Reports Outline Public Health Study Findings from University of Castilla La Mancha (Analysis of the Determinants of Cost Savings In Traffic Accidents On Interurban Roads In Spain)

2020 JUL 27 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics, Law & Government Daily -- Current study results on Health and Medicine - Public Health have been published. According to news reporting originating in Albacete, Spain, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The increase in traffic accidents depends on multiple factors; it generates an economic and public health problem that must be analyzed jointly by agents involved in road safety. The aim of the work was to quantify the effect of various factors in the cost savings due to traffic accidents on interurban roads in Spain.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the University of Castilla La Mancha, “It was analyzed, through a lineal regression with panel data model and in the period 2000-2017, how different factors affected cost savings due to the risk of mortality or injury avoided on Spanish interurban roads. A 1% increase in traffic volume led to a reduction in costs per MVKT (million vehiclekilometres travelled) of (sic)162.46 referring to the risk of mortality, (sic)115.32 for serious injuries and (sic)10.10 for mild injuries. This increase in unemployment caused a cost reduction of (sic)31.43, (sic)10.76 and (sic)0.98, respectively. The same increase in the investment in replacement implied a reduction of these costs of (sic)11 for any risk. A 1% increase in the ageing index led to an increase in costs of (sic)276.83 in terms of mortality risk and (sic)257.49 in terms of injury. Foreign tourism generated a higher cost of (sic)40 for any risk. A 1% increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita led to an increase in costs of (sic)155.50, (sic)138.09 and (sic)8.21 for aforementioned risks. The points driving license led to an increase in costs of (sic)785.50 per MVKR when referring to mortality risks. Determining factors for cost savings: motorization rate, unemployment rate and investment in replacement interurban roads.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Determining factors that increased costs: expiry of the effect of the penalty - points driving license, ageing index of the population, increase in GDP or proportion of foreign travelers.”

For more information on this research see: Analysis of the Determinants of Cost Savings In Traffic Accidents On Interurban Roads In Spain. Revista Espanola de Salud Publica, 2019;93():. Revista Espanola de Salud Publica can be contacted at: Ministerio De Sanidad Y Consumo, Paseo Del Prado 18-20, Madrid, 28071, Spain.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Angel Tejada Ponce, University of Castilla La Mancha, Faculty of Economics and Business Science, Plaza Univ 1, Albacete 02071, Spain. Additional authors for this research include Maria Pilar Sanchez Gonzalez and Francisco Escribano Sotos.

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