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Show "ACCIDENT COSTS REACH NEW HIGH A one and a half million dollar price tag was attached to motor vehicle accidents in Cincinnati last year, according to a study announced an-nounced today by the National Conservation Bureau. These costs were only those of the persons involved in-volved in Cincinnati's 6,843 traffic traf-fic accidents, and represent a "drop in the bucket" compared to indirect costs levied on every taxpayer. tax-payer. . Announcing a $1,409,000 loss to accident victims in Cincinnati during dur-ing 1946, traffic safety engineers of the Bureau pointed out that the huge expense was typical of nearly near-ly all cities throughout the coun. try. In a breakdown of direct costs of Cincinnati's traffic accidents, the Bureau listed salary losses for those involved in accidents as $316,000, medical bills $308,000, auto repair bills $704,000, and miscellaneous mis-cellaneous costs such as attorney fees, fines and settlements a $81,-000. $81,-000. The average accident victim loses $170 in salary, pays $92 in doctor and hospital bills, plus $26 miscellaneous bills, and is stuck with a $220 auto repair bill if he is a car owner. Average expenses paid, if you are in an accident, are: Uninjured drivers pay $73. injured drivers pay $408; injured passengers pay $206, and uninjured pedestrians pay $468. |