Part 8 Estimated Cost of Fatal Crashes

2001	Number of Fatalities			Cost of Fatalities ( Rand mil )
Age	per Age Group per Area			per Age Group per Area
Group	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
0-1	8	20	28	4.04	9.49	13.52
1-4	33	78	111	16.73	39.62	56.35
5-9	89	143	232	49.05	79.75	128.80
10-14	77	154	232	45.76	91.36	137.12
15-19	148	349	498	93.11	219.95	313.06
20-24	439	1,184	1,623	291.25	787.40	1078.65
25-29	577	1,631	2,209	396.13	1122.54	1518.66
30-34	409	1,217	1,626	280.20	836.34	1116.54
35-39	296	863	1,159	197.23	577.71	774.95
40-44	241	704	945	152.68	447.67	600.35
45-49	203	565	768	119.57	333.20	452.77
50-54	171	457	628	92.10	247.82	339.92
55-59	149	384	533	71.76	185.15	256.91
60-64	95	268	363	40.59	115.25	155.84
65-69	41	122	164	15.97	47.34	63.30
70-74	13	34	47	4.67	11.96	16.63
75-79	9	14	23	2.80	4.51	7.30
80 and older	4	10	14	1.07	2.71	3.77
Total	3,003	8,198	11,201	1874.70	5159.75	7034.46

 

2001	Crashes per Area			Repair & Incident Cost
Crash Type	RSA			Rand (million)
per Area	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
Pedestrian	1,137	2,122	3,259	22.77	34.46	57.22
Hit and run	202	426	628	4.05	6.91	10.96
Head on	137	637	774	3.83	19.60	23.43
Sideswipe opposite direction	71	221	292	1.71	5.75	7.46
Sideswipe same direction	43	147	190	0.97	3.60	4.57
Overturned	240	1,690	1,930	10.69	70.06	80.75
Collision - fixed object	149	270	418	5.86	10.01	15.87
Head-Rear end	125	400	525	2.84	9.78	12.62
Approach at angle	43	70	113	1.01	1.72	2.73
Turn from wrong lane	10	28	38	0.37	0.62	1.00
Turn in front of oncoming traffic	65	141	206	1.59	3.76	5.35
Reversing	19	38	57	0.47	0.85	1.32
Animal, Other & Unknown	72	299	371	1.94	7.41	9.36
Total	2,314	6,488	8,802	58.11	174.55	232.66

 

2001	Total Cost of Fatal Crashes	Urban	Rural	Total
Human Casualty Cost		1874.70	5159.75	7034.46
Vehicle Repair & Incident Management Cost		58.11	174.55	232.66
Total (Rand million)		1932.82	5334.30	7267.12

 

2002	Number of Fatalities			Cost of Fatalities ( Rand mil )
Age	per Age Group per Area			per Age Group per Area
Group	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
0-1	9	21	31	4.39	10.33	14.73
1-4	36	85	121	18.22	43.14	61.36
5-9	96	156	253	53.42	86.85	140.26
10-14	84	168	252	49.83	99.49	149.32
15-19	162	380	542	101.40	239.53	340.92
20-24	478	1,289	1,767	317.17	857.47	1174.64
25-29	629	1,777	2,405	431.38	1222.43	1653.81
30-34	445	1,326	1,771	305.14	910.77	1215.90
35-39	322	940	1,262	214.78	629.12	843.91
40-44	262	767	1,029	166.27	487.51	653.78
45-49	221	615	837	130.21	362.86	493.07
50-54	186	498	684	100.30	269.87	370.17
55-59	163	418	580	78.14	201.62	279.77
60-64	103	292	395	44.20	125.51	169.71
65-69	45	133	178	17.39	51.55	68.94
70-74	14	37	51	5.09	13.02	18.11
75-79	9	15	25	3.04	4.91	7.95
80 and older	4	11	15	1.16	2.95	4.11
Total	3,270	8,928	12,198	2041.53	5618.92	7660.45

 

2002	Crashes per Area			Repair & Incident Cost
Crash Type	RSA			Rand (million)
per Area	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
Pedestrian	1,373	2,561	3,934	27.48	41.59	69.07
Hit and run	322	677	999	6.45	11.00	17.45
Head on	140	648	788	3.90	19.94	23.84
Sideswipe opposite direction	41	128	170	1.00	3.34	4.34
Sideswipe same direction	43	145	188	0.96	3.57	4.54
Overturned	248	1,748	1,996	11.05	72.45	83.50
Collision - fixed object	154	279	433	6.07	10.37	16.44
Head-Rear end	178	567	745	4.02	13.87	17.89
Approach at angle	22	36	58	0.52	0.89	1.41
Turn from wrong lane	6	18	24	0.23	0.39	0.62
Turn in front of oncoming traffic	93	200	293	2.26	5.36	7.62
Reversing	16	32	49	0.40	0.73	1.12
Animal, Other & Unknown	57	238	296	1.55	5.92	7.47
Total	2,694	7,279	9,973	65.90	189.41	255.31

 

2002	Total Cost of Fatal Crashes	Urban	Rural	Total
Human Casualty Cost		2041.53	5618.92	7660.45
Vehicle Repair & Incident Management Cost		65.90	189.41	255.31
Total (Rand million)		2107.44	5808.33	7915.76

 

2003	Number of Fatalities			Cost of Fatalities ( Rand mil )
Age	per Age Group per Area			per Age Group per Area
Group	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
0-1	9	22	31	4.45	10.46	14.91
1-4	36	86	122	18.45	43.69	62.14
5-9	98	158	256	54.09	87.95	142.04
10-14	85	170	255	50.46	100.75	151.21
15-19	164	385	549	102.68	242.56	345.24
20-24	484	1,306	1,790	321.19	868.33	1189.52
25-29	637	1,799	2,436	436.84	1237.91	1674.75
30-34	451	1,343	1,794	309.00	922.30	1231.31
35-39	326	952	1,278	217.51	637.09	854.60
40-44	266	777	1,042	168.37	493.69	662.06
45-49	224	623	847	131.86	367.45	499.31
50-54	188	504	693	101.57	273.29	374.86
55-59	165	423	588	79.13	204.18	283.31
60-64	105	296	400	44.76	127.10	171.86
65-69	46	135	180	17.61	52.20	69.81
70-74	15	37	52	5.15	13.19	18.34
75-79	10	15	25	3.08	4.97	8.05
80 and older	4	11	15	1.18	2.99	4.16
Total	3,312	9,041	12,353	2067.39	5690.09	7757.48

 

2003	Crashes per Area			Repair & Incident Cost
Crash Type	RSA			Rand (million)
per Area	Urban	Rural	Total	Urban	Rural	Total
Pedestrian	1,426	2,660	4,086	28.54	43.19	71.73
Hit and run	312	656	968	6.24	10.65	16.90
Head on	147	685	832	4.12	21.06	25.18
Sideswipe opposite direction	36	112	148	0.87	2.92	3.79
Sideswipe same direction	33	113	147	0.75	2.78	3.53
Overturned	272	1,914	2,185	12.10	79.32	91.43
Collision - fixed object	136	246	382	5.36	9.15	14.50
Head-Rear end	181	579	760	4.11	14.16	18.27
Approach at angle	27	44	71	0.63	1.08	1.71
Turn from wrong lane	3	9	12	0.12	0.20	0.32
Turn in front of oncoming traffic	92	198	290	2.24	5.31	7.55
Reversing	18	35	52	0.43	0.78	1.21
Animal, Other & Unknown	51	212	263	1.38	5.26	6.64
Total	2,734	7,463	10,197	66.89	195.87	262.76

 

2003	Total Cost of Fatal Crashes	Urban	Rural	Total
Human Casualty Cost		2067.39	5690.09	7757.48
Vehicle Repair & Incident Management Cost		66.89	195.87	262.76
Total (Rand million)		2134.28	5885.95	8020.24