PERSONS, VEHICLES AND ACCIDENT TYPES: SOME CONSIDERATIONS FOR ACCIDENT COSTING AND COUNTERMEASURES

Specific countermeasures usually affect specific accident types. The costs of these accident types should be used in any benefit/cost studies. This paper presents the number of persons involved in specific classes of accident type with details of the number of persons in each of five casualty classes, viz, killed, hospital admission, injured required medical treatment, injured did not require treatment, and not injured. The average number of vehicles involved in each of these accident-types is also presented. A framework is thus established for applying unit costs and deriving average accident costs for specific accident types. This enables the evaluation of a countermeasure to run-off-road, pedestrian, pedal cyclist, vehciles from two types with above average injury costs are head-on, off-road, pedestrian, pedal cyclist, vehicles from two streets, and right-against. The accident types which give the greatest total contribution to annual accident costs appear to be "vehicles from two streets" and the "run-off road" types. The variation in outcome severity by urban/rural location is marked for "head-on" and "run-off-road, on straigth" accident types. (Author/TRRL)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper was presented during the 12th Australian Road Research Board Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, 27-31 August 1984.
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• Authors:
  • Andreassend, D C
• Conference:
  • Australian Road Research Board Conference Proc
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 40-46
• Serial:
  • Volume: 12
  • Issue Number: 7

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefit cost analysis; Classification; Conferences; Cost accounting; Costs; Crashes; Evaluation; Fatalities; Injuries; Injury severity; Prevention; Repairing; Safety; Vehicles
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs
• ITRD Terms: 1643: Accident; 1661: Accident prevention; 8513: Classification; 1631: Collision; 8525: Conference; 224: Cost; 1602: Fatality; 2163: Injury; 3635: Repair; 1623: Severity (accid, injury); 1255: Vehicle
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Security and Emergencies; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration; I80: Accident Studies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00393392
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 30 1985 12:00AM