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This paper explores the safety implications of the use of company cars. It focuses on a case study in Israel, which shows a massive growth in the extent of company car use in recent years, and where currently more than 50% of new passenger cars are registered as company cars. A review of the passenger car market, and a survey of 400 employees who use company cars and 230 employees who do not have company cars and use their privately owned passenger cars, were used to shed light on the safety implications of the company car phenomena. The results clearly indicate that company cars have a significant negative impact on both travel behavior as well as safety. Company car arrangements result in significant extra mileage, they are installed with less safety features than privately owned cars, and drivers of company cars tend to exhibit less safe driving characteristics. Company car drivers were also found to be more involved in road crashes compared to drivers who do not have a company car.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABE50 Transportation Demand Management

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12-3577

English

19p

2012

Transportation Research Board 91st Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Automobile ownership; Automobile travel; High risk drivers; Highway safety; Traffic crashes; Travel behavior; Vehicle miles of travel; Vehicle safety

Company vehicles

Israel

Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2012 Paper #12-3577

TRIS, TRB

Feb 8 2012 5:17PM