| 1996 |
Virginia |
US |
| Fatalities |
875 |
41,907 |
| Fatality Rate per VMT |
1.2 |
1.7 |
| Fatality Rate per Population |
13.11 |
15.80 |
|
|
TRAFFIC FATALITIES
1986-1996
|
1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes |
| Virginia |
$3.321 Billion |
| U.S. Total |
$150.469 Billion |
| Employer Costs |
$1.273 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 |
| Virginia |
39.2% |
30.8% |
34.5% |
70% |
27.1% |
| 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) |
$2,719,771 |
$2,722,023 |
| Section 402 Grant (FHWA) |
$240,727 |
$250,706 |
| Section 410 Grant |
$743,602 |
$662,424 |
| Section 403 Contract/Grant |
$4,896,889 |
$3,439,860 |
| SAFETY TOTAL |
$8,600,989 |
$7,075,013 |
|
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 |
Yes |
|
Graduated licensing |
No |
| Qualifies for Section 410 Incentive Grant
Program |
Yes |
Supplemental
Criteria
• 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 |
| Virginia |
236 |
27.1% |
$598
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 |
| Virginia |
669 |
203 |
466 |
191 |
412 |
Secondary law —
Effective Jan 88 — Front seat occupants of motor vehicles — $25 Fine |
|
CHILD
SAFETY BELTS |
Occupant Deaths (age <5) |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Restrained |
Unrestrained |
| Virginia |
14 |
5 |
9 |
6 |
11 |
Restraint
required >4 — Seat required <4 — Effective Jan 83 — May substitute
safety belt >4 in front seat — $50 Fine |
|
MOTORCYCLE
HELMETS |
Motorcycle Rider Deaths |
Current
Lives Saved |
Savable
at 100% |
| Total |
Helmeted |
Unhelmeted |
Unknown |
| Virginia |
36 |
9 |
21 |
5 |
4 |
11 |
Helmet use required for
all riders — Effective Jan 71 — $200 Fine |
|
State Traffic Safety
Information – NHTSA – December 1997
|
