MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT COSTS ANALYSIS IN THE STATE OF OHIO

COSTS WERE ACQUIRED AND ANALYZED IN PASSENGER CAR AND TRUCK ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS BY THE RESIDENTS OF OHIO IN 1961. THE MAIN SOURCES OF DATA FOR THE STUDY WERE THE FILES OF THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY. THE GENERALLY ACCEPTED THEORY OF ACCIDENT COSTS CLASSIFIES THE COSTS AS EITHER DIRECT OR INDIRECT. ONLY DIRECT COST ELEMENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY. FROM THE ANALYSIS EMERGED A UNIT COST FOR EVALUATING OBJECTIVELY PRIORITIES FOR TRAFFIC SAFETY PROJECTS FROM A COST VIEWPOINT. THE ANNUAL TOLL IN ACCIDENTS ON STREETS AND HIGHWAYS REPRESENTS A STAGGERING ECONOMIC LOSS ASIDE FROM THE PAIN AND SUFFERING IT CAUSES. IT FOLLOWS FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT THAT HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS WHICH RESULT IN DECREASED ACCIDENT RATES RESULT IN A MONETARY SAVING TO THE ROAD USER AND THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. THE ACCIDENT COST STUDY IN OHIO IS CONDUCTED ON A STATE-WIDE BASIS. IT RELATES TO PERTINENT VARIABLES OF THE HIGHWAY, VEHICLE, DRIVER AND GENERAL ENVIRONMENT. IN ADDITION, THE DIRECT COST OF BOTH REPORTED AND UNREPORTED ACCIDENTS WERE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. THE RESULTS OBTAINED FROM THE ANALYSIS SHOULD HAVE WIDESPREAD APPLICATION.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • 95 Pp, 5 FiG, 85 TAB, 9 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Ohio State University, Columbus

  Transportation Research Center
  2070 Neil Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43210
• Publication Date: 1970

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash rates; Direct costs; Economic impacts; Highways; Improvements; Traffic crashes; Unit costs; User benefits
• Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221033
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 5 1970 12:00AM