| 1996 |
Pennsylvania |
US |
| Fatalities |
1,469 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.5 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
12.18 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Pennsylvania |
$5.436 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$2.245 Billion ($400 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 |
| Pennsylvania |
39.0% |
32.4% |
39.8% |
71% |
36.0% |
| 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) |
$5,117,543 |
$5,120,609 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$452,956 |
$471,622 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$1,599,823 |
$1,425,171 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$532,822 |
$494,668 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$7,703,144 |
$7,512,070 |
|
DRUNK DRIVING — Status of Key Legislative Issues |
| Administrative license revocation |
No |
|
Zero Tolerance for drivers
under age 21 |
(0.02 BAC) Yes
DWI Criminal Offense |
| 0.08 BAC per se law |
No |
|
Graduated licensing |
Yes |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• Mandatory BAC testing
• 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 |
| Pennsylvania |
533 |
36.0% |
$1.108
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 |
| Pennsylvania |
1,080 |
382 |
698 |
344 |
676 |
Secondary law —
Effective Nov 87 — Front seat occupants of passenger car, truck and RV — $10
Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Pennsylvania |
13 |
8 |
5 |
6 |
9 |
Restraint
required <4 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jan 84 — May substitute
safety belt over 4 — $25 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Pennsylvania |
98 |
73 |
18 |
7 |
32 |
38 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Sep 68 |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
