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Automobile crashes cost the state’s economy at least $830 million in 1980, according to a Virginia Department of ^Transportation Safety’s annual completed in October.
The staggering cost translates into a daily loss of $2,275,000. This was determined after estimating insurance payments, social security, workman’s compensation benefits, claim processing costs and uncompensated wage losses.
“The true cost could be greater due to conservative estimation methods used in the study, however, at that rate of expense the Department of Transportation Safety study budget would be exhausted in less than three days,” Mr. Hanna pointed out.
Emphasizing the human perspective, the study found that auto crashes are a significant cause of death for all Virginians and the leading cause of death for those between the ages of 10 and 35.
Automobile injuries are more severe than almost all other injuries and require extensive medical care. More than 38 percent of these injuries require emergency room treatment.
Highway crashes account for more than half of those institutionalized for brain and spinal cord injuries. In 1960 at least 26 paraplegics and 49 quadriplegics were treated ^af Virginia’s Wpadrow Wilson
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