| 1996 |
Massachusetts |
US |
| Fatalities |
417 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
0.8 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
6.85 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Massachusetts |
$4.011 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$850 Million ($300 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 |
| Massachusetts |
43.9% |
31.7% |
26.1% |
54% |
25.5% |
| 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) |
$2,369,654 |
$2,371,826 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$209,740 |
$218,452 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$0 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$1,203,640 |
$0 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$3,783,034 |
$2,590,278 |
|
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 |
| Masssachusetts |
111 |
25.5% |
$681
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 |
| Massachusetts |
289 |
68 |
221 |
56 |
58 |
Secondary law —
Effective Feb 94 — All occupants of passenger cars, vans, and trucks — $25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Massachusetts |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Restraint
required <13 — Seat required <5 — Effective Jan 82 — May substitute
safety belt <5 — $20 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Massachusetts |
34 |
25 |
4 |
5 |
12 |
13 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Feb 67 — $35-$150 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
