Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway
During the period from 2007 to 2019, the number of drivers of heavy goods vehicles checked by the traffic police in Norway varied substantially. It declined during the first years of the period, then increased. This paper studies where there is an association between these variations and annual chan...
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| description | During the period from 2007 to 2019, the number of drivers of heavy goods vehicles checked by the traffic police in Norway varied substantially. It declined during the first years of the period, then increased. This paper studies where there is an association between these variations and annual changes in the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles. A negative relationship is found: the more drivers checked, the fewer accidents. The relationship can be described by means of a dose–response function. The function indicates that when the number of drivers checked by the police is reduced by 50%, one may expect the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles to increase by 7.5%. A 50% increase in the number of drivers checked will be associated with a 3.5% reduction in the number of accidents, and a 150% increase in the number of drivers checked will be associated with an 8.6% reduction in the number of accidents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b0239e464a64aa0b1e27e70b26f91df2022-12-22T00:32:11ZengElsevierTransportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives2590-19822022-06-0114100606Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in NorwayRune Elvik0Live Tanum Pasnin1Tor-Olav Nævestad2Institute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway; Corresponding author.Norwegian Traffic Police, PO box 100, 3291 Stavern, NorwayInstitute of Transport Economics, Gaustadalleen 21, 0349 Oslo, NorwayDuring the period from 2007 to 2019, the number of drivers of heavy goods vehicles checked by the traffic police in Norway varied substantially. It declined during the first years of the period, then increased. This paper studies where there is an association between these variations and annual changes in the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles. A negative relationship is found: the more drivers checked, the fewer accidents. The relationship can be described by means of a dose–response function. The function indicates that when the number of drivers checked by the police is reduced by 50%, one may expect the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles to increase by 7.5%. A 50% increase in the number of drivers checked will be associated with a 3.5% reduction in the number of accidents, and a 150% increase in the number of drivers checked will be associated with an 8.6% reduction in the number of accidents.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000689AccidentsHeavy goods vehiclesPolice checksDose-response function |
| spellingShingle | Rune Elvik Live Tanum Pasnin Tor-Olav Nævestad Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives Accidents Heavy goods vehicles Police checks Dose-response function |
| title | Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway |
| title_full | Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway |
| title_fullStr | Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway |
| title_short | Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway |
| title_sort | effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in norway |
| topic | Accidents Heavy goods vehicles Police checks Dose-response function |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198222000689 |
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