| 1996 |
Colorado |
US |
| Fatalities |
617 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.7 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
16.14 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Colorado |
$1.850 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$833 Million ($500 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 |
| Colorado |
41.3% |
34.4% |
36.7% |
59% (7/97) |
42.5% |
| 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) |
$1,806,419 |
$1,808,805 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$159,884 |
$166,596 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$552,564 |
$492,241 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$128,987 |
$501,683 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,647,854 |
$2,969,325 |
|
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 |
Yes |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Mandatory BAC testing
• 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 |
| Colorado |
266 |
42.5% |
$433
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 |
| Colorado |
464 |
147 |
317 |
141 |
297 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 87 — Front seat occupants of passenger car, van, taxi, EMS, RV, PU
— $15 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Colorado |
11 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
6 |
Restraint
required <15 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jan 84 — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Colorado |
50 |
12 |
38 |
5 |
16 |
No motorcycle helmet use
law (language consistent with other 2 states with no law) |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
