Leonard Evans
Biographic Data
| ID | 6060976 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Leonard Evans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Leonard |
| FAMILY NAME | Evans |
| SIGNATURE | EVANS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | General Motors (United States) |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2150-6011 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 12 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Traffic Fatality Reductions
Objectives. I compared US traffic fatality trends with those in 25 other countries. Methods. I have introduced a new measure for comparing safety in different countries: traffic deaths in a specific year relative to largest annual number recorded. I used only data from the International Road Traffic Accident Database. Results. The United States is a unique outlier. Fatalities in all 25 other countries declined further after reaching their maximum…
Twenty Thousand More Americans Killed Annually Because US Traffic-Safety Policy Rejects Science
Death in Traffic
More than a million people are killed on the world's roads annually. Injuries vastly outnumber deaths. The victims are overwhelmingly young and healthy prior to their crashes. This harm flows from many decisions made at many levels, from the individual road user to top government and industry leaders. While the decisions are steeped in a host of ethical questions, the ethical questions are almost universally ignored. This paper raises ethical iss…
Public Policies Determine Traffic Deaths and Fuel Use
The purpose of this letter is not to dispute or endorse Robertson’s1 detailed findings, but to question their relevance. As documented in my book Traffic Safety,2 vehicle characteristics are not central to either safety or fuel use. The relative unimportance of vehicles to safety is revealed by comparing fatality time trends in different countries.2(381–388) From 1979 through 2002, Britain, Canada, and Australia reduced fatalities by an average o…
Evans Responds
A New Traffic Safety Vision for the United States
Although the tragic events of September 11, 2001, are indelibly burnished into America’s consciousness, the equally tragic events of October 2001, November 2001, December 2001, January 2002, and all subsequent months attract little public note. In a typical month, more Americans are killed on our roads than were killed by the terrorists, If we could stimulate new approaches to the problems of risk in road traffic as we did about airline security …
Evans Responds
Evans Responds Leonard Evans L FisherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.5.872 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Car mass and fatality risk
OBJECTIVES. The finding that the relative safety disadvantage of small compared with large cars is less for post-1980 cars than for pre-1980 cars has stimulated speculation that increasing fuel economy standards would increase fatalities less than previously expected. Fatal crashes between two cars of similar model year were examined to see whether this would be the case. METHODS. Driver fatality risk in relation to car mass was examined with Fat…
Evans Responds
Evans Responds Leonard Evans CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.5.769-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Traffic Safety and the Driver
Car size or car mass
OBJECTIVES. Proposed increases in corporate average fuel economy standards would probably lead to lighter cars. Well-established relationships between occupant risk and car mass predict consequent additional casualties. However, if size, not mass, is the causative factor in these relationships, then decreasing car mass need not increase risk. This study examines whether mass or size is the causative factor. METHODS. Data from the Fatal Accident R…
Seating position in cars and fatality risk
Fatality risk in passenger cars according to seating position (front versus rear; left versus center or right) was examined using Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) data for 1975 through 1985. Comparing the fatality risk of unrestrained occupants matched in sex and age (within three years) revealed effects attributable to seating position, and not to occupant characteristics correlated with use of different seats. Fatality risk to drivers was…
Car size or car mass
OBJECTIVES. Proposed increases in corporate average fuel economy standards would probably lead to lighter cars. Well-established relationships between occupant risk and car mass predict consequent additional casualties. However, if size, not mass, is the causative factor in these relationships, then decreasing car mass need not increase risk. This study examines whether mass or size is the causative factor. METHODS. Data from the Fatal Accident R…
Traffic Fatality Reductions
Objectives. I compared US traffic fatality trends with those in 25 other countries. Methods. I have introduced a new measure for comparing safety in different countries: traffic deaths in a specific year relative to largest annual number recorded. I used only data from the International Road Traffic Accident Database. Results. The United States is a unique outlier. Fatalities in all 25 other countries declined further after reaching their maximum…
A New Traffic Safety Vision for the United States
Although the tragic events of September 11, 2001, are indelibly burnished into America’s consciousness, the equally tragic events of October 2001, November 2001, December 2001, January 2002, and all subsequent months attract little public note. In a typical month, more Americans are killed on our roads than were killed by the terrorists, If we could stimulate new approaches to the problems of risk in road traffic as we did about airline security …
Twenty Thousand More Americans Killed Annually Because US Traffic-Safety Policy Rejects Science
Seating position in cars and fatality risk
Fatality risk in passenger cars according to seating position (front versus rear; left versus center or right) was examined using Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) data for 1975 through 1985. Comparing the fatality risk of unrestrained occupants matched in sex and age (within three years) revealed effects attributable to seating position, and not to occupant characteristics correlated with use of different seats. Fatality risk to drivers was…
Evans Responds
Evans Responds Leonard Evans L FisherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.5.872 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Car mass and fatality risk
OBJECTIVES. The finding that the relative safety disadvantage of small compared with large cars is less for post-1980 cars than for pre-1980 cars has stimulated speculation that increasing fuel economy standards would increase fatalities less than previously expected. Fatal crashes between two cars of similar model year were examined to see whether this would be the case. METHODS. Driver fatality risk in relation to car mass was examined with Fat…
Evans Responds
Evans Responds Leonard Evans CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.5.769-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Seating position in cars and fatality risk
Fatality risk in passenger cars according to seating position (front versus rear; left versus center or right) was examined using Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) data for 1975 through 1985. Comparing the fatality risk of unrestrained occupants matched in sex and age (within three years) revealed effects attributable to seating position, and not to occupant characteristics correlated with use of different seats. Fatality risk to drivers was…
Traffic Safety and the Driver
Car size or car mass
OBJECTIVES. Proposed increases in corporate average fuel economy standards would probably lead to lighter cars. Well-established relationships between occupant risk and car mass predict consequent additional casualties. However, if size, not mass, is the causative factor in these relationships, then decreasing car mass need not increase risk. This study examines whether mass or size is the causative factor. METHODS. Data from the Fatal Accident R…
Evans Responds
Evans Responds Leonard Evans CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.83.5.769-a Published Online: October 07, 2011
Car mass and fatality risk
OBJECTIVES. The finding that the relative safety disadvantage of small compared with large cars is less for post-1980 cars than for pre-1980 cars has stimulated speculation that increasing fuel economy standards would increase fatalities less than previously expected. Fatal crashes between two cars of similar model year were examined to see whether this would be the case. METHODS. Driver fatality risk in relation to car mass was examined with Fat…
Evans Responds
Evans Responds Leonard Evans L FisherCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.87.5.872 Published Online: October 07, 2011
A New Traffic Safety Vision for the United States
Although the tragic events of September 11, 2001, are indelibly burnished into America’s consciousness, the equally tragic events of October 2001, November 2001, December 2001, January 2002, and all subsequent months attract little public note. In a typical month, more Americans are killed on our roads than were killed by the terrorists, If we could stimulate new approaches to the problems of risk in road traffic as we did about airline security …
Evans Responds
Public Policies Determine Traffic Deaths and Fuel Use
The purpose of this letter is not to dispute or endorse Robertson’s1 detailed findings, but to question their relevance. As documented in my book Traffic Safety,2 vehicle characteristics are not central to either safety or fuel use. The relative unimportance of vehicles to safety is revealed by comparing fatality time trends in different countries.2(381–388) From 1979 through 2002, Britain, Canada, and Australia reduced fatalities by an average o…
Death in Traffic
More than a million people are killed on the world's roads annually. Injuries vastly outnumber deaths. The victims are overwhelmingly young and healthy prior to their crashes. This harm flows from many decisions made at many levels, from the individual road user to top government and industry leaders. While the decisions are steeped in a host of ethical questions, the ethical questions are almost universally ignored. This paper raises ethical iss…
Traffic Fatality Reductions
Objectives. I compared US traffic fatality trends with those in 25 other countries. Methods. I have introduced a new measure for comparing safety in different countries: traffic deaths in a specific year relative to largest annual number recorded. I used only data from the International Road Traffic Accident Database. Results. The United States is a unique outlier. Fatalities in all 25 other countries declined further after reaching their maximum…
Twenty Thousand More Americans Killed Annually Because US Traffic-Safety Policy Rejects Science
Medicine (9 works) · Demography (7 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Traffic and Road Safety (7 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Injury prevention (3 works) · Occupational safety and health (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Suicide prevention (3 works)