Medical conditions, risk exposure, and truck drivers' accidents: An analysis with count data regression models

doi:10.1016/0001-4575(94)00071-S

Accident Analysis & Prevention

Volume 27, Issue 3, June 1995, Pages 295-305

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Abstract

Recent studies do not agree on the possible relationship between medical conditions and traffic safety; most of them do not control for exposure factors. This problem has become more pertinent for scientific studies because of litigation that showed that present regulations about access to driver permits might contravene human rights legislation. In our study, we estimate the effect of different medical conditions on truck drivers' distributions of accidents. Our data and our models permit simultaneous control for age; medical conditions; exposure factors measured by hours, kilometers, and qualitative factors; and other characteristics of truck drivers. Our results show that diabetic truck drivers of the permit class for straight trucks have more accidents than drivers in good health. No other studied medical condition has a significant effect on individual accident distributions. Many risk exposure variables are also significant. The effect of age is discussed in detail.

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PaperMedical conditions, risk exposure, and truck drivers' accidents: An analysis with count data regression models

Abstract

Transportation Research

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Attitudes et habitudes de conduite des personnes atteintes de diabète

Econometric Models of Accident Distributions

Econometrics models based on count models: Comparison and application of some estimations and tests

Journal of Applied Econometrics

Accident and violation rates of Washington's medically restricted drivers

Journal of the American Medical Association

A generalization of actuarial automobile insurance rating models: The negative binomial distribution with a regression component

Astin Bulletin

Automobile insurance ratemaking in the presence of asymmetrical information

Journal of Applied Econometrics

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L'impact du diabète sucré sur la sécurité routière

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The New England Journal of Medicine

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Medical conditions, risk exposure, and truck drivers' accidents: An analysis with count data regression models