ArticleAmerican journal of public health2009
Long-term effects of repealing the national maximum speed limit in the United States.
Article in American journal of public health, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Factors Associated with Pediatric Mortality from Motor Vehicle Crashes in the United States: A State-Based Analysis.The Journal of pediatrics · 2017Article
- Lighting and marking policies are associated with reduced farm equipment-related crash rates: a policy analysis of nine Midwestern US states.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2016Article
- Temporal trends in motor vehicle fatalities in the United States, 1968 to 2010 - a joinpoint regression analysis.Injury epidemiology · 2015Article
- Share of mass transit miles traveled and reduced motor vehicle fatalities in major cities of the United States.Journal of urban health : bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine · 2014Article
- Toward an effective long-term strategy for preventing motor vehicle crashes and injuries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Review
- Medical interventions to reduce motor vehicle collisions.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2014Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the long-term effects of the 1995 repeal of federal speed limit controls on road fatalities and injuries in fatal crashes.
methodsWe used a Poisson mixed-regression model to assess changes in the number of fatalities and injuries in fatal crashes between 1995 and 2005 on rural interstates, where all US states have raised speed limits since the repeal, as well as on urban interstates and noninterstate roads, where many states have raised speed limits.
resultsWe found a 3.2% increase in road fatalities attributable to the raised speed limits on all road types in the United States. The highest increases were on rural interstates (9.1%) and urban interstates (4.0%). We estimated that 12 545 deaths (95% confidence interval [CI] = 8739, 16 352) and 36 583 injuries in fatal crashes (95% CI = 29 322, 43 844) were attributable to increases in speed limits across the United States.
conclusionsReduced speed limits and improved enforcement with speed camera networks could immediately reduce speeds and save lives, in addition to reducing gas consumption, cutting emissions of air pollutants, saving valuable years of productivity, and reducing the cost of motor vehicle crashes.
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