Blar i Transportøkonomisk institutt på forfatter "Elvik, Rune"
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Car drivers' valuation of landslide risk reductions
Flugel, Stefan Markus; Rizzi, Luis I.; Veisten, Knut; Elvik, Rune; Ortuzar, Juan De Dios (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015-02-28)Approximately one car occupant per year is killed as a result of landslides or avalanches in Norway, compared to 150–200 fatalities due to accidents. Still, protection from landslides is a major transport safety issue, ... -
Challenges of improving safety in very safe transport systems
Elvik, Rune; Voll, Nils Gaute (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-11-30)This paper discusses some challenges that may arise when trying to improve safety in systems that are already very safe. Railways in Norway are used as a case of a very safe transport system. The following challenges in ... -
Changes over time in the relationship between road accidents and factors influencing them: The case of Norway
Elvik, Rune; Høye, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-01-30)This paper compares the results found in successive accident prediction models developed at the national level for Norway. Over time, the models have become more comprehensive in terms of the roads and the variables included ... -
A comparative analysis of accident modification functions for traffic law enforcement
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-30)Traffic law enforcement is a road safety measure whose effects on accidents or injuries is best described by means of a function rather than a point estimate. An informative function should comprise both increases and ... -
Corrigendum to: “Publication bias and time-trend bias in meta-analysis of bicycle helmet efficacy: A re-analysis of Attewell, Glase and McFadden, 2001” [Accid. Anal. Prev. 43 (2011) 1245–1251]
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012-12-23)This paper is a corrigendum to the previously published paper: “Publication bias and time-trend bias in meta-analysis of bicycle helmet efficacy: A re-analysis of Attewell, Glase and McFadden, 2001” [Accid. Anal. Prev. ... -
Cost-benefit analysis of incentive systems rewarding compliance with speed limits
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014-12-23)The paper presents a cost–benefit analysis of schemes rewarding drivers for not speeding. Three levels of the reward were defined: €20 per year, €300 per year, and €1,200 per year (corresponds to US$26, US$396, and US$1,586 ... -
Costs related to serious road injuries: a European perspective
Schoeters, Annelies; Wijnen, Wim; Carnis, Laurent; Weijermars, Wendy; Elvik, Rune; Daniels, Stijn; Johannsen, Heiko (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-10-29)Introduction: Costs related to road crashes represent an important societal burden. Additionally they constitute an essential input variable to assess the cost efficiency of road safety measures. While most attention is ... -
Crash risk on entrance versus exit zones of road bridges in Norway
Sagberg, Fridulv; Elvik, Rune; Langeland, Per Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-08-09)Using data from the national register of police-reported crashes and from the bridge register of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration, we estimated rates of single-vehicle crashes on road sections adjacent to road ... -
The demand for automated vehicles: A synthesis of willingness-to-pay surveys
Elvik, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-30)This paper synthesises the findings of surveys of consumer willingness-to-pay for vehicle automation. Some studies report only mean or median estimates of willingness-to-pay for vehicle automation. Other studies provide ... -
Democracy, governance, and road safety
Elvik, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-07)Countries scoring high on the Democracy Index developed by The Economist Intelligence Unit have fewer traffic fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants than countries scoring low on this index. The statistical relationship between ... -
Do we know why the number of traffic fatalities is declining? If not, can we find out?
Elvik, Rune; Høye, Alena (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-06-07)The number of traffic fatalities has declined by 80-90 % from the all-time peak number in many highly motorized countries. It would be of great interest to identify factors that explain this decline. Unfortunately, this ... -
Does a tow-bar increase the risk of neck injury in rear-end collisions?
Olesen, Anne Vingaard; Elvik, Rune; Andersen, C.S.; Lahrmann, H. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-03-09)Does a tow-bar increase the risk of neck injury in the struck car in a rear-end collision? The rear part of a modern car has collision zones that are rendered nonoperational when the car is equipped with a tow-bar. Past ... -
Does empirical evidence support the effectiveness of the Safe System approach to road safety management?
Elvik, Rune; Nævestad, Tor-Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-07-19)The objective of this paper is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Safe System approach to road safety management, as implemented in Norway. The paper proposes simple operational definitions of key elements of the Safe ... -
Does the influence of risk factors on accident occurrence change over time?
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-11)A large number of studies have been made to assess the relationship between risk factors and accident occurrence. A risk factor is any factor that makes an accident more likely to occur. Very many risk factors have been ... -
Does valuation research provide a credible basis for cost-benefit analysis of safety measures?
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-12-14)Many studies have been made to obtain a monetary valuation of reduced risk of death, usually given as the value of a statistical life (VSL), which is a reduction in risk corresponding to the prevention of one fatality. ... -
Driver mileage and accident involvement: A synthesis of evidence
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-14)The relationship between driver mileage and accident involvement has been a controversial topic for at least 20 years. The key issue is whether driver accident involvement rate increases in proportion to miles driven or ... -
Effects on accidents of changes in the use of studded tyres in major cities in Norway: A long-term investigation
Elvik, Rune; Fridstrøm, Lasse; Kaminska, Joanna; Meyer, Sunniva Frislid (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013-02-12)This paper reports the findings of two studies made eleven years apart in Norway (Fridstrøm, 2000, Elvik and Kaminska, 2011) to evaluate effects on accidents of changes in the use of studded tyres in major cities in Norway. ... -
Effects on accidents of police checks of drivers of heavy goods vehicles in Norway
Elvik, Rune; Pasnin, Live Tanum; Nævestad, Tor-Olav (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-22)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 ... -
Effects on accidents of technical inspections of heavy goods vehicles in Norway: A re-analysis and a replication
Elvik, Rune (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-04)Introduction: This paper presents a re-analysis of a previous study of the effects on accidents of technical inspections of heavy vehicles in Norway and a replication of the study using more recent data. Method: Increasing ... -
Estimating Safety Outcomes of Increased Organisational Safety Management in Trucking Companies
Nævestad, Tor-Olav; Phillips, Ross Owen; Hovi, Inger Beate; Jordbakke, Guri Natalie; Elvik, Rune (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-05-06)The present study investigated possible consequences for the number of killed and seriously injured (KSI) in traffic if trucking companies in Norway introduced the organisational safety management (OSM) measures in the ...