HIGHWAY ACCIDENT COSTS AND RATES IN TEXAS

A METHOD OF ESTIMATING COSTS FOR SELECTED TEXAS ACCIDENTS USING COST DATA DEVELOPED FOR ACCIDENT INVOLVEMENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS, ILLINOIS, NEW MEXICO AND UTAH IS DEVELOPED. GIVEN THE NUMBER AND TYPE (CAR/TRUCK) OF VEHICLES INVOLVED AND THE NUMBER OF FATALLY INJURED PERSONS, ACCIDENT COSTS CAN BE DERIVED USING THE DIRECT COST PER INVOLVEMENT AND LOSS OF FUTURE EARNINGS ESTIMATES. ACCIDENT RATES FOR SELECTED HIGHWAY DESIGNS AND FOR VARIOUS AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC COUNTS ARE PRESENTED AND ANALYZED. /AUTHOR/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Res Rept 114-1F, 107 PP
• Corporate Authors:

  Texas Transportation Institute

  Texas A&M University System, 1600 E Lamar Boulevard
  Arlington, TX  United States  76011
• Authors:
  • Burke, D
• Publication Date: 1970-12

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash rates; Estimating; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Cost data
• Subject Areas: Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221295
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 11 1971 12:00AM