Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/220061 
Year of Publication: 
2020
Series/Report no.: 
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper No. TI 2020-024/VIII
Publisher: 
Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam and Rotterdam
Abstract: 
We provide novel evidence on the effect of smart phone use on road accidents. We exploit variation in phone usage fees in the Netherlands following a change in European Union (EU) roaming regulations implemented in 2017. The growth rate of mobile data roaming increased substantially after the change, which allows us to estimate a difference-in-differences model where non-Dutch drivers from the EU are treated, while Dutch drivers serve as control group. Our results suggest that around 10% of vehicles involved in accidents can be explained by the use of smart phones, and that these accidents mainly happen on urban roads.
Subjects: 
road safety
accident risk
smart phones
urban roads
JEL: 
K42
R41
I12
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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