| 1996 |
Georgia |
US |
| Fatalities |
1,574 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.8 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
21.41 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Georgia |
$4.346 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$1.383 Billion ($460 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 |
| Georgia |
36.5% |
28.4% |
34.8% |
62% |
22.6% |
| 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) |
$3,142,441 |
$3,143,102 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$278,136 |
$289,488 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$874,720 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$40,000 |
$0 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$3,460,577 |
$4,307,310 |
|
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
• 2 – 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 |
| Georgia |
367 |
22.6% |
$791
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 |
| Georgia |
1,266 |
386 |
880 |
361 |
790 |
Primary law —
Effective Jul 96 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars to carry under 10 people
— $15 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Georgia |
32 |
5 |
27 |
7 |
21 |
Restraint
required <16 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jul 84 — May substitute
safety belt > 4 — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Georgia |
47 |
40 |
4 |
3 |
17 |
19 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Aug 66 — <$100 and/or 12 Months Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
