Description:
The purpose of this report is to provide an update to the economic and societal impacts of motor vehicle crashes as of 2010. Economic costs summarized include loss in productivity, medical costs, legal and court costs, emergency service costs, insurance administration costs, congestion costs, property damage, and workplace losses. Congestion costs include travel delay, excess fuel consumption, greenhouse gases, and criteria pollutants. Economic costs are provided by State to provide legislators with information that can assist them in making the case for the relevance of the laws designed to make the population safer.
Data are presented for alcohol involved crashes, speeding-related crashes, distracted driving crashes, motorcycle crashes, impacts of seat belt usage, crashes by roadway location, and other special interest crash scenarios. Other special interest crash scenarios include intersection crashes, Interstate highway crashes, single-vehicle crashes, roadway departure crashes, pedestrian/bicyclist crashes, pedestrian crashes, and bicyclist crashes.
Incidence rates for fatal, injury, and property damage only crashes come from databases maintained by NHTSA. This report also includes the results of a national survey of households and presents data on the rate of crashes unreported to police and insurance agencies. This allows adjustments for unreported crashes by severity level.
Tool Type:
Informational Guide
Owner Source:
federal
Sponsor/Owner:
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Published:
Availability:
The report is available free of charge at the following link: The Economic and Societal Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes.
Disclaimer:
This information is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The U.S. Government assumes no liability for the use of the information contained herein. This information does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation. The U.S. Government does not endorse products or manufacturers. Trademarks or manufacturer's names appear in this information only because they are considered essential to the objective of this publication.
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations, and translations thereof, expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Federal Highway Administration.