RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 Effects of economic recession on road safety indexes A1 Rojo Arce, Marta A1 Gonzalo Orden, Hernán A1 Linares Unamunzaga, Alaitz A1 Dell'Olio, Luigi K1 road safety K1 transport planning K1 Comunicaciones K1 Communication and traffic K1 Vías terrestres K1 Roads AB During the last years, the investment in both construction and conservation of transport infrastructures has been considerably reduced in several countries, as Spain. After a number of years in which economic circumstances have forced Governments to reduce budgets earmarked for the maintenance and creation of new ways, it is interesting to analyze whether this has taken a toll on accident rates.The paper evaluates if there are significant changes in the road safety through these years in Spain, comparing the annual statistics concerning investment in infrastructure and accidents. Thus, the classical risk, mortality and severity indexes have been analyzed to understand their real trends. Finally, through linear regression techniques, it is shown how these trends are related to the budgets invested each year, in order to draw interesting conclusions about the effect of their reduction. PB Elsevier SN 2352-1465 YR 2016 FD 2016 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5832 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5832 LA eng NO XII Conference on Transport Engineering, CIT 2016, 7-9 june 2016, Valencia, Spain DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos RD 25-abr-2024