Study to determine cost of motor vehicle accidents and incidents occurring in Washington Metropolitan Area during 12-mo period involving Washington area residents; analysis of accident frequencies and costs related to pertinent variables of highway vehicle, driver, environment, and traffic operations; only 0.3% of total were classified as fatal injury involvements, and these averaged over $47,000/case; nonfatal injury involvements averaged $863/case; almost 70% of cases involved property damage only and averaged $193/case; overall average cost was $527/vehicle involvement; data collected in this study can be used to quantify accident cost savings to be expected from specific improvements.


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    Titel :

    Motor vehicle accident costs in Washington metropolitan area


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Nat Research Council -- Highway Research Board -- Research Rec


    Beteiligte:
    Drake, G.L. (Autor:in) / Kraft, M.A. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1967


    Format / Umfang :

    13 pages


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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