Graph 2.7 Social Cost of Serious Casualty Crashes (Population)
$ million cost of serious casualty crashes per 100,000 population
NOTES: The estimated average cost per serious casualty crash for Australia is $248,000 (1999), based on the RTA Economic Analysis Manual update of ARRB (1992) Costs for Accident Types ARR 227.
Source
Data on serious casualty crashes and persons killed or hospitalised supplied by State and Territory agencies (Australia) and the Land Transport Safety Authority (New Zealand). Estimated resident population figures sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and Statistics New Zealand.
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