Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Prioritize Spending on Traffic Safety

• Main Author: Ecola, Liisa (auth)
• Other Authors: Batorsky, Benjamin (auth), Ringel, Jeanne S. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2015
• Subjects: Public health & preventive medicine; Highway & traffic engineering; Road & motor vehicles: general interest; Technology; Transportation Studies; Health Sciences
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report examines how traffic safety funding could be spent to reduce motor vehicle crash-related injuries and deaths. Specifically, it assesses three issues: the most cost-effective interventions at the national and state levels, whether to allocate incremental funding increases to all states or...