A review of the effect of traffic and weather characteristics on road safety

A Theofilatos, G Yannis - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2014 - Elsevier
Taking into consideration the increasing availability of real-time traffic data and stimulated by
the importance of proactive safety management, this paper attempts to provide a review of …

The impact of climate change and weather on transport: An overview of empirical findings

MJ Koetse, P Rietveld - Transportation Research Part D: Transport and …, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper presents a survey of the empirical literature on the effects of climate change and
weather conditions on the transport sector. Despite mixed evidence on many issues, several …

[HTML][HTML] Accident risk of road and weather conditions on different road types

F Malin, I Norros, S Innamaa - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2019 - Elsevier
This study was designed to investigate the relative accident risk of different road weather
conditions and combinations of conditions. The study applied a recently developed method …

Extreme weather events, mortality, and migration

O Deschenes, E Moretti - The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2009 - direct.mit.edu
We estimate the effect of extreme weather on life expectancy in the United States. Using
high-frequency data, we find that both extreme heat and cold result in immediate increases …

Climate change, humidity, and mortality in the United States

AI Barreca - Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2012 - Elsevier
This paper estimates the effects of humidity and temperature on mortality rates in the United
States (c. 1973–2002) in order to provide an insight into the potential health impacts of …

Whether weather matters to traffic demand, traffic safety, and traffic operations and flow

TH Maze, M Agarwal… - Transportation research …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Weather affects many aspects of transportation, but three dimensions of weather impact on
highway traffic are predominant and measureable. Inclement weather affects traffic demand …

Future changes in Northern Hemisphere snowfall

JP Krasting, AJ Broccoli, KW Dixon… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Using simulations performed with 18 coupled atmosphere–ocean global climate models
from phase 5 of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5), projections of the …

Effects of adverse weather on traffic crashes: systematic review and meta-analysis

L Qiu, WA Nixon - Transportation Research Record, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Adverse weather obviously has an impact on vehicle crash rates on roads and highways.
However, it would be valuable to quantify the extent to which weather conditions affect the …

The effects of road-surface conditions, age, and gender on driver-injury severities

A Morgan, FL Mannering - Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2011 - Elsevier
Drivers' adaptation to weather-induced changes in roadway-surface conditions is a complex
process that can potentially be influenced by many factors including age and gender. Using …

Temperature extremes and health: impacts of climate variability and change in the United States

MS O'Neill, KL Ebi - Journal of Occupational and Environmental …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Objective: We evaluated temperature-related morbidity and mortality for the 2007 US
national assessment on impacts of climate change and variability on human health …