TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The impact of drivers' short-term exposure to air pollution on traffic deaths
JO  - Environmental science and pollution research international
A1  - Shi, Daqian
A1  - Liu, Ziwei
A1  - Fu, Jie
A1  - Yu, Hongwei
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Air pollution may decrease drivers' driving performance thus leading to traffic accidents, but this impact is almost ignored in existing literature. We investigate the short-term effect of air pollution on traffic deaths using the high-dimensional fixed effect model and instrument variable method based on the daily-city panel data in China from 2013 to 2018. The results show that drivers' short-term exposure to air pollution significantly increases the number of traffic deaths. For every 1 ug/m(3) increase of PM2.5 concentration each day, the daily number of traffic deaths will increase by 0.64%. The impacts of air pollution on traffic deaths can last for 2 days. We also find that impact varies from different driver groups.The male, the young (age under 22), the elderly (age over 60), and the two-wheeler drivers are more vulnerable. Worse air pollution may associate with more bad driving behaviors and less good manners. In this article, we reveal a new factor that leads to traffic deaths, i.e., air pollution, and we also put forward some prevention strategies which may provide policy references for traffic safety.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0944-1344
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-20230-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -