THE ESTIMATED DIRECT COSTS (1970) OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON INDIANA RURAL STATE HIGHWAYS

A COST STUDY WAS MADE, USING THE RECORDS OF ALL ACCIDENTS ON RURAL STATE HIGHWAYS IN INDIANA WHICH WERE REPORTED FOR THE YEARS 1967 AND 1968. THE ACCIDENTS WERE ANALYZED STATISTICALLY AND CLASSIFIED INTO GROUPS BASED ON SEVERITY, EXPOSURE, AND VEHICLE TYPE. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE ANALYZED. ESTIMATES OF THE DIRECT COST IN 1970 DOLLARS WERE DEVELOPED AS FOLLOWS: A FATALITY COST $18,605, A NON-FATAL INJURY $4,280, A PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY ACCIDENT $606, AND THE AVERAGE FOR ALL TYPES OF ACCIDENTS IS $2,433. FINALLY, THE COSTS OF UNREPORTED ACCIDENTS WERE ESTIMATED AT 15% OF THE TOTAL ACCIDENT COSTS. /HSL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Rept No JHRP-20
• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Authors:
  • Hejal, S S
  • Michael, H L
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: 38 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash severity; Crashes; Loss and damage; Statistical analysis
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221810
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 17 1973 12:00AM