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State of Hawaii
Toll of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1996


1996 Hawaii US
Fatalities 148 41,907
Fatality Rate per VMT 1.8 1.7
Fatality Rate per Population 12.50 15.80

TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996

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1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

Hawaii $636 Million
U.S. Total $150.469 Billion
Employer Costs $176 Million ($320 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
Hawaii 43.1% 28.8% 52.6% 80% 35.8%
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 $216,886 $193,209
Section 403 Contract/Grant $0 $45
SAFETY TOTAL $887,081 $866,164

DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues

Administrative license revocation Yes   Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 (0.02 BAC) Yes
Effective 12/1/97
0.08 BAC per se law Yes   Graduated licensing No
Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant Program Yes

Supplemental Criteria

• Open container law for alcohol beverages
• Video equipment in police vehicles for the detection of drunk and drugged dirvers
• Mandatory BAC testing

 

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
Hawaii 52 35.8% $130 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
Hawaii 91 41 50 38 62

Primary law — Effective Dec 85 — Front seat occupants of vehicles registered in state — $20 Fine

CHILD
SAFETY BELTS
Occupant Deaths (age <5) Current
Lives Saved
Savable
at 100%
Total Restrained Unrestrained
Hawaii 1 0 1 0 0

Restraint required <4 — Seat required <3 — Effective Jul 83 — $100 Maximum Fine

MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS
Motorcycle Rider Deaths Current
Lives Saved
Savable
at 100%
Total Helmeted Unhelmeted
Hawaii 20 2 18 1 6

Helmet use required for all riders <18 — Effective Jun 77 — $1,000 and/or 1 Year Fine

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State Traffic Safety Information  – NHTSA – December 1997