Keith Vodden Dr. Douglas Smith - Transports Canada

Ontario Sub-Models and Their Social Costs
Exhibit V-6 Social Costs of Large Truck Collisions in Ontario (2004
million $)
Social costs of collisions in: 2004
Using values ($000,000) for: 2004
Valuation using:
Medium estimate using Willingness to Pay
Large Trucks
Collision Severity
Fatal Injury PDO TOTAL
Fatalities 2131.1 2131.1
Injuries:
Major 4.9 60.2 65.1
Minor 7.3 89.9 97.2
Minimal 0.3 3.6 3.9
Total disability 1.2 15.0 16.2
Partial disability 7.3 89.8 97.1
HUMAN SUB-TOTAL 2,152.1 258.6 2,410.7
Other costs:
Property damage 3.9 58.8 62.8 125.5
Hospital/Health care:
- ER facility 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.4
- Hospital stay facility 0.2 1.0 1.2
- Medical practitioners 0.7 6.3 7.1
Police 1.7 4.5 3.2 9.4
Courts 0.2 0.7 0.5 1.4
Fire 0.7 10.7 11.4
Ambulance 0.3 1.8 2.1
Tow trucks 0.4 7.0 14.2 21.6
Out of pocket 0.1 4.0 11.4 15.5
Traffic delays:
- Extra time 25.5 21.6 5.9 52.9
- Extra fuel 2.1 1.8 0.5 4.4
- Extra pollution 23.4 19.8 5.4 48.6
OTHER SUB-TOTAL 59.2 138.4 104.0 301.7
OVERALL TOTAL 2,211.3 397.1 104.0 2,712.4
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