A radical change in traffic law: effects on fatalities in the Czech Republic

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62156489%3A43110%2F14%3A00211022" target="_blank" >RIV/62156489:43110/14:00211022 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11640/14:00438324
Result on the web
<a href="http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/4/539.full" target="_blank" >http://jpubhealth.oxfordjournals.org/content/36/4/539.full</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdu005" target="_blank" >10.1093/pubmed/fdu005</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A radical change in traffic law: effects on fatalities in the Czech Republic
Original language description
Background: This study examines short- and long-run effects of a new--stricter--road traffic law on traffic accident-related fatalities in the Czech Republic. The law introduced tougher punishments through the introduction of a demerit point system and amanifold increase in fines, together with augmented authority of traffic police. Methods: Identification is based on difference-in-differences methodology, with neighbouring countries serving as a control group. Results: There was a sharp, 33.3%, decrease in accident-related fatalities during the first three post-reform months. This translates into 127 saved lives (95% confidence interval: 51, 204). The decline was, however, temporary; the estimates of the effects going beyond the first year are aroundzero. Unique data on traffic police activity reveal that police resources devoted to traffic law enforcement gradually declined. Conclusions: Tougher penalties have significant, but often short-lived effects. Weaker enforcement in the af
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP402%2F12%2F2172" target="_blank" >GAP402/12/2172: Exploiting policy interventions in the Czech Republic to answer general questions about criminal deterrence</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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