Factors Affecting Road Fatality Rates in Developing Countries

Abstract

The primary thrust of this paper is to show how motorization rates in the context on the low levels of vehicle ownership affect the nature of the accident problem in developing countries. Analysis based on time series and cross sectional data is used to investiagte the effect of rapid increase in motorization levels on road fatalities rates. Refression analysis is carried our to quantify separately the dependence of the fatality rate per licensed vehicle on the parameters. An interpretation of the probable cause of variability between the slopes of the relations is offered.