| 1996 |
North Carolina |
US |
| Fatalities |
1,493 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.9 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
20.39 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| North Carolina |
$4.741 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$1.480 Billion ($450 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 |
| North Carolina |
36.0% |
28.7% |
55.7% |
82% |
35.5% |
| 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) |
$3,084,432 |
$3,087,544 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$273,003 |
$284,371 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$842,786 |
$750,780 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$100,000 |
$417,230 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$4,300,221 |
$4,539,925 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
Yes |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers under age 21 |
(0.00 BAC) Yes |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
Yes |
|
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 |
| North Carolina |
531 |
35.5% |
$969
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 |
| North Carolina |
1,153 |
584 |
569 |
538 |
808 |
Primary law —
Effective Oct 85 — Front seat occupants of passenger motor vehicle seats <10
— $25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| North Carolina |
28 |
21 |
7 |
31 |
35 |
Restraint
required <12 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jul 82 — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| North Carolina |
72 |
57 |
15 |
23 |
28 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Jan 68 |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
