Handbook of Measuring Socio-economic Consequences of Traffic Crashes

Book excerpt: This handbook is planned and designed as a toolkit for researchers, policymakers, non-profit organization staff members and individuals who want to understand how a traffic crash affects individual’s life in the longrun. Nowadays, many countries, especially middle and low-income countries, experience a high number of traffic collisions and fatalities because in many cases they do not have the necessary traffic safety practices and regulations in place. The more fundamental problem is that despite low-income countries experience a high rate of traffic collisions, the devastating and tragic consequences of those collisions are not well understood or shared; nor do most law enforcement authorities or policymakers provide sufficient accurate statistics. It is partly because of the lack of proper data leads to a lack of understanding what happens after the collision. Chapter 1 What this Book is About Chapter 2 What Motivated this Book 01. World Traffic Crash Trends 02. Korean Experience 03. Socio-economic Cost of Traffic Crashes Chapter 3 Measuring the Impact of Traffic Crashes at an Individual Level 01. Understanding the Mechanism in which a Traffic Crash Affects Individuals in the Long-run: The Chain-effect 02. Conceptual Framework for the Long-term Effects of Traffic Crashes 03. Measurements 04. How We Surveyed Chapter 4 Survey Results 01. Key Findings for General Traffic Crash Victims 02. Key Findings for Disabled Traffic Crash Victims 03. Comparison of General and Disabled Traffic Crash Victims Chapter 5 Impacts and Suggestions 01. Socio-economic Costs of Traffic Crashes 02. Suggestions