COST OF ROAD ACCIDENTS

Calculations of the cost of road accidents have been made in various countries but they have been rather approximate and not far developed in the theoretical sense. The purpose of this study was to give some impression about the size of accident costs. In Finland about 2 Million mk were allocated for traffic safety work in 1966. This is about 0.4% of the estimated cost of traffic accidents in the same year. The sum used for traffic safety is very small in comparison to the cost of road accidents. There should be a considerable increase in allocations for road safety in the future. /GMRL/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Published earlier (1968, No. 13) in "Taljan tutkimuksia".
• Corporate Authors:

  Statistical and Research Bureau of Talja

  ,   Finland 
• Authors:
  • Leppanen, U
• Publication Date: 1970

Media Info

• Pagination: 23 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calculation; Costs; Crashes; Statistical analysis; Traffic safety
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Computation; Fund allocations
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099012
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: HS 009 378
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 10, HS-009 378
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM