Table 2

 ARIMA time series intervention models for killed, serious injuries and case-fatality rates (CFRs) between 1988–1999. On November 1993 the legal speed limit was changed from 90 kph to 100 kph

Road TypeVariableModel*Parameter (Lag)†Parameter Estimatet-value‡
*Models: Intervention models involving a step function were observed for all models. There was no evidence within any of the models to support a significant pulse function or decay effect.
†INTV: Intervention occurred on November 1993 when the speed limit was legally raised from 90 kph to 100 kph
‡The significance levels for the T-values is as follows: 1.977, p = 0.05; 2.353, p = 0.02; 2.611, p = 0.01; 3.361, p = 0.001.
§CFRS is the modified case fatality rate calculated as follows deaths/(deaths+serious injuries)
All Roads CombinedKilled(0,0,0)(0,1,1)sMA(12)0.8797.11
INTV4.6943.94
Serious Injuries(0,1,1)(1,0,0)sMA(1)0.5938.63
AR(12)0.3093.68
INTV−31.7−1.24
CFR(1,0,1)AR(1)0.993327.6
MA(1)1.01769.62
INTV0.3934.54
CFRS§(1,0,0)AR(1)0.2422.967
INTV2.5026.048
Urban RoadsKilled(0,0,0)INTV1.6252.129
Serious Injuries(0,1,1)(1,0,0)sMA(1)0.7513.24
AR(12)0.33.6
INTV−3.31−0.29
CFR(1,0,1)AR(1)0.91837.29
MA(1)0.80514.53
INTV−0.0750.724
CFRS§(1,0,1)AR(1)0.6143.24
MA(1)0.5152.409
INTV1.5223.288
Interurban RoadsKilled(0,0,0)(0,1,1)sMA(12)0.8866.815
INTV3.113.172
Serious Injuries(0,1,1)(1,0,0)sMA(1)0.4726.29
AR(12)0.3043.63
INTV−33.92−1.74
CFR(1,0,1)AR(1)0.98654.04
MA(1)0.72510.92
INTV1.2752.578
CFRS§(1,0,0)(1,0,0)sAR(1)−0.3362.84
AR(12)0.443.899
INTV4.122.611