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Comprehensive road safety legislation and road traffic death rates across countries

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  • Polanía, Libardo Ramón
  • l.ramon@udla.edu.co
  • Alfaro Rodríguez, Ana Paulina
  • paulina.alfaro@uas.edu.mx
  • Suárez, Yasniel Sánchez
  • yasnielsanchez9707@gmail.com

Abstract

Introduction: Road traffic injuries kill more than one million people every year, and comprehensive national legislation is a core preventive strategy, but cross-national evidence adjusted for income and motorization is scarce. Methods: This cross-sectional ecological study linked WHO road safety legislation indicators from the 2018 Global status report on road safety round with road traffic death rates, gross domestic product per capita and registered vehicles per 1,000 people around 2016. A comprehensive legislation score (0 to 5) counted laws meeting best-practice criteria for speed, drink-driving, helmets, seat-belts and child restraints, and linear regression of the log death rate was adjusted for income and motorization. Results: Among 113 countries the median road traffic death rate was 13.70 per 100,000. Each additional comprehensive law was associated with a −0.29 change in log death rate without adjustment and −0.09 (95% CI −0.17 to −0.01) after adjustment, equivalent to −8.7% lower mortality per additional law. Conclusions: More comprehensive national road safety legislation is associated with lower road traffic death rates independently of income and motorization, although income remains the strongest correlate.

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  • Polanía, Libardo Ramón & l.ramon@udla.edu.co & Alfaro Rodríguez, Ana Paulina & paulina.alfaro@uas.edu.mx & Suárez, Yasniel Sánchez & yasnielsanchez9707@gmail.com, 2026. "Comprehensive road safety legislation and road traffic death rates across countries," SAP Transport, Mobility & Society, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:tmsart:tms2026317
    DOI: 10.62486/tms2026317
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