ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT INJURIES. VOL 1, PT 1: SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. PT 2: REFERENCE TABLES

RESULTS ARE PRESENTED OF A PROBABILITY SAMPLE SURVEY OF POLICE-REPORTED AUTO ACCIDENT INJURIES AND FATALITIES IN 48 STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. THE STUDY REPRESENTS BY PROJECTION 500,000 FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. AVERAGE ECONOMIC LOSSES FOR THE SERIOUSLY INJURED WERE $4,200. AVERAGE ECONOMIC LOSS IN FATALITY CASES WAS $2,300 EXCLUSIVE OF LOST EARNINGS. ON THE AVERAGE, ABOUT HALF OF TOTAL PERSONAL AND FAMILY ECONOMIC LOSS WAS RECOVERED. LOST EARNINGS, LEGAL COSTS, AGE FACTORS, INSURANCE COVERAGE, TIME BETWEEN ACCIDENT AND SETTLEMENT OF TORT CLAIM, AND CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING INJURIES SERIOUS ARE ALSO DISCUSSED. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Census Bureau /US

  ,    

  Westat, Incorporated

  Research Division, 11600 Nebel Street
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852

  Department of Transportation

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1970-4

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Automobile insurance; Costs; Crashes; Earnings; Economic impacts; Fatalities; Fees; Injuries; Insurance; Judicial processes; Probability theory; Sampling; Statistical analysis; Surveys; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Motor vehicle accidents
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Finance; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221163
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: 388 pp
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Feb 8 1971 12:00AM