COSTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IN TEXAS

Accident costs are an important element in quantifying the safety benefits of roadway projects, including new construction and major reconstruction as well as traffic accident countermeasures. Currently used estimates of the costs of traffic accidents, such as the accident costs provided by the National Safety Council or the AASHTO revised Red Book, are out-of-date and do not account for many accident cost differences by accident type, highway type, and other relevant categories. In order to provide highway project analysts with better means of evaluating roadway projects in Texas, improved and updated accident costs were developed in this study. Based on Texas traffic accident data for 1981-82, these accident costs were developed by several cross-classifications and for different subsets of accidents. The accident costs developed in this study can be used in the Highway Economic Evaluation Model (HEEM) and in analyzing traffic accident countermeasures. Recommendations for future updating of the costs and for using them in setting project priorities are provided.

• Record URL:
  • https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/hostedpdfs/tti/396-1.pdf
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011

  Texas State Department of Highways & Public Transportation

  Transportation Planning Division, P.O. Box 5051
  Austin, TX  United States  78763

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Rollins, J B
  • McFarland, W F
• Publication Date: 1985-5

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 156 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benefits; Costs; Countermeasures; Crashes; Highway safety; Mathematical models; Reconstruction; Road construction; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Models
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00451706
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/TX-85/67+396-1, 396-1
• Contract Numbers: Study 2-8-84-396
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 31 2000 12:00AM