APPLICATION OF THE ORI COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM TO ARIZONA, NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA, AND UTAH

THE PURPOSE IS TO ESTABLISH A PROGRAM TO DEFINE, DEVELOP AND TEST A COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM TO EVALUATE CRASH AND INJURY CAUSATION COUNTERMEASURES FOR APPLICATION TO THE ANALYSIS OF ALL ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO AS THE "TRAFFIC SAFETY PROGRAM." THE STUDY IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS. PART I DEALS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS COMPOSED OF THREE MODELS--COST, EFFECTIVENESS, AND ALLOCATION. THE MODELS WERE AUTOMATED AND EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED USING DATA FROM MARYLAND. PART II BEGAN AS A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT TO FURTHER DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE ABOVE MODELS USING WISCONSIN AS A TEST CASE. LATER, ARIZONA, NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA AND UTAH WERE ADDED. THE APPLICATION OF THE COST-EFFECTIVENESS SYSTEM TO THESE STATES IS SUMMARIZED. APPLICATION OF THE MODELS TO EACH OF THE 4 STATES IS REPORTED. PRELIMINARY FINDINGS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NATIONAL POLICY TO ALLOCATE HIGHWAY SAFETY FUNDS EFFICIENTLY ARE REPORTED. IT PARALLELS THE WISCONSIN REPORT WITH THE THEORETICAL MODELS AND EMPIRICAL SECTIONS EXPANDED TO HANDLE AN ENLARGED STATE SAMPLE AND PERMIT THE UNIQUE FEATURES OF EACH TO BE EXPLORED. WISCONSIN DATA WERE ADDED FOR COMPARISONS. /HSL/

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost allocation; Costs; Crashes; Injuries; Mathematical models; Measures of effectiveness
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Causes; Effectiveness; Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Allocations
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221353
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Literature
• Report/Paper Numbers: Ori Technical Rept 612
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 12 1971 12:00AM