| 1996 |
Kansas |
US |
| Fatalities |
491 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.9 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
19.09 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Kansas |
$1.252 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$669 Million ($530 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 |
| Kansas |
40.3% |
30.3% |
31.8% |
54% |
26.6% |
| 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) |
$1,886,466 |
$1,886,304 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$166,967 |
$173,734 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$519,441 |
$396,629 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$0 |
$0 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,572,874 |
$2,456,667 |
|
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
|
|
| 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 |
| Kansas |
128 |
26.6% |
$241
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 |
| Kansas |
424 |
105 |
319 |
93 |
253 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 86 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars and vans — $10 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Kansas |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Restraint
required <14 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jan 82 — May substitute
safety belt 4-13 — $20 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Kansas |
19 |
2 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
Helmet use required for
all riders <18 — Effective Jul 82 — $10 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
