| 1996 |
Arkansas |
US |
| Fatalities |
615 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.2 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
24.50 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Arkansas |
$1.394 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$301 Million ($280 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 |
| Arkansas |
32.9% |
25.8% |
29.1% |
48% |
36.7% |
| 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) |
$1,418,279 |
$1,418,264 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$125,531 |
$130,626 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$346,944 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$219,375 |
$0 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$1,763,185 |
$1,895,384 |
|
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 |
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 |
| Arkansas |
227 |
36.7% |
$300
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 |
| Arkansas |
519 |
121 |
398 |
115 |
314 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 91 — Front seat occupants of passenger car, truck and van — $25
Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Arkansas |
6 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Restraint
required <5 — Seat required <4 or <40 pounds — Effective Aug 83 —
$25 — $100 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Arkansas |
25 |
18 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
Helmet use required for
riders under 21 — Effective Aug 97 |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
