| 1996 |
Arizona |
US |
| Fatalities |
993 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.4 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
22.43 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Arizona |
$2.539 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$530 Million ($330 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 |
| Arizona |
44.1% |
35.0% |
38.8% |
63% |
29.2% |
| 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) |
$1,713,290 |
$1,714,994 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$151,644 |
$157,955 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$464,453 |
$413,749 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$80,772 |
$42,500 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,410,159 |
$2,329,198 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
Yes |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 |
(0.00 BAC) Yes |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
No |
|
Graduated licensing |
No |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Video equipment in police
vehicles for the detection of drunk and drugged drivers
|
|
| 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 |
| Arizona |
286 |
29.2% |
$501
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 |
| Arizona |
644 |
212 |
432 |
215 |
420 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jan 91 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars and vans > MY 72 —
$10 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Arizona |
19 |
3 |
16 |
6 |
14 |
Restraint
required <5 — Seat required <5 or <40 pounds — Effective Aug 83 —
$50 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Arizona |
69 |
19 |
47 |
3 |
8 |
22 |
Helmet use required for
all riders <18 — Effective May 76 — No Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
