TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway
JO  - Transportation research interdisciplinary perspectives
A1  - Elvik, Rune
A1  - Tanum Pasnin, Live
A1  - Nævestad, Tor-Olav
SP  - e100606
EP  - e100606
VL  - 14
IS  - 
N2  - During the period from 2007 to 2019, the number of drivers of heavy goods vehicles checked by the traffic police in Norway varied substantially. It declined during the first years of the period, then increased. This paper studies where there is an association between these variations and annual changes in the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles. A negative relationship is found: the more drivers checked, the fewer accidents. The relationship can be described by means of a dose-response function. The function indicates that when the number of drivers checked by the police is reduced by 50%, one may expect the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles to increase by 7.5%. A 50% increase in the number of drivers checked will be associated with a 3.5% reduction in the number of accidents, and a 150% increase in the number of drivers checked will be associated with an 8.6% reduction in the number of accidents.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2590-1982
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2022.100606
ID  - ref1
ER  -