CITIZENS FOR ROADSIDE SAFETY




STATISTICS

According to AASHTO, The average U.S. crash rate remains unchanged. One out of every 84 born today will die violently in a motor vehicle crash. Six out of every 10 children will be injured in a highway crash over a lifetime, many of them more than once

About 42,000 people are killed and an additional three million are injured in a motor vehicle crash each year.

The NHTSA research budget gets 58 billion dollars per year while the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research gets 289 million-while motor vehicle crashes are the forth leading cause of death.

Click any of the following to get detailed statistics:

Crash Clock & Crime Clock

Crash Deaths Chart

Fixed Objects Crashes

Improvements By Rank

Airbag Statistics

Crash Clock & Crime Clock

Crime Clock:
Murder Every 31 Minutes
Aggravated Assault Every 32 Seconds
1 Violent Crime Every 20 Seconds
Property Crime Every 3 Seconds
Crime Every 3 Seconds


Crash Clock:
Highway Fatality Every 13 Minutes
Injury Every 16 Seconds
Property Damage Every 7 Seconds
Crash Every 5 Seconds
Crash Deaths Chart

This chart represents the dangers of the killer guardrails. With over 47,000 people killed on U.S. highways in 1998 and 10% killed on guardrails.

Fixed Object Crashes

Fixed Object Crashes Fatalities for 1994 Percent of Fatalities Percent of Fixed Object Fatalities
Trees 3141 4.7 27.1
Embankment 1126 2.8 10.2
Guardrail 1126 2.8 10.1
Utility Pole 1098 2.7 9.9
Curb or Wall 826 2.0 7.4
Ditch 803 2.0 7.2
Culvert 578 1.4 5.2
Other Fixed Object 533 1.3 4.8
Fence 442 1.1 4.0
Sign/Light Support 431 1.1 3.9
Bridge 428 1.1 3.8
Misc. Pole/Support 367 0.9 3.3
Concrete/ Barrier 217 0.5 1.9
Building 76 0.2 0.7
Impact Attenuator 28 0.1 0.3
Fire Hydrant 27 0.1 0.2
Total 11,135 27.4 100.0%

Safety Bang For The Buck:
The first number is the ranking, and the second number indicates the dollar value return for every dollar spent to correct these problems. If we spent $30 million to upgrade guardrails the total saving would be $225 million. We need the officials to figure the cost benefit ratio of rumble strips. Rumble strips would most likely be very high due to low cost and high return.

Rank: Next is improvement description : Benefit-Cost ratio:

1. Illuminations 26.8 11. Upgrade Bridge Rail 6.9
2. Upgrade Median Barrier 22.6 12. Improve Sight Distance 6.1
3. Traffic Signs 22.4 13. Median for Traffic Separation 6.1
4. Relocated/Breakaway Utility Poles 17.7 14. Groove Pavement for Skid 5.8
5. Remove Obstacles 10.7 15. Improve Minor Structures 5.3
6. New Traffic Signals 8.5 16. Turning Lanes & Channelization 4.5
7. Impact Attenuators 8.0 17. New RR Crossing Gates 3.4
8. New Median Barrier 7.6 18. New RR Crossing Flashing Lights 3.1
9. Upgrade Guardrail 7.5 19. Pavement Marking and Delineation 3.1
10. Upgrade Traffic Signals 7.4 20. New RR Crossing Lights and Gates 2.9

Airbag Statistics: (FHWA)
Object Struck Percent Change in Severity
Tree -29.6%
Utility Pole -35.2%
Guardrail(North Carolina) -53.6%
Guardrail(Illinois) -40.4%
Guardrail End or Terminal -55.0%
Ditch/Embankment +53.6%



NOTE: If anyone has proof that any information is incorrect, please send it to us and the corrections will be made as soon as possible.