Economic analysis of traffic safety

Abstract

In this dissertation I focus on the behaviour of people – and more particularly on the choice of speed/level of care and the number of trips they make - as 85 percent of all accidents are mainly due to road users’ error. This behaviour can be influenced by the use of different instruments such as traffic regulation, liability rules, infrastructural and technical measures, education and sensitisation. The focus of this work lies on regulation and its enforcement, liability rules and economic instruments, which influence the behaviour of people and hence traffic safety. The first paper of this dissertation deals withstatus: publishe