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Chapter 4 Cost EstimatesThis chapter outlines the estimated social costs in terms of fatalities, nonfatalinjuries and common costs in 2003/04. These estimates are comparedto the 1996 estimates.FATALITY COSTSThe costs attributable to the 37 fatalities in 2003/04 total $80.2 million.The vast majority of this cost ($59.7 million, 74 per cent) comes from ourestimate of productive output loss—which totals lost contributions toworkplace, household and volunteer work.In BTE (1998), the fatality costs totalled $74.4 million in 1996 dollar values—$89.9 million in 2004 dollar values, CPI adjusted, of which 77 per cent wasattributable to productive output losses.17NON-FATAL COSTSThe total cost attributable to accidents and incidents without a fatality thatoccurred in 2003/04 is $33.7 million. $20.7 million of this (61 per cent)comes from Bureau estimates of costs for the loss or repair of aircraft, withthe majority ($16.1 million) attributable to incidents.In BTE (1998), the costs attributed to non-fatal accidents and incidentswas $37.2 million in 1996 dollar values ($45.0 million in 2004 dollar values,CPI adjusted). 45 per cent was attributable to repair/replacement costs ofaircraft damage.COMMON COSTSThe refined allocation of aircraft damage costs (detailed in chapter 3)produces an industry wide estimate for cost of $23.4 million in 2003/2004dollar values. This compares to $20.9 million in 1996 dollar values in BTE(1998) ($25.2 million in 2004 dollars, CPI adjusted).