| 1996 |
Oregon |
US |
| Fatalities |
524 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.7 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
16.35 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Oregon |
$1.418 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$588 Million ($410 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 |
| Oregon |
40.9% |
31.2% |
58.4% |
85% (1997) |
25.7% |
| 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) |
$1,644,499 |
$1,643,831 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$145,552 |
$151,401 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$610,172 |
$543,560 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$75,000 |
$75,000 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$2,475,223 |
$2,413,792 |
|
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 |
No |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Open container law for
alcohol beverages
• Suspended registration
• 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 |
| Oregon |
144 |
25.7% |
$274
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 |
| Oregon |
406 |
205 |
201 |
201 |
297 |
Primary law —
Effective Dec 90 — All occupants of motor vehicles — $67 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Oregon |
10 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
10 |
Restraint
required <16 — Seat required <4 or >40 lbs. — Effective Jan 84 —
$67 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Oregon |
28 |
25 |
3 |
10 |
11 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Jun 89 — $104 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
