Journal article
Road-accident data: interpreting the British experience with particular reference to the risk homoeostasis theory
Abstract
Wilde (1984) recently defended the risk homoeostasis theory, which predicts that conventional (non-motivational) safety measures will fail to reduce the accident rate per unit time of exposure in an activity. Support for RHT was claimed from an analysis of U.S. road accident data. However, there were problems with Wilde's analysis, which are outlined. British road-accident data, comparable with the U.S. data used by Wilde, are analysed, showing …
Authors
SHANNON HS
Journal
Ergonomics, Vol. 29, No. 8, pp. 1005–1015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
August 1986
DOI
10.1080/00140138608967214
ISSN
0014-0139