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State of Idaho
Toll of Motor Vehicle Crashes, 1996


1996 Idaho US
Fatalities 258 41,907
Fatality Rate per VMT 2.0 1.7
Fatality Rate per Population 21.70 15.80

TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996

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1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

Idaho $525 Million
U.S. Total $150.469 Billion
Employer Costs $181 Million ($370 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
Idaho 33.7% 26.8% 35.5% 54% 39.0%
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) $809,887 $808,391
Section 402 Grant (FHWA) $71,680 $74,454
Section 410 Grant $228,057 $232,183
Section 403 Contract/Grant $0 $100,000
SAFETY TOTAL $1,109,624 $1,215,028

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 No
Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant Program Yes

Supplemental Criteria

• 0.08 BAC per se law
• Video equipment in police vehicles

 

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
Idaho 101 39.0% $124 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
Idaho 211 64 147 63 136

Secondary law — Effective Jul 86 — Front seat occupants of motor vehicles under 8K — $5 Fine

CHILD
SAFETY BELTS
Occupant Deaths (age <5) Current
Lives Saved
Savable
at 100%
Total Restrained Unrestrained
Idaho 6 2 4 4 6

Restraint required <4 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jan 85 — $60 Fine

MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS
Motorcycle Rider Deaths Current
Lives Saved
Savable
at 100%
Total Helmeted Unhelmeted
Idaho 12 3 9 1 4

Helmet use required for all riders under 18 years of age — Effective Mar 78 — $48 Fine

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State Traffic Safety Information  – NHTSA – December 1997