ACCIDENT COSTS FOR HIGHWAY SAFETY DECISIONMAKING

Today, few engineers or even economists who specialize in accident costs agree on both the components of accident costs and how to collect the pieces of information. Because of this, in 1982 the Office of Safety and Traffic Operations Research and Development in the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Offices of Research, Development, and Technology initiated research to review and study the basis of accident costs. This article describes the results of the FHWA study and suggests accident costs for use by the States and others in determining how best to spend tax dollars to get the most from our highway safety program. Also discussed are the components of accident costs and some factors that influence how the numbers are determined.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/1586080
• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Research and Development, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Kragh, B C
  • Miller, T R
  • Reinert, K A
• Publication Date: 1986-6

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 15-20
• Serial:
  • Public Roads
  • Volume: 50
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Federal Highway Administration
  • ISSN: 0033-3735
  • Serial URL: https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crashes; Decision making; Highway safety; Research; Safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Fund allocations
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Research; Safety and Human Factors; I10: Economics and Administration; I81: Accident Statistics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00459029
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Information, Incorporated
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 909
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 31 1990 12:00AM