Motor Vehicle Inspection and Accident Mortality: A Reexamination: ABSTRACT

The relationship of motor vehicle inspection to accident mortality is examined using a multiple regression model. Three inspection schemes are explicitly consid-ered: periodic, random, and no inspection. The fatality rate model indicates that both random and periodic schemes are effective in reducing fatality rates when compared to states with no inspection. Random inspection appears to be the more effective of the two systems. Although tentative in nature, the results of benefit-cost calculations provide additional confirmation of the greater effectiveness of the random system.