| 1996 |
Florida |
US |
| Fatalities |
2,753 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.1 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
19.12 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Florida |
$8.879 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$2.682 Billion ($450 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 |
| Florida |
36.6% |
29.2% |
40.8% |
64% |
24.9% |
| 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) |
$5,455,350 |
$5,460,472 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$482,856 |
$502,925 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$1,909,525 |
$1,701,065 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$30,000 |
$175,074 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$7,877,731 |
$7,839,536 |
|
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 |
Yes |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Mandatory BAC testing
• 0.08 BAC per se law
• 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 |
| Florida |
722 |
24.9% |
$1.638
Billion |
| 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 |
| Florida |
1,858 |
657 |
1,201 |
590 |
1,157 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 86 — Front seat occupants of motor vehicles and pickups —
$20 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Florida |
29 |
13 |
16 |
20 |
28 |
Restraint
required <16 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jul 83 — $150 Fine plus 3
Points |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Florida |
160 |
136 |
23 |
1 |
56 |
63 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Sep 67 — $500 Fine or driver course |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
