TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Estimation of traffic accident costs: a prompted model
JO  - International journal of injury control and safety promotion
A1  - Hejazi, Rokhshad
A1  - Shamsudin, Mad Nasir
A1  - Radam, Alias
A1  - Rahim, Khalid Abdul
A1  - Ibrahim, Zelina Zaitun
A1  - Yazdani, Saeed
SP  - 152
EP  - 157
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - Traffic accidents are the reason for 25% of unnatural deaths in Iran. The main objective of this study is to find a simple model for the estimation of economic costs especially in Islamic countries (like Iran) in a straightforward manner. The model can show the magnitude of traffic accident costs with monetary equivalent. Data were collected from different sources that included traffic police records, insurance companies and hospitals. The conceptual framework, in our study, was based on the method of Ayati. He used this method for the estimation of economic costs in Iran. We promoted his method via minimum variables. Our final model has only three available variables which can be taken from insurance companies and police records. The running model showed that the traffic accident costs were US$2.2 million in 2007 for our case study route.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1745-7300
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2012.720578
ID  - ref1
ER  -