DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHWAY SAFETY STATISTICAL INDICATORS. FINAL REPORT

THE STUDY OBJECTIVE WAS TO DEVELOP A SET OF STATISTICAL INDICATORS TO EVALUATE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY SITUATION. AN ECONOMIC LOSS MODEL RELATING PHYSICAL DAMAGE FROM CRASHES TO THE RESULTANT MONETARY COSTS INCURRED BY THE VICTIMS WAS DEVELOPED. THE CRASH DATA WERE STRATIFIED INTO EXPOSURE CLASSES BASED UPON THE SIGNIFICANT TRENDS INFLUENCING THE HIGHWAY CRASHES AND RESULTANT ECONOMIC LOSS. FROM THE FOREGOING DATA BASE, TWO INDEX MEASURES WERE DEVELOPED: (1) A VALUE INDEX TO MEASURE THE LEVEL AND CHANGE IN ECONOMIC LOSS FROM A BASE PERIOD, AND (2) A REAL-COST INDEX, ADJUSTED FOR PRICE CHANGE AND VEHICLE-MILES TRAVELED, TO MEASURE THE TREND OF HIGHWAY CRASHES AND INJURIES IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC LOSS. THE ENTIRE LOSS MODEL AND THE INDICES WERE IMPLEMENTED IN A TEST RUN USING STATE OF WISCONSIN CRASH RECORDS. /AUTHOR/

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Filing Info

  • Accession Number: 00221578
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
  • Files: TRIS, USDOT
  • Created Date: Apr 17 1972 12:00AM