关键词: 中国东西部地区, 道路交通安全, 发展状况, 比较研究

Abstract: The economy,culture,and other social aspects have obvious differences from eastern to western China,since the eastern area has taken the leading part in practicing reformation and open policy.Developing situation of road traffic and traffic accidents in recent years has been analyzed in order to research the traffic safety effect produced by economic level in eastern area and western area,taking Jiangsu province and Sichuan province as example.Then the relative magnitude of traffic accidents is compared from aspects of road length,motor vehicle amount,resident population,passenger-kilometers and local GDP.Finally,the result that the total traffic safety situation in Jiangsu is better than that in Sichuan,while the accidental rate per hundred kilometer road,the accidental rate per hundred thousand people and the damage extent of accident in Jiangsu are greater than that in Sichuan is obtained.It is possible that Jiangsu province is concerned with larger passenger-kilometer and frequent travels,and the vehicle's relative-higher-velocity on better quality road.

Key words: eastern and western China, road traffic safety, developing situation, comparative study