| 1996 |
Louisiana |
US |
| Fatalities |
901 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.3 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
17.95 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Louisiana |
$2.736 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$960 Million ($540 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 |
| Louisiana |
51.3% |
39.9% |
40.8% |
67% (1997) |
20.3% |
| 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) |
$1,953,063 |
$1,954,127 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$172,866 |
$179,980 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$0 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$0 |
$20,000 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,125,929 |
$2,154,107 |
|
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 |
Yes |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
No |
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 |
| Louisiana |
160 |
20.3% |
$452
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 |
| Louisiana |
583 |
216 |
367 |
218 |
397 |
Primary law —
Effective Jul 86 — Front seat occupants of passenger car, van, & small truck
— $25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Louisiana |
18 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
14 |
Restraint
required <13 — Seat required <13 — May substitute safety belt between 3-13
— Effective Sep 84 — $50 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Louisiana |
28 |
18 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Jan 82 |
Will submit
in special section in Spring Law to keep people under 21 out of bars. Currently legal for
them to enter.
Have seatbelt law for front seat: Have child safety law: Have helmet law for motorcycles. |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
