Assessing Road Users’ Accidental Risk – A Case Study on Kolkata City
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Economics, Business and Management - Year 2015, Vol 2, Issue 2
Abstract
The present study assesses the road users’ accidental risk in Kolkata. In other words, this study examines the all road users’ and pedestrians accidental risks with probabilities for the period between 2009 and 2012. Road accidents have been enlarged extensively in Kolkata City owing to the remarkable growth of urban populations and the number of motor vehicles. This study is based on secondary data obtained from Kolkata Traffic Police Reviews and the analysis has been made with the application of statistical tests. The empirical results indicate that the degree of accidental risk for all road users’ and pedestrians have been fluctuated under study and at the same time the risk is different for unlike kinds of motor vehicles. Keywords: Road accidents, all road users’, pedestrians, accidental risk, motor vehicles, Kolkata. JEL Codes: I00, I1, I3, M1
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Tarun Kumar Sarkar, Dr. Amalendu Bhunia
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