University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Transportation Research Institute
Abstract
Final reportCost estimates, including both monetary and nonmonetary quality-of-life costs specific to Michigan, were
estimated for overall traffic crashes and index crimes by experts in the field of economics of traffic crashes
and crimes. These cost estimates were applied to 2009 Michigan traffic crash and index crime incidence data to estimate dollar losses from traffic crashes and index crimes to the state and for each county within the state. Crash costs associated with alcohol-involved traffic crashes, teen-driver-involved crashes, crash-involved motorcyclists, and unrestrained occupants of passenger vehicles were also calculated.
Findings indicate that in 2009, index crimes in Michigan resulted in 1.9billioninmonetarycostsand4.7 billion in total (monetary and nonmonetary quality-of-life) costs. Overall traffic crashes resulted in 4.8billioninmonetarycostsand9.1 billion in total costs. Of these costs, alcohol-involved crashes accounted
for 0.8billioninmonetarycostsand1.9 billion in total costs. Crashes involving teen drivers accounted for almost 1billioninmonetarycostsand1.8 billion in total costs. Crash-involved motorcyclists
accounted for 0.4billioninmonetarycostsand0.8 billion in total costs. Injury-crash involved unrestrained occupants accounted for 0.5billioninmonetarycostsand1.2 billion in total costs. Based on dollar losses to the state, the magnitude of the problem of traffic crashes exceeded that of index crimes in 2009.Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planninghttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/85175/1/102753.pd
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