Comparing the fatality risks in United States transportation across modes and over time

Ian Savage*

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the transportation fatality risk in the United States. The analysis is in two parts. The first part compares the relative risks of the different modes based on data for the decade from 2000 to 2009. The second part is a time-series analysis for each mode using annual data from 1975 to 2010. By almost any measure, transportation is considerably safer now than it was in the mid 1970s. The improvement is especially noticeable for commercial modes such as aviation, railroads and maritime. Even the risks from private highway driving have halved during the past thirty-five years.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)9-22
Number of pages14
JournalResearch in Transportation Economics
Volume43
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2013

Keywords

  • Safety
  • Transportation
  • United States

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Transportation
  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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