| 1996 |
Alabama |
US |
| Fatalities |
1,143 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.2 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
26.75 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Alabama |
$1.988 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$730 Million ($410 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 |
Percentage |
| Alabama |
42.2% |
34.2% |
28.9% |
54% |
36.6% |
| U.S. Total |
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) |
$2,138,425 |
$2,140,624 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$189,271 |
$197,157 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$582,339 |
$518,766 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$0 |
$0 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,910,035 |
$2,856,547 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
Yes |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 |
(0.02 BAC) Yes |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
Yes |
|
Graduated licensing |
No |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• 0.08 BAC per se law
|
|
| 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 |
| Alabama |
432 |
36.6% |
$483
Million |
| 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 |
| Alabama |
965 |
234 |
731 |
220 |
579 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 92 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars from MY 1965 — $25
Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Alabama |
25 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
22 |
Restraint
required <6 — Seat required <6 — Effective Jul 82 — May substitute
safety belt either 4 or 5 — $10 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Alabama |
31 |
29 |
1 |
1 |
12 |
13 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Nov 67 — $100-$500 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
