Estimating the effect of air pollution on road safety using atmospheric temperature inversions

• Published in: Journal of environmental economics and management Vol. 98; p. 102250
• Main Author: Sager, Lutz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Air pollution; Road safety; Traffic accidents; Air pollution; Traffic accidents; Road safety

Does air quality influence road safety? We estimate the effect of increased air pollution on the number of road traffic accidents in the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2014. To address concerns of spurious correlation we exploit atmospheric temperature inversions as a source of plausibly exogenous...