| 1996 |
Illinois |
US |
| Fatalities |
1,477 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.5 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
12.47 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Illinois |
$6.447 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$2.817 Billion ($500 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 |
| Illinois |
43.9% |
35.1% |
37.0% |
64% |
32.1% |
| 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) |
$5,098,329 |
$5,101,610 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$451,254 |
$469,823 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$1,795,339 |
$1,599,343 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$1,790,813 |
$195,822 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$9,135,735 |
$7,366,598 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
Yes |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 |
Yes |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
Yes |
|
Graduated licensing |
Yes |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Open container law for
alcohol beverages
• 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 |
| Illinois |
484 |
32.1% |
$1.227
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 |
| Illinois |
1,092 |
355 |
737 |
316 |
659 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 85 — Front seat occupants of motor vehicle to carry under 10 & RV
— $25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Illinois |
20 |
6 |
14 |
11 |
8 |
Restraint
required <6 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jul 83 — $25-50 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Illinois |
109 |
9 |
100 |
4 |
33 |
No motorcycle helmet use
law |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
