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Road Safety in China

Key Facts, Risk Analysis, Policy Impacts in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau

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Editors:
  1. Guangnan Zhang

    1. Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and Pearl River Delta, Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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  2. Qiaoting Zhong

    1. Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and Pearl River Delta, Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

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  • Provides key facts about road safety in China

  • Analyzes the risk factors affecting traffic violations and traffic injuries

  • Studies road safety policies and practices in the Guangdong

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Road Traffic Safety in China: Status Quo, Existing Achievements, and Challenges

    • Guangnan Zhang, Qiaoting Zhong, Yinchang Fu, Ying Tan
    Pages 1-9

  3. Typical Characteristics of Road Traffic Safety Management in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao

    • Guangnan Zhang, Ying Tan, Qiaoting Zhong, Yinchang Fu
    Pages 11-17

  5. Risk Factor Analysis: Traffic Accidents, Traffic Violations and Related Severities in Guangdong Province of China

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
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    2. Traffic Violations in Guangdong Province of China: Speeding and Drunk Driving

      • Guangnan Zhang, Kelvin K. W. Yau, Xiangpu Gong
      Pages 55-78

    3. Risk Factors Associated with Accident Severity in China: Speeding- and Drunk Driving- Related

      • Qiaoting Zhong, Qingxuan Yang, Ge Yang, Guangnan Zhang
      Pages 79-94

    4. Overloading Among Crash-Involved Vehicles in China: Identification of Factors Associated with Overloading and Crash Severity

      • Guangnan Zhang, Yanyan Li, Mark J. King, Qiaoting Zhong
      Pages 95-120

    5. Factors Influencing Traffic Signal Violations and Related Severities by Car Drivers, Cyclists, and Pedestrians: A Case Study from Guangdong, China

      • Guangnan Zhang, Ying Tan, Rong-Chang Jou
      Pages 121-140

    6. The Moral Hazard of Compulsory Automobile Liability Insurance: An Empirical Study on Traffic Accidents in the Pearl River Delta Area

      • Xiangpu Gong, Guangnan Zhang
      Pages 141-171

  6. Road Safety Policies and Practices in China

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Research on Road Safety Policy in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area

      • Ying Tan, Yuan Zhang, Qiaoting Zhong, Guangnan Zhang, Yinchang Fu
      Pages 175-205
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About this book

This book presents comprehensive research and analyses on road traffic safety in China, discussing individual, vehicle, road and environmental factors to improve road safety in the country. It also sheds light on the development of similar (adjusted) measures to reduce traffic violations and/or accident fatalities and injuries, and to promote road safety in other countries and regions. As such, it is a valuable resource for anyone wanting to understand the characteristics and patterns of road traffic safety, the risk factors affecting traffic violations and traffic injuries, as well as road safety policies and practices in China. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Studies of Hong Kong, Macao and Pearl River Delta, Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China

    Guangnan Zhang, Qiaoting Zhong

About the editors

Guangnan Zhang is Professor at the Center for Studies of Hong Kong,Macao and Pearl River Delta, Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Adjunct Professor of The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong; Visiting Scholar at Columbia University (USA) and Waseda University (Japan); President of Guangzhou-Hong Kong-Macao Regional Development Association, China.


Qiaoting Zhong is Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Development Studies, Sun Yat-sen University, China; Visiting Scholar at Imperial College London (UK) and University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands).


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Road Safety in China

  • Book Subtitle: Key Facts, Risk Analysis, Policy Impacts in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau

  • Editors: Guangnan Zhang, Qiaoting Zhong

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0701-1

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0700-4Published: 13 April 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-0703-5Published: 14 April 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-0701-1Published: 12 April 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 186

  • Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Landscape/Regional and Urban Planning, Public Health

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