Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1994
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Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1994



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  • Creators:
    Blincoe, Lawrence J.
  • Corporate Creators:
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • Corporate Contributors:
    United States. Department of Transportation
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  • Publication/ Report Number:
    DOT-HS-808-425
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  • Resource Type:
    Tech Report
  • TRIS Online Accession Number:
    00725637
  • Corporate Publisher:
    United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
  • NTL Classification:
    NTL-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION-Social Impacts;NTL-ECONOMICS AND FINANCE-Economic Impacts;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Human Factors;NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety;NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics;
  • Abstract:
    This report presents the results of an analysis of motor vehicle crash costs in 1994. The total economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in 1994 was $150.5 billion. This represents the present value of lifetime costs for 40,676 fatalities, 5.2 million nonfatal injuries, and 27 million damaged vehicles, in both police reported and unreported crashes. Property damage costs of $52.1 billion accounted for the largest share of costs, while lost market productivity accounted for $42.4 billion. Medical expenses totalled $17 billion. Each fatality resulted in an average discounted lifetime cost of $830,000. Alcohol-involved crashes caused $45 billion or 30 percent of all economic costs, and 78 percent of these costs occurred in crashes where a driver or pedestrian was legally intoxicated (>= .10% BAC). Crashes in which police indicate that at least one driver was exceeding the legal speed limit or driving too fast for conditions cost $27.7 billion in 1994. Public revenues paid for 24 percent of medical costs, and 9 percent of all costs resulting from motor vehicle crashes. These crashes cost taxpayers $13.8 billion in 1994, the equivalent of $144 in added taxes for each household in the United States.
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