Saving Lives and Dollars: Highway Safety Contribution to Health Care Reform andDeficit Reduction

摘要

The relationship between motor vehicle injuries and fatalities, health carecosts, and income taxes was analyzed for four situations: a 1990 baseline, achievement of modest goals for safety improvements, population growth with constant injury and fatality rates, and the effect of higher injury and fatality rates. Total health care costs, publicly funded health care costs, lost income tax revenue, and increased public assistance were estimated at the Federal level, and at the state and local level.