Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada

Analysis and Estimation of the Social Cost of Motor Vehicle Collisions in Ontario
Exhibit V-5
Social Costs of Pedestrian Involved Collisions in Ontario
(2004 million $)
Social costs of collisions in: 2004
Using values ($000,000) for: 2004
Valuation using:
Medium estimate using Willingness to Pay
Pedestrian Involved
Collision Severity
Fatal Injury PDO TOTAL
Fatalities 1466.9 1466.9
Injuries:
Major 0.5 91.3 91.8
Minor 0.9 120.8 121.6
Minimal 0.0 3.8 3.9
Total disability 0.1 21.7 21.9
Partial disability 0.8 126.3 127.1
HUMAN SUB-TOTAL 1,469.3 364.0 1,833.3
Other costs:
Property damage 0.6 5.1 0.1 5.8
Hospital/Health care:
- ER facility 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.5
- Hospital stay facility 0.1 1.6 1.6
- Medical practitioners 0.2 8.6 8.8
Police 0.9 3.5 0.0 4.4
Courts 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.6
Fire 0.3 6.2 6.5
Ambulance 0.1 2.5 2.6
Tow trucks 0.1 1.3 0.0 1.4
Out of pocket 0.1 2.2 0.1 2.4
Traffic delays:
- Extra time 2.4 2.0 0.5 4.9
- Extra fuel 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.4
- Extra pollution 2.2 1.8 0.5 4.5
OTHER SUB-TOTAL 7.2 36.1 1.3 44.6
OVERALL TOTAL 1,476.4 400.1 1.3 1,877.9
64 TNS Canadian Facts, Social and Policy Research