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Traffic Tech #190: State Traffic Safety Information


Number 190                                                             January 1999

U.S. Department of Transportation
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590

STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has compiled current information (as of January 1, 1998) about traffic safety issues for all of the states in a single document. State Traffic Safety Information lists motor vehicle fatalities and fatality rates for each state and for the United States as a whole in a number of areas such as alcohol-impaired and speed-related crashes. For each state, there are estimated economic costs for crashes and the dollar value borne by employers. The individual state data sheets break out the deaths by alcohol and speed related, safety belt and child safety seat usage, and motorcycle helmet usage.

There is also information on the status of important drunk driving laws such as Administrative License Revocation, .08 BAC per se, zero tolerance for drivers under age 21, and graduated licensing, and sources of NHTSA highway safety program funds. NHTSA plans to update the booklet annually. An example for the state of Ohio is below.

HOW TO ORDER

For a copy of State Traffic Safety Information, write to the Office of Research and Traffic Records, NHTSA, NTS-31, 400 Seventh Street S.W., Washington, DC 20590, or send a fax to (202) 366-7096. Tina Mills maintains these data.

State of Ohio

1996 Ohio U.S.
Fatalities 1,395 41,907
Fatality Rate per VMT 1.4 1.7
Fatality Rate per Population 12.49 15.80

1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes
Ohio $7.125 Billion
U.S. Total $150.469 Billion
Employer Costs $2.841 Billion ($560 Per Employee)

Alcohol Involvement in Fatal Crashes, 1996 Occupant Restraint Use Rates, 1996 Fatal Crashes that are Speed Related, 1996
Percentage
> 0.01
Percentage
> 0.10
Fatally Injured
Car Occupants
Observed Use Percentages
Ohio 33.3% 26.3% 40.6% 62% 24.9%
U.S. 40.8% 32.2% 41.5% 68% 30.4%

AVAILABLE NHTSA FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Highway Safety Program Funds
  FY 1996 FY 1997
Section 402 Grant (NHTSA) $4,719,736 $4,721,806
Section 402 Grant (FHWA) $417,744 $434,892
Section 410 Grant $1,477,746 $0
Section 403 Contract/Grant $88,000 $153,996
SAFETY TOTAL $6,703,226 $5,310,694

DRUNK DRIVING
Status of Key Legislative Issues
Administrative license revocation Yes
0.08 BAC per se law No
Zero tolerance for drivers under age 21 Yes (0.02 BAC)
Graduated licensing Yes

Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant Program No
Supplemental Criteria

SPEED Number of Fatalities Involved in Speed Related Crashes, 1996 Percent of Fatal Crashes that are Speed Related, 1996 Estimated Cost of all Speed Related Crashes, 1996
Ohio 357 24.9% $ 1.242 Billion
U.S. Total 12,998 30.4% $ 28.805 Billion

SAFETY BELTS Passenger Vehicle Occupant Deaths (age 5+) Current Lives Saved Savable at 100%
Total Restrained Unrestrained
Ohio 1,095 409 686 371 693
Secondary law -- Eff May 86 -- Front seat occupants of passenger/commercial car, van, truck -- $ 25 Fine

CHILD SAFETY SEATS Occupant Deaths (age <5) Current Lives Saved Savable at 100%
Total Restrained Unrestrained
Ohio 18 13 5 16 20
Restraint req < 4 -- Seat req < 4 -- Eff Mar 83 -- May substitute safety belt > 4 & > 40 lbs. -- $ 100 Fine

MOTORCYCLE HELMETS Motorcycle Rider Deaths Current Lives Saved Savable at 100%
Total Helmeted Unhelmeted
Ohio 117 8 109 3 35
Helmet use required for all riders <18 and first year novice -- Eff Jul 78 -- $ 100 - $ 500 Fines

NHTSA, December 1997

U.S. Department
of Transportation
National Highway
Traffic Safety
Administration

400 Seventh Street, S.W. NTS-31
Washington, DC 20590

Traffic Tech is a publication to disseminate
information about traffic safety programs,
including evaluations, innovative programs,
and new publications. Feel free to copy it as you wish.
If you would like to receive a copy contact:
Linda Cosgrove, Ph.D., Editor, Evaluation Staff
Traffic Safety Programs
(202) 366-2759, fax (202) 366-7096
mailto:lcosgrove@nhtsa.dot.gov




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