ESTIMATION OF SOCIAL COSTS OF TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES IN NEW ZEALAND. PAPER PRESENTED AT THE AUSTRALASIAN TRANSPORT RESEARCH FORUM; PART 2

Estimation of social costs of traffic accidents is essential for determining road transport safety programmes. This is discussed in the paper using limited available data in New Zealand and relationships observed between concerned economic factors in overseas studies. The cost of permanent disability is complex to determine. The paper uses the following two simple approaches: (1) use of a relationship between length of hospitalisation of serious injury victims and their average level of permanent disability to determine the average loss of life quality due to permanent disability and (2) value the social cost as "value of life quality lost" due to the disability. (Author/TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  New South Wales Department of Transport

  GPO Box 1620
  Sydney, New South Wales,   Australia 
• Authors:
  • GURIA, J C
• Publication Date: 1990

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 579-592
• Serial:
  • Publication of: New South Wales Department of Transport
  • Volume: 15
  • Issue Number: Pt 2
  • Publisher: New South Wales Department of Transport

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Conferences; Costs; Crash severity; Crashes; Estimating; Externalities; Injury severity; Physical disabilities; Present value; Quality of life; Traffic crashes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Accident costs; Value
• Geographic Terms: New Zealand
• Subject Areas: Economics; Finance; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00609800
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• ISBN: 0-7305-7800-3
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 30 1991 12:00AM