JavaScriptFarmers Insurance has finished a preliminary study on driver mortality rates in multi-vehicle accidents using 2006 fatal data recently released by the United States Department of Transportation.
The study uses a logistic econometric model with forty-one variables to analyze the probability of a driver's death in an accident, including safety features, location and time of the accident, and driver demographics.
"Once again, we find strong statistical evidence that seat belts remain the most important protection for the driver," said Kevin Mabe, economist at Farmers in a release. "We found that when a driver used a seat belt, the odds of a fatality dropped nearly 70% compared to a driver who did not."
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