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Highway Fatalities * USA - CDC: Cost $41 Billion Annually
For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released state-by-state fact sheets
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Atlanta,GA,USA -The Car Connection -13 May 2011: -- Road fatalities do more than take away loved ones, coworkers, and community members; they also leave an economic impact... For the first time, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released state-by-state fact sheets that highlight individual state costs due to motor-vehicle crashes... Across the U.S., vehicle motor-vehicle fatalities result in about $41 billion dollars in medical costs and work loss, according to the organization, and half of our national costs related to vehicle crashes are attributed to just ten states... The data is useful as it includes not only the highway fatality rates, which vary significantly from state to state, but the work loss costs of removing that person from the economy. And when including those work-loss costs, the costs of highway fatalities roughly parallels what the U.S. DOT spends on our highways annually. In short, auto accidents cost us all in economic welfare... The CDC has four recommendations to the states to help save lives and money: primary seatbelt laws; strong child passenger safety policy (child and booster seats); comprehensive graduated driver licensing (GDL) systems; and universal motorcycle helmet laws...Labels: fatalities
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