| 1996 |
Ohio |
US |
| Fatalities |
1,395 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.4 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
12.49 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Ohio |
$7.125 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$2.841 Billion ($560 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 |
| Ohio |
33.3% |
26.3% |
40.6% |
62% |
24.9% |
| 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) |
$4,719,736 |
$4,721,806 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$417,744 |
$434,892 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$1,477,746 |
$0 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$88,000 |
$153,996 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$6,703,226 |
$5,310,694 |
|
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 |
| Ohio |
357 |
24.9% |
$1.242
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 |
| Ohio |
1,095 |
409 |
686 |
371 |
693 |
Secondary law —
Effective May 86 — Front seat occupants of passenger/commercial car, van, truck
— $25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Ohio |
18 |
13 |
5 |
16 |
20 |
Restraint
required <4 — Seat required <4 — Effective Mar 83 — May substitute
safety belt >4 & >40 lbs. — $100 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Ohio |
117 |
8 |
109 |
3 |
35 |
Helmet use required for
all riders <18 and first year novice — Effective Jul 78 — $100-$500 Fines |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
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