Changes in road safety following regional administrative reforms in Norway

IF 5.7 1区工程技术 Q1 ERGONOMICS

Accident; analysis and prevention Pub Date : 2025-02-17 DOI:10.1016/j.aap.2025.107969

Rune Elvik , Tor-Olav Nævestad , Jenny Blom , Lars Even Egner , Vibeke Milch , Markus Bugge , Håkon Endresen Normann , Erland Skogli

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Abstract

A reform of regional government in Norway was implemented on January 1, 2020. The management of county roads was transferred from the National Public Roads Administration to the counties. The number of counties was reduced from 19 to 11. In 2022 it was decided to split some of the counties that were merged in 2020, and the number of counties increased to 15 from January 1, 2024. This paper studies whether these reforms were associated with changes in the number of injured road users on county roads. Four counties and the city of Oslo were included in the study. The city of Oslo was not affected by the reforms in 2020 and 2024. The other counties were affected either by: (1) Transfer of the management of county roads only (one county); (2) transfer of the management of county roads and merger with another county (one county); or (3) transfer of the management of county roads and merger with another county, followed by splitting up the merged counties (two counties). A before-and-after study with comparison group using county roads as treated group and other public roads as comparison group, and 2010–2019 as before-period and 2020–2023 as after-period found very small changes in the number of injured road users. Trends established during 2010–2019 continued almost unchanged after 2020. It is concluded that the regional administrative reforms were not associated with any detectable changes in road safety in the counties included in the study.

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Accident; analysis and prevention Multiple-

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11.90

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16.90%

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264

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48 days

期刊介绍： Accident Analysis & Prevention provides wide coverage of the general areas relating to accidental injury and damage, including the pre-injury and immediate post-injury phases. Published papers deal with medical, legal, economic, educational, behavioral, theoretical or empirical aspects of transportation accidents, as well as with accidents at other sites. Selected topics within the scope of the Journal may include: studies of human, environmental and vehicular factors influencing the occurrence, type and severity of accidents and injury; the design, implementation and evaluation of countermeasures; biomechanics of impact and human tolerance limits to injury; modelling and statistical analysis of accident data; policy, planning and decision-making in safety.