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Transportation Fatalities: A Risk Assessment
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This paper assesses the relative fatality-risk of transportation modes and submodes for use in public safety resource allocation. Average annual fatalities for the modes and sub-modes are compared. Factors which might influence society's valuation of risk are examined - victim age, trends in fatalities, and variability of fatalities. Finally, other measures of risk (fatalities per ton-mile, per passenger-mile, and per vehicle) are presented to help judge the acceptability of existing risk levels.
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Hoxie, P., "Transportation Fatalities: A Risk Assessment," SAE Technical Paper 851225, 1985, https://doi.org/10.4271/851225.Also In
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