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THE COST OF CRASHES
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The National Safety
Council provides costs for the estimation of
unintentional injuries. These costs include the
following:
the
cost of the different types of accident severity are as
follows according to the National Safety Council report
Estimating The Cost Of Unintentional Injuries 2002.
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Death |
$3,470,000 |
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Incapacitating Injury |
$172,000 |
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Nonincapacitating evident injury |
$44,000 |
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Possible Injury |
$21,000 |
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No Injury |
$2,000 |
The
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration also
reports accident costs in the report
The Economic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes 2000 -
this time by the AIS or abbreviated accident
severity. The MAIS is the maximum injury severity level
experienced by the victim. The comprehensive values
shown below include the values for quality of life lost
(quality of adjusted life years).
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Fatal |
$3,366,388 |
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MAIS 5 (critical injury) |
$2,402,997 |
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MAIS 4 (Severe injury – life threatening) |
$731,580 |
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MAIS 3 (Severe injury – not life threatening) |
$314,204 |
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MAIS 2 (moderate injury) |
$157,958 |
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MAIS 1 (minor injury) |
$15,017 |
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MAIS 0 (non injury) |
$1,962 |
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PDO |
$2,532 |
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