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State Traffic Safety Information

Number 190 January 1999

U.S. Department of Transportation

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

400 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20590

STATE TRAFFIC SAFETY INFORMATION

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has compiled current information (as

of January 1, 1998) about traffic safety issues for all of the states in a single document. State

Traffic Safety Information lists motor vehicle fatalities and fatality rates for each state and for

the United States as a whole in a number of areas such as alcohol-impaired and speed-related

crashes. For each state, there are estimated economic costs for crashes and the dollar value

borne by employers. The individual state data sheets break out the deaths by alcohol and speed

related, safety belt and child safety seat usage, and motorcycle helmet usage.

There is also information on the status of important drunk driving laws such as Administrative

License Revocation, .08 BAC per se, zero tolerance for drivers under age 21, and graduated

licensing, and sources of NHTSA highway safety program funds. NHTSA plans to update the

booklet annually. An example for the state of Ohio is below.

HOW TO ORDER

For a copy of State Traffic Safety Information, write to the Office of Research and Traffic

Records, NHTSA, NTS-31, 400 Seventh Street S.W., Washington, DC 20590, or send a fax to

(202) 366-7096. Tina Mills maintains these data.

State of Ohio

1996 Ohio U.S.

Fatalities 1,395 41,907

Fatality Rate per VMT 1.4 1.7

Fatality Rate per Population 12.49 15.80

1994 Economic Cost of Motor Vehicle Traffic Crashes

Ohio $7.125 Billion

U.S. Total $150.469 Billion

Employer Costs $2.841 Billion ($560 Per Employee)

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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

Percentages

Ohio 33.3% 26.3% 40.6% 62% 24.9%

U.S. 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) $4,719,736 $4,721,806

Section 402 Grant (FHWA) $417,744 $434,892

Section 410 Grant $1,477,746 $0

Section 403 Contract/Grant $88,000 $153,996

SAFETY TOTAL $6,703,226 $5,310,694

DRUNK DRIVING

Status of Key Legislative Issues

Administrative license revocation Yes

0.08 BAC per se law No

Zero tolerance for drivers under age 21 Yes (0.02 BAC)

Graduated licensing Yes

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

Ohio 357 24.9% $ 1.242 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

Ohio 1,095 409 686 371 693

Secondary law -- Eff May 86 -- Front seat occupants of

passenger/commercial car, van, truck -- $ 25 Fine

CHILD SAFETY

SEATS

Occupant Deaths

(age <5)

Current Lives

Saved

Savable at

100%

Total Restrained Unrestrained

Ohio 18 13 5 16 20

Restraint req < 4 -- Seat req < 4 -- Eff Mar 83 -- May substitute

safety belt > 4 & > 40 lbs. -- $ 100 Fine

MOTORCYCLE

HELMETS

Motorcycle Rider

Deaths

Current Lives

Saved

Savable at

100%

Total Helmeted Unhelmeted

Ohio 117 8 109 3 35

Helmet use required for all riders <18 and first year novice -- Eff

Jul 78 -- $ 100 - $ 500 Fines

NHTSA, December 1997

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Traffic Safety Programs

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