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Safer roads owing to higher gasoline prices: How long it takes

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  • Chi, G.
  • Brown, W.
  • Zhang, X.
  • Zheng, Y.

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Objectives. We investigated how much time passes before gasoline price changes affect traffic crashes. Methods. We systematically examined 2004 to 2012 Mississippi traffic crash data by age, gender, and race. Control variables were unemployment rate, seat belt use, alcohol consumption, climate, and temporal and seasonal variations. Results. We found a positive association between higher gasoline prices and safer roads. Overall, gasoline prices affected crashes 9 to 10 months after a price change. This finding was generally consistent across age, gender, and race, with some exceptions. For those aged 16 to 19 years, gasoline price increases had an immediate (although statistically weak) effect and a lagged effect, but crashes involving those aged 25 to 34 years was seemingly unaffected by price changes. For older individuals (≥ 75 years), the lagged effect was stronger and lasted longer than did that of other age groups. Conclusions. The results have important health policy implications for using gasoline prices and taxes to improve traffic safety. © 2015, American Public Health Association Inc. All rights reserved.

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  • Chi, G. & Brown, W. & Zhang, X. & Zheng, Y., 2015. "Safer roads owing to higher gasoline prices: How long it takes," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 105(8), pages 119-125.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2015.302579_1
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302579
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    1. Rohan Best & Paul J. Burke, 2019. "Fuel prices and road accident outcomes in New Zealand," New Zealand Economic Papers, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(2), pages 109-124, May.
    2. Paul J. Burke & Ataklti Teame, 2018. "Fuel Prices and Road Deaths in Australia," Economic Papers, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 37(2), pages 146-161, June.
    3. Nicholas A Wright & Alvin Harris, 2023. "The labor market effects of gas price fluctuations," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 43(1), pages 328-341.

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