| 1996 |
Indiana |
US |
| Fatalities |
984 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.5 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
16.85 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Indiana |
$2.955 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$1.131 Billion ($420 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 |
| Indiana |
34.2% |
27.0% |
38.6% |
62% |
21.1% |
| 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) |
$2,668,709 |
$2,671,426 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$236,207 |
$246,046 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$835,839 |
$651,518 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$199,782 |
$97,500 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$3,940,537 |
$3,666,490 |
|
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 |
No |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Video equipement 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 |
| Indiana |
207 |
21.1% |
$506
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 |
| Indiana |
793 |
265 |
528 |
238 |
491 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 87 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars, bus, school bus — $25
Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Indiana |
17 |
6 |
11 |
7 |
12 |
Restraint
required <5 — Seat required <3 — Effective Jan 84 — May substitute
safety belt 3-5 — $50-$500 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Indiana |
62 |
9 |
49 |
4 |
4 |
19 |
Helmet use required for
all riders <18 — Effective Jun 85 — $500 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
