Effects of income inequality on road accident fatalities: 2007 individual data of the Metro Manila accident reporting and analysis system
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2010-04-07
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Income inequality has caused differences in the patterns of roadway usage. Those of the higher income bracket have enough resources to avail of safety measures for their car. Meanwhile, their counterparts in the lower income bracket can only avail of public transportation or motorcycles, which are more likely to cause a fatality among the drivers and passengers. This heterogeneity, therefore, poses a risk on the roadway users and causes the externalities of increasing the probability of fatal traffic accidents. In this paper, a logistic estimation is used to determine the effect of the type of vehicles involved in the 2-vehicle collisions on the probability of the accident to be fatal. The results are conclusive to the hypothesis made, with collisions involving smaller vehicles (motorcycles and cars) more likely to have fatalities than bigger vehicles (SUV and vans).
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Road accident, Income inequality, Roadway heterogeneity, Traffic management, Transport accident