| 1996 |
Texas |
US |
| Fatalities |
3,741 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
2.0 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
19.56 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Texas |
$11.159 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$3.901 Billion ($480 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 |
| Texas |
53.3% |
42.3% |
47.2% |
74% |
38.7% |
| 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) |
$8,260,726 |
$8,274,739 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$731,153 |
$762,127 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$0 |
$1,749,715 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$310,150 |
$182,693 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$9,302,029 |
$10,968,974 |
|
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 |
Yes |
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 |
| Texas |
1,464 |
38.7% |
$2.468
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 |
| Texas |
2,961 |
1,161 |
1,800 |
1,146 |
2,026 |
Secondary law —
Effective Sep 85 — Front seat occupants of passenger cars, vans & certain trucks
— $50 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Texas |
68 |
25 |
43 |
27 |
52 |
Restraint
required <4 — Seat required <2 — Effective Oct 84 —
May substitute safety belt between 2 & 4 — $50 Fine for ages 2-3 |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
| Texas |
15 |
89 |
26 |
36 |
44 |
Helmet use required for
all riders under age 21 and those who have not completed a rider training course or do not
have $10,000 medical insurance — Effective Sep 97 |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
