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Impact of a Lower Conservation Budget on Road Safety Indices
Joint Authors
Dell'Olio, Luigi
Rojo, M.
Gonzalo-Orden, H.
Linares, A.
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-07-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Over the past few years, several countries, including Spain, have been experiencing a period of economic recession.
As a result, these governments have reduced their budgets for transport infrastructures (both construction and maintenance operations).
The main objective of this study is to analyze whether these budget reductions have an effect on increased accident rates and to perform an assessment of their real economic benefit.
Thus, we analyze whether significant changes over recent years are perceptible in the road safety indexes in Spain, in terms of risk, accident fatality, and accident severity.
The relation between lower budgets and higher road safety indices is analyzed through linear regression techniques.
The results show a strong relation between the Risk Index and the maintenance budget, measured as an average of the last years.
In addition, a final economic assessment demonstrates that this reduction in investment had no real economic benefits, especially as the costs of the accidents exceeded the savings in the conservation plans.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rojo, M.& Gonzalo-Orden, H.& Linares, A.& Dell'Olio, Luigi. 2018. Impact of a Lower Conservation Budget on Road Safety Indices. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rojo, M.…[et al.]. Impact of a Lower Conservation Budget on Road Safety Indices. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rojo, M.& Gonzalo-Orden, H.& Linares, A.& Dell'Olio, Luigi. Impact of a Lower Conservation Budget on Road Safety Indices. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1181887
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1181887