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dc.contributor.authorRoberts, Justineng
dc.contributor.corporatenameUniversity of Missouri--Columbia. Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. Institute of Public Policyeng
dc.coverage.spatialMissourieng
dc.date.issued2005eng
dc.description.abstractAccording to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 1,232 fatal vehicle crashes occurredin 2003 on Missouri's highways. Approximately 41 percent of these fatalities involved alcohol. These incidents cost Missouri $4.74 billion in lost productivity, medical costs, property damage, and other direct expenditures. Improvements in traffic safety are reflected in a change in fatality rate per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT). Missouri's alcohol-related fatality rate was 0.74 in 2003, compared to the national average of 0.59. The lowest rate was Utah at 0.19 and highest was Montana at 1.18 (Figure 1). Though the alcohol related fatality rate has decreased (Figure 2), some suggest that adopting a statewide open container law would further reduce the traffic fatality rate in Missouri.eng
dc.format.extent4 pages ; illustrationeng
dc.identifier.citationRoberts, J. (2005). Transportation Equity Act: Adopting a Statewide Open Container Law in Missouri. Report 29-2005. Retrieved 09-24-09 from University of Missouri Columbia, Institute of Public Policy Web site: http://www. truman.missouri.edu/ipp/eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10355/2703
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.publisherUniversity of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policyeng
dc.relation.ispartofPublic Policy publications (MU)eng
dc.relation.ispartofcommunityUniversity of Missouri-Columbia. Harry S. Truman School of Public Affairs. Institute of Public Policyeng
dc.relation.ispartofseriesReport ; 29-2005eng
dc.rightsOpenAccesseng
dc.rights.licenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.source.urihttp://www.truman.missouri.edu/ipp/publications/index.asp?ViewBy=Dateeng
dc.subjectalcohol related traffic accidentseng
dc.subjectOpen container lawseng
dc.subjectNational Highway Traffic Safety Administrationeng
dc.subject.lcshLiquor lawseng
dc.subject.lcshDrinking and traffic accidentseng
dc.subject.lcshMotor vehicle drivers -- Alcohol useeng
dc.titleTransportation Equity Act: Adopting a Statewide Open Container Law in Missourieng
dc.typeArticleeng


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