MOTORCYCLE HELMET CRASH COST IN NORTH CAROLINA

This paper discusses the effects of motorcyclists' helmet wearing on the injuries, and the costs of treating those injuries, incurred in motorcycle crashes in North Carolina. It notes that 86% of the costs of treating motorcycle crash injuries is paid by the public through increased insurance premiums and taxes. It also relates that charges for unhelmeted motorcyclists receiving care for a brain injury are more than twice as high than charges for treating motorcyclists with no brain injury.

• Record URL:
  http://www.hsrc.unc.edu/pdf/2001/helmet_version2.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

  Highway Safety Research Center
  Chapel Hill, NC  United States  27599
• Authors:
  • Lacy, J K
• Publication Date: 2001-4

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: 4 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Brain; Costs; Economic impacts; Injuries; Insurance rates; Motorcycle crashes; Motorcycle helmets; Motorcyclists; Taxes
• Geographic Terms: North Carolina
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society; I10: Economics and Administration; I85: Safety Devices used in Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00816540
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 17 2001 12:00AM