Article
Ranking and Selection of Motor Carrier Safety Performance by Commodity
Economics - All Scholarship
Document Type
Article
Date
11-1-2004
Keywords
- Transportation,
- Trucks,
- Accidents,
- Segment Comparisons
Disciplines
Description/Abstract
We use recent safety performance data to rank US motor carrier commodity segments (e.g., Tank segment or Produce segment) in terms of several driver-related, vehicle-related, and crash-related safety measures. Ranking and selection inference techniques are used to determine the best and worst performing commodity segments at the 95% confidence level. The results are mixed, however the Passenger segment is generally best, while the Produce, Intermodal, and Refrigerated segments tend to be worst.
Source
local input
Creative Commons License
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0
Citation Information
William C Horrace and Thomas P Keane. "Ranking and Selection of Motor Carrier Safety Performance by Commodity" (2004) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/horrace/15/