Factors associated with urban non-fatal road-accident severity |
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Authors: | Dimitris Potoglou Fabio Carlucci Andrea Cirà Marialuisa Restaino |
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Institution: | 1. School of Geography and Planning, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK;2. Department of Economics and Statistics, University of Salerno, Fisciano (SA), Italy;3. Department of Economics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy |
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Abstract: | This paper reports on the factors associated with non-fatal urban-road accident severity. Data on accidents were gathered from the local traffic police in the City of Palermo, one of the six most populated cities in Italy. Findings from a mixed-effects logistic-regression model suggest that accident severity increases when two young drivers are involved, road traffic conditions are light/normal and when vehicles crash on a two-way road or carriageway. Speeding is more likely to cause slight or serious injury even when compared to a vehicle moving towards the opposite direction of traffic. An accident during the summer is more likely to result in a slight or serious injury than an accident during the winter, which is in line with evidence from Southern Europe and the Middle East. Finally, the severity of non-fatal accident injuries in an urban area of Southern Europe was significantly associated with speeding, the age of the driver and seasonality. |
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Keywords: | Road accident severity speeding crashes urban mobility Italy |
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