artículo
On the joint valuation of averting fatal and severe injuries in highway accidents
Fecha
2005Registro en:
10.1016/j.jsr.2005.07.003
1879-1247
0022-4375
MEDLINE:16216275
WOS:000233149000009
Autor
Hojman, P
Ortuzar, JD
Rizzi, LI
Institución
Resumen
Introduction: To evaluate the benefits of road transport safety projects, planners need the monetary value of averting fatal and severe injuries. Usually, contingent valuation and risk-risk studies have been used. The contexts posed by both survey techniques do not represent the choice situation a driver faces when having to choose among alternative routes with different levels of safety. Method: We set up a stated choice web page survey in which individuals had to choose between two routes for a hypothetical trip between two cities; thus implicitly revealing their preferences for safety both in terms of reducing the number of fatal victims and of severely injured victims. Results: For Chilean routes we were able to estimate approximate values of US$300,000 and US$140,000 for a reduction in one fatality and one severely injured victim, respectively. Impacts: Our evidence could be valuable for road planners in other developing nations. (c) 2005 National Safety Council and Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.