Meeting the Safety Challenge Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Automotive News World Congress January

Meeting the Safety Challenge

Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D.Administrator

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

Automotive News World Congress January 14, 2003

3DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003

Year % Change2000 2001

Persons Killed 41,945 42,116 +0.4%

Persons Injured

3,189,0003,033,00

0-4.9%

Persons Killed and Injured and Number of Crashes


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 1983-2003

14% 14%

21%

37%

42%45% 46%

49%

59%62%

66% 67% 68% 68% 69% 69%67%

71%73%

75%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 01 03

78%GOAL


Failure to Use Safety Belts

9,200 fatalities

143,000 people injured

$26 billion in costs incurred


Safety Belt Benefits

For each 1% increase in safety belt use:2.8 million more people buckling up270 lives saved$800 million cost savedReduce severity of 6,400 serious injuries

Belt use at 90%:6,600 lives saved each year

AVI file for Unbelted 50th Percentile

Male Driver

AVI file for Unbelted 50th Percentile

Male Driver


0

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

Source: FARS

Persons Killed in Alcohol-Related Traffic Crashes by Year


Other - 36%Other - 36%

Safety Belts at 90% Use - 34%

Safety Belts at 90% Use - 34%

Alcohol - 30%Alcohol - 30%Alcohol - 30%Alcohol - 30%

Predicted Lives Saved by Countermeasure

Touch Screen Multifunction Display

14DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 1 5D T P C / S C 2 0 0 2 - 2 0 0 3 # 1 / R u n g e 's A u to N e w s s p e e c h J a n 2 0 0 3

V e h ic le S a fe ty P r io r it ie s

C o m p a tib ility

R o llo ve r p re v e n tio n & p ro te c t io n

C o m p a tib ility

R o llo ve r p re v e n tio n & p ro te c t io n

A dvanced A ir B ags S ide Im pact O ffset F ronta l

A dvanced D um m ies R ear Im pact

Priority: Vehicle CompatibilityPriority: Vehicle Compatibility

16DTPC/SC 2002-2003 #1/Runge's Auto News speech Jan 2003 Source: FARS 1995-1999

Full Size Van

Full SizePickup

Sport UtilityVehicle (all)

Minivan

CompactPickup

1:6.0

1:6.2

1:4.3

1:2.6

1:2.6

Driver Fatality Ratios in Frontal Crashes


Sport Utility Vehicle

Passenger Car

Full Size Pickup 1:26.1

1:16.3

1:7.8

Source: FARS 1995 - 1999

Driver Fatality Ratios in Near-Side Crashes


Structural Engagement (Geometry)

Energy Management (Stiffness & Crush Force)

Compatibility Issues


Priority: Rollover

RolloverRollover FrontFront SideSide RearRear OtherOther

Passenger VehiclesPassenger Vehiclesin Crashes 2001in Crashes 2001

Approx. 10.7 million vehicles involved Approx. 10.7 million vehicles involved

Passenger VehiclePassenger VehicleOccupant Fatalities Occupant Fatalities

2001 2001 31,910 total occupants killed31,910 total occupants killed

Vehicles in Crashes and Fatalities by Type of Collision

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Occupant Fatalities in Rollover Crashes, 2001Rate per 100,000 Registered Vehicles

Passenger cars 4,549 3.53 SUVs 2,142 9.90 Pickup trucks 2,643 6.97 Vans 784 4.33

Total 10,118 4.90

Deaths Rate

Unknown1%

Other1%

Rollover61% Side

10%

Front25%

Rear2%

Side31%

Rear4%

Front41%

Rollover22%

Other1%

Unknown1% Unknown

1%Other

2%

Side14%

Rear1%

Rollover44%

Front38%

Rear4%

Side15%

Rollover39%

Front39%

Other2%

Unknown1%

Passenger Cars Pickups

Vans

SUVs

Occupant

Fatalities by

Type of Crash,2001

Rear2%

Rollover16%

Other10%

Front52%

Side20%

Rear1%

Side11%

Front38%

Other20%

Rollover30%

Rear

Side27%

Rollover13%

Other11%

Front49%

Rear3%

Side10%

Front29%

Other12%

Rollover46%

Passenger Cars Pickups

Vans SUVs

Serious Injuries by Type of Crash,

2001


Occupant Restraint Use and Complete Ejection in Fatal Rollover

54

2

45

87

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

Not Restrained Restrained

Pe

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nt

of

Occ

up

ants

Ejected

Not Ejected

AVI file for DRF-Dynamic Rollover

Fixture

AVI file for DRF-Dynamic Rollover

Fixture


1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2004 2006 2007 2008

Fat a

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sFa

t al it

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50,332

33,500

YearYear

42,116

2008 Goal Is Challenging

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Meeting the Safety Challenge Jeffrey W. Runge, M.D. Administrator National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Automotive News World Congress January