Ages of car drivers involved in accidents, with special reference to junctions: R. L. Moore, I. P. Sedgley and B. E. Sabey. Report 718. Transport and Road Research Laboratory, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England, 1982. 30 pp.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 183 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-4575
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✦ Synopsis
TWO of the problems identified seem to recur frequently in safety evaluation. The first concerns accident costs where the report contains a useful discussion and a table of values used in some member countries. As an example the cost of a single fatality ranges from SUS 18,631 to SUS 287,175. These costs are a little meaningless when not related to other economic measures but the differences in approaches to the assessment of these costs is outlined.
The second problem relates to the difficulty in predicting the reduction in the number and severity of accidents which a given safety measure is likely to produce. Only regularly and consistently collected data will help resolve this difficulty.
The three recommended evaluation techniques for setting priorities are cost/benefit analysis, cost/effectiveness analysis and multi-criteria analysis. The appropriate application of each