TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Rapid assessment of road safety policy change: relaxation of the national speed enforcement law in Russia leads to large increases in the prevalence of speeding
JO  - Injury prevention
A1  - Bhalla, Kavi S.
A1  - Paichadze, Nino
A1  - Gupta, Shivam
A1  - Kliavin, Vladimir
A1  - Gritsenko, Elena
A1  - Bishai, David M.
A1  - Hyder, Adnan Ali
SP  - 53
EP  - 56
VL  - 21
IS  - 1
N2  - Reducing vehicle speed is among the most effective road safety strategies. We assess how a new policy in Russia that eliminates fines for driving up to 20 km/h above the speed limit has affected the prevalence of speeding. We measured speeds periodically in 13 districts of two Russian regions during 2011-2013 and analysed the effect of the policy using difference-in-differences to control for seasonality. We find that the prevalence of speeding was declining steadily but half of the gains since mid-2011 were lost immediately after the new policy. Overall speeding increased significantly by 13 percentage points (pp, 95% CI 4 to 19). Speeding more than 10 km/h above the limit increased significantly by 10 pp (95% CI 2 to 12), and extreme speeding increased but not significantly (1.7 pp, 95% CI -1.1 to 4.5). Road traffic injuries will likely increase in Russia unless speeding fines are reinstated.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1353-8047
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2014-041189
ID  - ref1
ER  -