Accident Cost, Speed and Vehicle Mass Externalities, and Insurance:

Traffic accidents are a human tragedy that kills 1.2 million people worldwide annually (World Health Organization, 2004). The cost of traffic accidents are huge and recent estimates for US alone suggest the cost to be USD 433 billion in year 2000 or 4.3 percentage of GDP (Parry et al, 2007). A reduc...

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1. Verfasser: Hultkrantz, Lars (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Lindberg, Gunnar (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Paris OECD Publishing 2011
Schriftenreihe:International Transport Forum Discussion Papers no.2011/26
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Zusammenfassung:Traffic accidents are a human tragedy that kills 1.2 million people worldwide annually (World Health Organization, 2004). The cost of traffic accidents are huge and recent estimates for US alone suggest the cost to be USD 433 billion in year 2000 or 4.3 percentage of GDP (Parry et al, 2007). A reduction of this cost can be done in two ways, either by reducing the number of accidents or by mitigating the consequences of the existing accidents. Insurance systems can contribute to both.
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (27 p.) 21 x 29.7cm.
DOI:10.1787/5kg29s2p5wlt-en

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