2 nd Annual Regional Safety Conference Many Paths to Progress October 18, 2007 Stephen Oesch

1. 2nd Annual Regional Safety Conference Many Paths to Progress October 18, 2007 Stephen Oesch

2. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Identify and develop countermeasures to reduce human and economic losses on our nation’s highways

3. www.iihs.org

4. The highway safety problem

5. Motor vehicle crashes, 2006NHTSA • 5,930,000 police-reported crashes • 2,575,000 injured • 42,642 killed Additional crashes that aren’t reported to police but result in insurance costs

6. 1992 2000 2005 1995 Work-related highway fatalities1992 - 2005

7. Auto Insurance losses from motor vehicle crashes2006 • 20 million claims • $27 billion in collision coverage losses • $18 billion in property damage liability coverage losses • $32 billion in injury claim losses • $22 billion in BI coverage • $6 billion in PIP coverage • $4 billion in MedPay coverage

8. IIHS has a broad-based research programThe Haddon Matrix

9. Making safer vehicles

10. IIHS vehicle research center Outside car companies, few facilities in the world are equipped to conduct the range of crash tests and other research the Vehicle Research Center can accommodate.

13. poor marginal acceptable good Frontal offset crash protection ratings Improvements: 1995 to 2007 to date calendar year of release

14. Side impact crash test

16. Automakers are accelerating introduction of side airbags with head protection; one reason is that they know consumers are paying attention to results of IIHS tests Rearseat cushion

18. head and chest chest head Percent of vehicle models in U.S. with side airbags as optional or standard equipmentBy type of side airbag, 1997-2007 year

19. Requirements for 2007 TOP SAFETY PICK award • Gooevaluation in frontal crashworthiness test • Gooevaluation in side crashworthiness test • Gooevaluation in rear crash protection/head restraint test • Availability of electronic stability control

20. Electronic stability control

22. standard optional Percent of vehicle models with ESC model year

23. Federal rule on ESCApril 2007 • ESC will be required on new passenger vehicles • September 1, 2008: 55% must comply • September 1, 2009: 75% must comply • September 1, 2010: 95% must comply • September 1, 2011: 100% must comply • Maneuver test requirement • Hardware and software requirements

24. Making safer drivers

25. Speed cameras

26. Speed cameras • Widely used throughout the world to reduce speed violations and crashes • Can be accompanied by police or placed unattended at the roadside

27. Based on the radar calculated speed of the offending vehicle, a receding violation image is taken when the vehicle is in the field of view of the camera. Speed cameras are activated when a vehicle is traveling significantly faster than the posted limit

28. Evaluation of speed cameras in Washington, D.C.Percent change at camera sites relative to control 6 months after enforcement proportion exceeding speed limit by 11+ mph average speed

29. Evaluations of speed camera enforcement

30. Annual red light running toll, 2005 • 192,000 crashes • 165,000 injuries • 805 deaths • About half of the deaths are pedestrians and occupants of other vehicles hit by red light runners

32. Alcohol

33. Percent of fatally injured passenger vehicle drivers with BACs  0.08 percentBy age, 1982-2005 05 82 85 90 95 2000

34. Assessment of checkpoint effectivenessCenters for Disease Control, 2002

35. Traditional sobriety checkpoints

36. Experimental Comparison

37. Low manpower checkpoint in Greenbrier County

38. Percent of drivers with BACs > 0.05 percentWeekend nights, spring 2003 and 2004 Before During Before During Study counties Comparison counties

39. Making roads safer

41. Roundabouts: Redesign the intersection to reduce crashes

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