Valuing the social costs of crashes : is community's willingness to pay to avoid death or injury being reflected ?

Author(s)
Perovic, J. & Tsolakis, D.
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Abstract

The valuing of crashes in Australia is in need of review and update. Australia currently uses a human capital (HC) approach to the valuation of crash costs, while many other developed countries have adopted a willingness to pay (WTP) approach. This paper considers the current methodologies pertaining to estimation of safety effects and suggests that the value community places on prevention of loss of life and of serious injury would be better reflected by the implementation of the WTP approach. In addition, the practicalities of moving to a WTP estimation of crash costs are also discussed with respect to impacts on project evaluation. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E217612.

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C 46808 (In: C 46757 [electronic version only]) /10 / ITRD E217635
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In: Road safety 2008: safer roads, safer speeds, safer people, safer vehicles : [proceedings of the] Australasian Road Safety Research Policing Education Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 9-12 November 2008, 13 p.

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