Meeting the Safety Challenge Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Automotive News World Congress January 14, 2003
3DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Year % Change Persons Killed41,94542, % Persons Injured3,189,0003,033, % Persons Killed and Injured and Number of Crashes
4DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 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
Safety Belt Use Rates % GOAL
6DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Failure to Use Safety Belts 9,200 fatalities 143,000 people injured $26 billion in costs incurred
7DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Safety Belt Benefits 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
AVI file for Unbelted 50 th Percentile Male Driver
11DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan ,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30, Source: FARS Persons Killed in Alcohol-Related Traffic Crashes by Year
12DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Other - 36% Safety Belts at 90% Use - 34% Alcohol - 30% Predicted Lives Saved by Countermeasure
Touch Screen Multifunction Display
14DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003
Priority: Vehicle Compatibility
16DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Source: FARS Full Size Van Full Size Pickup Sport Utility Vehicle (all) Minivan Compact Pickup 1:6.0 1:6.2 1:4.3 1:2.6 Driver Fatality Ratios in Frontal Crashes
17DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Sport Utility Vehicle Passenger Car Full Size Pickup 1:26.1 1:16.3 1:7.8 Source: FARS Driver Fatality Ratios in Near-Side Crashes
18DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Structural Engagement (Geometry) Energy Management (Stiffness & Crush Force) Compatibility Issues
19DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Priority: Rollover
Rollover FrontSideRearOther Passenger Vehicles in Crashes 2001 Approx million vehicles involved Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities ,910 total occupants killed Vehicles in Crashes and Fatalities by Type of Collision%
21DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Occupant Fatalities in Rollover Crashes, 2001 Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles Passenger cars 4, SUVs 2, Pickup trucks 2, Vans Total10, Deaths Rate
Passenger Cars Pickups Vans SUVs Occupant Fatalities by Type of Crash, 2001
Passenger CarsPickups VansSUVs Serious Injuries by Type of Crash, 2001
24DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Occupant Restraint Use and Complete Ejection in Fatal Rollover
AVI file for DRF-Dynamic Rollover Fixture
27DTPC/SC #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan Fatalities 50,332 33,500 Year 42, Goal Is Challenging