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Car Occupant Life Expectancy: Car Mass and Seat Belt Effects

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  • Leonard Evans
  • Dennis E. Blumenfeld

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Average human life expectancies for the U.S. resident population are calculated using tabulated population and survival rate data. These life expectancies are recalculated assuming elimination of various types of motor vehicle fatalities using Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) data. The differences between the original and recalculated values provide estimates of life expectancy reductions due to the motor vehicle fatalities. These estimates are combined with prior work relating the likelihood of an occupant fatality to car mass, so that reductions in life expectancy are determined as a function of car mass. The estimates of life expectancy reductions are also used to determine the effect of seat belt use on life expectancy. The estimates, which are based on data for 1978, assume that survival rates remain unchanged. Estimates of the changes in life expectancy associated with switching from a large (1800 kg) car to a small (900 kg) car, and switching from not using to using a seat belt are presented as functions of the age at which an individual makes the switch.

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  • Leonard Evans & Dennis E. Blumenfeld, 1982. "Car Occupant Life Expectancy: Car Mass and Seat Belt Effects," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 2(4), pages 259-268, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:riskan:v:2:y:1982:i:4:p:259-268
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1982.tb01390.x
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    1. Heffron, Terrence M., 1985. "The 55 M.P.H. Speed Limit on rural interstates: Is it good policy? (1985 TRF Best Student Papter)," Transportation Research Forum Proceedings 1980s 311753, Transportation Research Forum.

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