Potential injuries and costs averted by increased use of evidence-based behavioral road safety policies in North Carolina.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The purpose of this study was to estimate the potential injuries and costs that could be averted by implementing evidence-based road safety policies and interventions not currently utilized in one U.S. state, North Carolina (NC). NC consistently has annual motor vehicle-related death rates above the national average.

Methods

We used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Motor Vehicle Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States (MV PICCS) tool as a foundation for examining the potential injuries and costs that could be averted from underutilized evidence-based policies, assuming a $1.5 million implementation budget and that income generated from policy-related fines and fees would help offset costs. We further examined costs by payer source.

SUBMITTER: Singichetti B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8126265 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature