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Meeting the Safety Challenge

Automotive News World Congress January 14, 2003. Meeting the Safety Challenge. Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Persons Killed and Injured and Number of Crashes. Economic Cost of Crashes 2000. $230.6 billion total cost, including

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Meeting the Safety Challenge

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  1. Automotive News World Congress January 14, 2003 Meeting the Safety Challenge Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

  2. Persons Killed and Injured and Number of Crashes DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  3. Economic Cost of Crashes 2000 • $230.6 billion total cost, including • $32.6 billion in medical expense • $81 billion in lost productivity • 2.3% of US Gross Domestic Product • $820 for each man, woman & child • $1.1 million avg. cost for critically injured survivor DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  4. Safety Belt Use Rates 1983-2003 78% GOAL

  5. Failure to Use Safety Belts • 9,200 fatalities • 143,000 people injured • $26 billion in costs incurred DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  6. For each 1% increase in safety belt use: 2.8 million more people buckling up 270 lives saved $800 million cost saved Reduce severity of 6,400 serious injuries Belt use at 90%: 6,600 lives saved each year Safety Belt Benefits DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  7. AVI file for Unbelted 50th Percentile Male Driver

  8. 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 Persons Killed in Alcohol-Related Traffic Crashes by Year Source: FARS DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  9. Predicted Lives Saved by Countermeasure Other - 36% Alcohol - 30% Safety Belts at 90% Use - 34% DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  10. Touch Screen Multifunction Display

  11. DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  12. Priority: Vehicle Compatibility

  13. Driver Fatality Ratios in Frontal Crashes 1:6.0 Full Size Van Full SizePickup 1:6.2 Sport Utility Vehicle (all) 1:4.3 Minivan 1:2.6 Compact Pickup 1:2.6 Source: FARS 1995-1999 DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  14. Driver Fatality Ratios in Near-Side Crashes 1:26.1 Full Size Pickup 1:16.3 Sport Utility Vehicle 1:7.8 Passenger Car Source: FARS 1995 - 1999 DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  15. Compatibility Issues • Structural Engagement (Geometry) • Energy Management (Stiffness & Crush Force) DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  16. Priority: Rollover DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  17. Vehicles in Crashes and Fatalities by Type of Collision % Passenger Vehicles in Crashes 2001 Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities 2001 Approx. 10.7 million vehicles involved 31,910 total occupants killed Rollover Front Side Rear Other

  18. Occupant Fatalities in Rollover Crashes, 2001Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles • Passenger cars 4,549 3.53 • SUVs 2,142 9.90 • Pickup trucks 2,643 6.97 • Vans 784 4.33 • Total 10,118 4.90 Deaths Rate DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  19. Occupant Fatalities by Type of Crash, 2001 Passenger Cars Pickups SUVs Vans

  20. Serious Injuries by Type of Crash, 2001 Passenger Cars Pickups Vans SUVs

  21. Occupant Restraint Use and Complete Ejection in Fatal Rollover DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

  22. AVI file for DRF-Dynamic Rollover Fixture

  23. 2008 Goal Is Challenging 50,332 Fatalities 42,116 33,500 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004 2006 2007 2008 Year DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

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