (1975). The idea is that drivers with protective equipment will choose a higher speed to drive and this will cause higher accident costs. In addition, the reason for intersections causing lower accident costs is due to the lower speed of drivers in passing intersections. This can be supported by the low ratio of fatal traffic accidents at intersections, though the number of traffic accidents at intersections is higher than those at non-intersections. |
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