DIRECT COSTS AND FREQUENCIES OF 1958 ILLINOIS MOTOR-VEHICLE ACCIDENTS
ACCIDENT EXPERIENCE OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF ILLINOIS REGISTERED PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS DURING THE STUDY YEAR 1958 IS RELATED, IN TERMS OF COSTS INCURRED AND ACCIDENT FREQUENCIES, TO THE VARIOUS HIGHWAY SYSTEMS OF THE STATE AND TO THE USE OF THE SYSTEMS BY PASSENGER CARS AND TRUCKS OF DIFFERENT SIZES AND WEIGHTS. A PORTION OF THE PAPER COMPARES ACCIDENT OCCURRENCE AND COSTS IN URBAN VS RURAL AREAS, AND DISCUSSES THE IMPACT OF THE LARGE METROPOLITAN AREA OF CHICAGO WITH RESPECT TO THE TOTAL DIRECT COST DETERMINATION FOR THE STATE. AN ANALYSIS OF THE VARIOUS COST ELEMENTS /PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURY TREATMENT COSTS, VALUE OF TIME LOST, LEGAL FEES, ETC. / THAT MAKE UP THE TOTAL DIRECT COSTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS IS INCLUDED. /AUTHOR/
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Authors:
- Billingsley, Charles M
- Jorgenson, Dayton P
- Publication Date: 1963
Media Info
- Media Type: Digital/other
- Features: Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: pp 48-76
- Monograph Title: Highway economics
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Serial:
- Highway Research Record
- Issue Number: 12
- Publisher: Highway Research Board
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Costs; Crash investigation; Crash rates; Economic analysis; Fees; Injuries; Judicial processes; Labor; Loss and damage; Metropolitan areas; Property; Rural areas; State highways; Time; Traffic crashes; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: Motor vehicle accidents; Property damage; Treatment; Work
- Geographic Terms: Chicago (Illinois); Illinois
- Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Law; Safety and Human Factors; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00201102
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Apr 1 1994 12:00AM