ROAD ACCIDENT COSTS IN INDIA

With the fast growth of traffic, the road accident rate in India is increasing at an alarming rate. Road accidents cause huge economic loss to society by way of loss of output by fatal and injured victims; expenses incurred in medical treatment; administrative costs of police, insurance companies and accident claims tribunals; and damages to vehicles and property. Apart from these tangible components, intangible costs such as pain, grief and suffering are also caused. An accurate understanding of the monetary costs of accidents of various types helps transportation planners and economists to account for this component of road user cost while undertaking an economic appraisal of highway schemes. In view of the urgent data gap in the country on accident costs, the Central Road Research Institute took up a limited investigation into this subject as a part of the road user cost study. The paper presents the result of the research work. (TRRL)

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  Indian Roads Congress

  Jamnagar House, Shahjahan Road
  New Delhi,   India  110 011
• Authors:
  • KADIYALI, L R
  • GOPALASWAMI, T V
  • PATHAK, U N
  • KANCHAN, P K
  • SAXENA, A
• Publication Date: 1983-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 445-476
• Serial:
  • Journal of the Indian Roads Congress
  • Volume: 44
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Indian Roads Congress
  • ISSN: 0258-0500

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Age; Costs; Crash rates; Crashes; Data analysis; Data collection; Developing countries; Fatalities; Health care; Information, data, and knowledge; Injuries; Insurance; Loss and damage; Mathematical analysis; Police; Sociology; Travelers; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Data needs; Highway user costs; Medical costs
• Geographic Terms: India
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1612: Accident rate; 1757: Age; 224: Cost; 1614: Damage; 150: Developing countries; 1602: Fatality; 8045: India; 2163: Injury; 1755: Road user; 2253: Sociology; 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Society; Vehicles and Equipment; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00387220
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 30 1984 12:00AM