| 1996 |
New
Jersey |
US |
| Fatalities |
818 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.3 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
10.24 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| New Jersey |
$6.606 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$3.099 Billion ($850 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 |
| New Jersey |
34.5% |
25.7% |
39.8% |
67% (1997) |
9.9% |
| 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) |
$3,015,327 |
$3,018,264 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$266,890 |
$277,990 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$629,356 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$212,419 |
$90,000 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$3,494,636 |
$4,015,610 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
No |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 |
(0.01 BAC) Yes |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
No |
|
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 |
| New Jersey |
83 |
9.9% |
$1.017
Billion |
| 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 |
| New Jersey |
551 |
193 |
358 |
167 |
334 |
Secondary law —
Effective Mar 85 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars — $20 Fine; $42
Administratively |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| New Jersey |
8 |
5 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
Restraint
required <5 — Seat required <5 — Effective Apr 83 — May substitute
safety belt 1½ to 5 in rear — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| New Jersey |
52 |
40 |
6 |
6 |
18 |
20 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Jan 68 |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
