[sustran] RE: sustran-discuss V1 #1146

Brent Efford brent.efford at techmedia.co.nz
Wed Jul 16 05:51:21 JST 2003


..........
"Too many cars on congested roads have affected the air quality which
increases the
human morbidity further. But this would not put as a result of too many
cars.
Best wishes.

Kisan Mehta" ....

In New Zealand (pop 4M, high car usage) the crash toll has been reducing
while the death rate from emissions is trending up. Both now = 400 deaths pa
each.

I believe we can identify three levels of road death and injury toll:
Primary = crashes
Secondary = motor vehicle emissions
Tertiary = death and disability from inactivity, obesity etc in a
car-dependent environment.

Has anyone done research on a casualty model for road traffic combining
these three factors?

Brent Efford
User rep, Wgtn Regional Land Transport Cttee
Co-ordinator, Transport 2000+ NZ
brent.efford at techmedia.co.nz




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