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High Ambient Temperatures and Risk of Motor Vehicle Crashes in Catalonia, Spain (2000–2011): A Time-Series Analysis
Author(s) -
Xavier Basagaña,
Juan Pablo Escalera-Antezana,
Payam Dadvand,
Òscar Llatje,
Jose BarreraGómez,
Jordi Cunillera,
Mercedes Medina-Ramón,
Katherine Pérez
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1409223
Subject(s) - poisson regression , confidence interval , poison control , injury prevention , context (archaeology) , environmental science , occupational safety and health , motor vehicle crash , demography , crash , medicine , statistics , environmental health , mathematics , population , geography , computer science , archaeology , pathology , sociology , programming language
Experimental studies have shown a decrease in driving performance at high temperatures. The epidemiological evidence for the relationship between heat and motor vehicle crashes is not consistent.

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