Studies from Australian National University in the Area of Risk Management Described (Fuel Prices and Road Deaths: Motorcyclists Are Different): Risk Management

2021 NOV 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Investigators publish new report on Risk Management. According to news reporting out of Canberra, Australia, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “This study estimates the effect of gasoline prices on road deaths by vehicle mode using annual data for 62 countries for 2000-2018 and all states of the United States (US) for 1998-2018. Higher gasoline prices are associated with fewer overall road deaths.”

Financial support for this research came from China Scholarship Council.

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from Australian National University, “The proportional effect on motorcyclist deaths tends to be smaller or even have the opposite sign, especially in countries that are not highly dependent on motorcycles. For the US, a positive effect of gasoline prices on motorcyclist deaths is found, with an elasticity of about 0.3. There is also a positive relationship between gasoline prices and motorcycle registrations in the US.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “The results confirm that additional attention towards motorcyclist safety is warranted in times of high fuel prices.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Fuel Prices and Road Deaths: Motorcyclists Are Different. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2021;162. Accident Analysis & Prevention can be contacted at: Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, England. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Accident Analysis & Prevention - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/accident-analysis-and-prevention/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Paul J. Burke, Australian National University, Canberra, Act 2601, Australia.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106396. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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