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Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada

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Analysis and Estimation of the Social Cost of Motor Vehicle Collisions in Ontario<br />

We use the characteristics of fatal collisions 1 to move an appropriate number of<br />

collisions with the same characteristics from the injury collision severity group to the<br />

fatal severity group. This is illustrated in the hypothetical example provided below.<br />

In this example, the average fatal collision has the following characteristics–1<br />

fatality, 3 injuries and 10 vehicles involved. There are 3 fatalities assigned to injury<br />

collisions after the adjustments noted earlier. Assuming the collisions, involving the 3<br />

fatalities, but listed as injury collisions are like other fatal collisions, allows us to identify<br />

3 collisions, with 3 fatalities, 9 injuries and 30 vehicles involved among injury collisions.<br />

Transferring these collisions from injury to fatal collisions would increase fatal collisions<br />

by 3 (from 30 to 33 collisions) and reduce injury collisions by 3 from (303 to 300). The<br />

characteristics of the collision would also be transferred resulting in the increase of 3<br />

fatalities, 9 injuries and 30 involved vehicles to fatal collisions and the corresponding<br />

reduction of these characteristics from the injury collisions.<br />

Step 4<br />

Transfer of injury collisions involving fatalities to fatal collisions<br />

based on characteristics of fatal collisions<br />

Collision Severity<br />

Fatal<br />

Injury<br />

Collisions 30 303<br />

Fatalities 30 3<br />

Injuries 90 9 + 200<br />

Vehicles damaged 300 30 500<br />

Fatal<br />

Injury<br />

Collisions 30 3 300<br />

Fatalities 30 3<br />

Injuries 90 + 9 200<br />

Vehicles damaged 300 30 500<br />

Fatal<br />

Injury<br />

33 300<br />

Fatalities 33<br />

Injuries 99 200<br />

Vehicles damaged 330 500<br />

1 Each fatal collision includes 1.11 fatality, 0.44 major injury, 2.16 minor injury, 1.33 minimal injury and<br />

involves the following vehicles by damage level: 0.99 demolished, 0.27 severe, 0.21 moderate, 0.18 light<br />

124 TNS Canadian Facts, Social and Policy Research

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