| 1996 |
Kentucky |
US |
| Fatalities |
841 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.0 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
21.65 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Kentucky |
$2.091 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$948 Million ($580 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 |
| Kentucky |
34.8% |
27.5% |
32.2% |
55% |
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) |
$1,860,794 |
$1,861,121 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$164,697 |
$171,413 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$448,978 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$185,000 |
$200,000 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,210,491 |
$2,681,512 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
No |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 |
(0.02 BAC) Yes |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
No |
|
Graduated licensing |
Yes |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• 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 |
| Kentucky |
253 |
26.6% |
$416
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 |
| Kentucky |
698 |
189 |
509 |
175 |
423 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jul 94 — All occupants of motor vehicles from Model Year 1965 —
$25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Kentucky |
17 |
11 |
6 |
14 |
18 |
Restraint
required <41 inches — Seat required <41 inches — Effective Jul 82 —
$50 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Kentucky |
28 |
19 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
Effective July 15, 1998,
helmet use required for riders under age 21, riders operating a motorcycle with an
instruction permit, riders with less than one-year experience, and riders who do not
provide proof of health insurance to county clerk. |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
