SOCIETAL COSTS OF MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS - PRELIMINARY REPORT

THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT PRESENTS QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES OF DIRECT OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS OR INDIRECT COSTS, USING A VARIETY OF DATA SOURCES. THE ANALYSIS IS BASED ON THE CONCEPT THAT CALCULABLE LOSSES ARE EXPERIENCED BY SOCIETY REGARDLESS OF WHETHER ALL COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN TRANSLATED INTO ECONOMIC COSTS VIA THE PRIVATE MARKETPLACE OR OTHER MEANS. /AUTHOR/

• Corporate Authors:

  National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1972-4

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 57 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Crash investigation; Crash rates; Economic analysis; Social factors
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00221864
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Dec 13 1972 12:00AM