| Show J. J a Year fear Loss Lass Caused by Auto Accidents I o n If each life A II i is IS worth g fl lV Vi Then 22 22 soo lives r S 1 r.- r. If It non fatal 11 injuries each cost I i t i f L Then lien GT InJuries 1 r Property damage for forch r- r Lech e ch auto accident J costs co ts den Th en i d en OT L COST OF A ACCIDENTS S 1 AUTOMOBILE L C LOSE to a n year nr Is the annual economic loss due to automobile accidents both fatal and nonfatal non This appalling sum is only an estimate as no complete figures on the number of ot automobile accidents In the United States at are e available l but It has been conservatively estimated that lose their lives each year lJ by automobiles and a human life Is the lowest value aue put nut on it by hy economists Of at non non-l non n accidents occur annually causing average cost of Then each accident era a averages es 50 property damage Insurance records show This makes the staggering total of a year No account Is taken here points out ont the Warner Stewart Safety Council for the prevention of automobile accidents of the economic value of ot time loss by the Injured due to delays caused by accidents or to minor property values such as bent hent f fenders ndel's expense Incurred while motor vehicles particularly particularly par par- the commercial ones once are out ant of service Ice due to accidents Were ere all these taken Into the time reckoning the total fi figure ure would surely be doubled or around Sonic Some idea of the enormity of Af t this economic loss most moat of ot which Is IA avoidable avoid able abe can be gained by such relationships as these It Is twice the cash Income of the 1023 1923 wheat crop It is equal to about third one of ot the much much- discussed l French debt to this country countr and finally this loss would buy the entire city of Chicago at nt its present realty assessment valuation |
