The study sought to determine whether fitting a more aggressive seat belt reminder system to new vehicles would be cost-beneficial for Australia. While seat belt wearing rates have been observed around 95 % in the front seat, non-wearing rates in casuality crashes are as high as 33 % among persons killed and 19 % among seriously injured occupants. Benefits were computed for three device options (simple, simple-2 and complex) and three introductions scenarios (driver-only, front seat occupants and all occupants). Four levels of effectiveness were assumed, from 10 % to 40 %, depending on the type of device fitted. Unit benefits were computed assuming a 5 % discount rate and a 15 yr fleet life. Various industry experts provided the costs. The findings showed that Benefit-Costs-Ratios ranged from 4.0:1 at best (simple device for the driver only) to 0.9:1 for all seating positions. These figures are conservative, given the assumptions made and the discounted human capital methods used.
Benefits of seat belt reminder systems
Nutzen von Systemen, die das Anlegen von Sicherheitsgurten anmahnen
2003
14 Seiten, 5 Tabellen, 15 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Benefits of Seat Belt Reminder Systems
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2003
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