Citation

Porter CD, Hansen MM, Gallardo A. Transp. Res. Rec. 1995; 1503: 137-145.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences USA, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

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Abstract

This paper estimates the full costs of collision accidents on the Santa Clara County light rail system in San Jose, California. Per-accident costs to the transit agency are estimated, including money paid out and staff time spent, based on 6 years of accident records. Costs are estimated for injury and noninjury accidents and by accident type. Additional costs to society are also estimated based on previous studies of highway crash costs. The average cost of an injury accident was found to be $206,411 to society as a whole, of which $3,972 was to the transit agency. The average cost of a noninjury accident was found to be $9,111 to society as a whole, of which $1,872 was to the transit agency.

Record URL:
http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/trr/1995/1503/1503-018.pdf

Language: en

Keywords

Accident prevention; Costs; Economics; Mathematical models; Cost effectiveness; Standards; Light rail transit; Collision avoidance; Railroad accidents