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Poverty as a cause of road accidents in Brazil Nassi, Carlos David ; Trindade Junior, Rudel
Utgivningsinformation: Road safety on four continents: Warsaw, Poland 5-7 October 2005. Paper, 2005Beskrivning: 12 sÄmnen: Bibl.nr: VTI 2005.0795Location: Abstrakt: This article uses social exclusion indicators, combined with traditional data such as: fatal victims per inhabitant and per vehicle, to perform statistical analysis of road traffic accidents in all the Brazilian state capitals. The combined set of data characterizes the accident causal factors and makes a parallel between extreme poverty and the occurrence of accidents. It can be observed that the capital cities that have the highest social exclusion index ratings are also the ones that have the highest accident mortality rates.| Aktuellt bibliotek | Status | |
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This article uses social exclusion indicators, combined with traditional data such as: fatal victims per inhabitant and per vehicle, to perform statistical analysis of road traffic accidents in all the Brazilian state capitals. The combined set of data characterizes the accident causal factors and makes a parallel between extreme poverty and the occurrence of accidents. It can be observed that the capital cities that have the highest social exclusion index ratings are also the ones that have the highest accident mortality rates.