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The Law and Economics of Traffic Accidents in Japan

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  • Koichi Hamada

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Automobile accidents have kept on increasing year after year in postwar Japan as motorization has continued to progress. Though the annual totals of deaths and injuries reached a peak in 1970 and then started to decline (see Table 1), the National Police Agency reported 7.6 deaths per 100,000 of population and 516 injuries in automobile accidents during 1975. (It may be noted that the number of deaths tends to be underestimated by by the police.) Compared to other countries, Japan's automobile death rate per 100,000 of population is not particularly high. The number of deaths per 10,000 cars in Japan exceeded the numbers in other countries in 1970 but came closer to the latter in 1973 (see Table 2). Of automobile accidents by type, deaths of pedestrians and cyclists comprise 48 per cent of all deaths, in contrast to only 19 percent in the United States (see Table 3). (1) Needless to say, the distressing increase of traffic accidents is raising numerous social problems. (2)

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  • Koichi Hamada, 1980. "The Law and Economics of Traffic Accidents in Japan," Japanese Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 8(3), pages 67-94.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:jpneco:v:8:y:1980:i:3:p:67-94
    DOI: 10.2753/JES1097-203X080367
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