The cost of road accidents

The cost of road accidents study was conducted during 1980 by the road accident research unit of the University of Adelaide and was completed in June 1981. The study is based on the accidents investigated in the Adelaide in depth accident study, also conducted by the road accident research unit, during the 12 month period from March 1976. Although the sample has been chosen to be representative of the population of serious accidents in metropolitan Adelaide there are limits on the direct applicability of the results to South Australia or Australia as a whole. However, the magnitude and significance of the road accident problem is highlighted and the results give insight into many cost patterns and cost relationships that are likely to hold throughout Australia.