An approach to the derivation of the cost of UK vehicle crash injuries

Morris, Andrew; Welsh, Ruth; Barnes, Jo; Chambers-Smith, Dawn

An approach to costing of road crash injury has been developed using data from a ‘Willingness-to-pay’ survey mapped to injuries listed in the Abbreviated Injury Scale 1998 Revision. The costs derived have been applied to a database of real-world crash injuries that have been collected as part of the UK Cooperative Crash Injury Study (CCIS). The approach has been developed in order to determine future research priorities in vehicle passive safety. When all injuries in all crash-types are examined, the results highlight the cost of ‘Whiplash’ in the UK. When more serious injuries are considered, specifically those at AIS 2+, the cost of head injuries becomes evident in both frontal and side impacts.

Year

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1990

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2004

Dischinger PC, Read KM, Kufera JA, Kerns TJ, Burch CA, Jawed N, Ho SM, Burgess AR. Consequences and costs of lower extremity injuries. In: 48th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). September 13-15, 2004; Key Biscayne, FL.339-353.

1998

The Abbreviated Injury Scale-1990 Revision, Update 1998. Des Plaines, IL: Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM); 1998.

2004

Zaloshnja E, Miller T, Council F, Persaud B. Comprehensive and human capital crash costs by maximum police-reported injury severity within selected crash types. In: 48th Annual Proceedings, Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine (AAAM). September 13-15, 2004; Key Biscayne, FL.251-263.

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2006

Morris A, Welsh R, Barnes J, Frampton R. The nature, type and consequences of lower extremity injuries in front and side impacts in pre and post-regulatory passenger cars. In: Proceedings of the 2006 International IRCOBI Conference on the Biomechanics of Impact. September 20-22, 2006; Madrid, Spain.19-33.