| 1996 |
Delaware |
US |
| Fatalities |
116 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.5 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
16.00 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Delaware |
$382 Million |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$152 Million ($430 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 |
| Delaware |
40.5% |
28.6% |
55.2% |
68% |
21.9% |
| 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) |
$615,695 |
$616,160 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$54,500 |
$56,750 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$163,211 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$0 |
$9,858 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$670,195 |
$845,979 |
|
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
• 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 |
| Delaware |
24 |
21.9% |
$65
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 |
| Delaware |
75 |
38 |
37 |
33 |
51 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jan 92 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars — $20 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Delaware |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Restraint
required <16 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jun 82 — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Delaware |
10 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Helmet use required for
all riders<19 — Effective Jun 78 — <$575 and <30 Days Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
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