| 1996 |
Oklahoma |
US |
| Fatalities |
775 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.3 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
23.5 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Oklahoma |
$1.709 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$454 Million ($320 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 |
| Oklahoma |
36.4% |
28.7% |
23.3% |
48% |
44.0% |
| 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) |
$1,305,409 |
$1,967,076 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$174,008 |
$181,173 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$0 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$45,299 |
$267,219 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$1,524,716 |
$2,415,468 |
|
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 |
No |
|
Graduated licensing |
No |
| 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 |
| Oklahoma |
347 |
44.0% |
$425
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 |
| Oklahoma |
643 |
150 |
493 |
132 |
382 |
Secondary law —
Effective Nov 97 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars, vans & pickup trucks
— $20 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Oklahoma |
12 |
4 |
8 |
9 |
12 |
Restraint
required <5 — Seat required <4 — Effective Nov 83 — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Oklahoma |
27 |
7 |
20 |
3 |
8 |
Helmet use required for
all riders under 18 years of age — Effective May 76 — $500 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
