ROAD ACCIDENTS SCOTLAND 2000
Accident Costs
Accident Costs: Details of Calculations
Tables 11 and 12 opposite provide the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions estimates of the values assigned to the cost of road casualties and accidents in Great Britain, for use in cost-benefit analysis of the prevention of road casualties and accidents in road schemes. They were published by the DTLR in its "Highways Economic Note Number 1" in October 2001.
The valuation of casualty costs calculated for Great Britain for all levels of severity are now based on a "willingness to pay human cost" approach. This is intended to encompass all aspects of the costs of casualties including both the human cost and the direct economic cost. The human cost covers an amount to reflect the pain, grief and suffering to the casualty, relatives and friends, and, for fatal casualties, the intrinsic loss of enjoyment of life over and above the consumption of goods and services. The economic cost covers loss of output due to injury and medical costs.
The cost of an accident also includes:
i. the cost of damage to vehicles and property; and
ii. the cost of police and insurance administration.
Further information about the methods used by DTLR to produce the estimates shown in Tables 11 and 12 is available from:-
Hanan El Omrani
Road Safety branch
Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Zone 2/09
Great Minster House
76 Marsham Street
LONDON
SW1P 4DR
(Tel: 020 7944 2034)
The cost per accident in Scotland and the total cost of all accidents in Scotland are given in Tables 13 and 14 opposite. These costs for Scotland are calculated using the casualty costs for Great Britain and the number of casualties by severity in accidents in Scotland. The costs per accident are higher in Scotland than in Great Britain because Scotland has more casualties per accident and has a higher proportion of fatal and serious casualties in an accident.
Also estimated are the number of "damage only" accidents (about 14 times the number of injury accidents) and their average costs.
The estimated total costs at 2000 prices of accidents in 1999 and earlier years are calculated by applying the estimated "per accident" costs for 2000 to the number of accidents of each type in 1999 and earlier years.
Table 11
Average cost per casualty by severity for Great Britain (£) at 2000 prices
|
|
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Average all casualties |
|
Average cost per casualty for Great Britain |
1,144,890 |
128,650 |
9,920 |
36,140 |
Table 12
Costs per accident by element of cost and severity for Great Britain (£) at
2000 prices
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|
Accident Severity |
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Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Damage only |
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Casualty related costs for GB: |
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|
Lost output |
438,860 |
17,880 |
2,130 |
|
|
|
Medical/ambulance |
4,920 |
10,710 |
900 |
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Pain, grief, suffering |
870,780 |
121,620 |
10,130 |
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Police and damage to property costs for GB: |
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|
Police/administration |
1,330 |
180 |
40 |
3 |
|
|
Damage to property |
- Motorways |
11,811 |
10,078 |
5,098 |
1,778 |
|
- rural roads |
9,285 |
4,232 |
2,806 |
1,849 |
|
|
- urban roads |
5,475 |
2,934 |
1,731 |
1,239 |
|
|
Total costs per accident for GB |
1,323,880 |
154,110 |
15,380 |
1,360 |
|
Table 13
Cost per accident by road type and severity in Scotland (£) for 2000 at 2000
prices
|
Category of road |
Accident Severity |
Average for all injury accidents |
Damage only |
Average for all accidents |
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|
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
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|
Non built-up roads |
1,364,752 |
172,464 |
16,763 |
109,125 |
1,852 |
14,042 |
|
Built-up roads |
1,230,630 |
141,090 |
14,143 |
47,417 |
1,242 |
3,711 |
|
Motorways |
1,481,130 |
156,245 |
19,395 |
85,846 |
1,781 |
11,556 |
|
All roads |
1,328,570 |
154,602 |
15,072 |
68,584 |
1,359 |
5,786 |
|
Trunk roads only |
1,400,812 |
170,068 |
17,377 |
117,700 |
1,659 |
12,915 |
Table 14
Total estimated accident costs in Scotland (£ million) at 2000 prices, by
severity
Years: 1990 to 2000
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|
Injury Road Accidents |
Damage only |
All accidents |
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|
Motorway |
Non Built-up |
Built-up |
All injury accidents |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
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|
1990 |
28.9 |
778.3 |
879.1 |
1,686.3 |
661.6 |
813.2 |
211.5 |
395.2 |
2,081.5 |
|
1991 |
41.9 |
706.5 |
780.6 |
1,528.9 |
600.0 |
728.0 |
200.9 |
371.5 |
1,900.4 |
|
1992 |
37.5 |
697.4 |
693.2 |
1,428.0 |
562.4 |
671.2 |
194.4 |
351.5 |
1,779.6 |
|
1993 |
38.6 |
626.0 |
583.6 |
1,248.2 |
482.3 |
579.9 |
186.0 |
323.7 |
1,571.9 |
|
1994 |
38.5 |
629.3 |
631.4 |
1,299.2 |
444.6 |
678.4 |
176.2 |
327.9 |
1,627.0 |
|
1995 |
34.0 |
653.0 |
627.2 |
1,314.2 |
500.7 |
636.6 |
176.9 |
322.4 |
1,636.5 |
|
1996 |
22.0 |
584.5 |
535.9 |
1,142.4 |
429.9 |
528.2 |
184.3 |
312.6 |
1,455.1 |
|
1997 |
37.7 |
637.5 |
501.7 |
1,176.9 |
459.3 |
524.1 |
193.5 |
322.4 |
1,499.3 |
|
1998 |
27.3 |
619.8 |
539.9 |
1,186.9 |
466.9 |
528.7 |
191.4 |
319.2 |
1,506.2 |
|
1999 |
29.1 |
526.8 |
491.7 |
1,047.6 |
372.2 |
495.8 |
179.6 |
297.6 |
1,345.2 |
|
2000 |
38.5 |
533.8 |
461.6 |
1,033.9 |
393.3 |
463.0 |
177.6 |
290.7 |
1,324.6 |