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据美国交通部统计,目前全美每年由于汽车碰撞事故造成的损失已达约2300亿美元,这个数字几乎是美国 GDP 的2.3%。实际上,汽车碰撞事故造成的损失涉及许多方面,如人身安全、财产损坏、生产力下降以及保险费用增加等。根据美国交通部对这些损失进行的统计分析,目前美国居民人均承担损失费为820美兀。美国国家公路交通安全部的负责人 Jeffrey Runge 说:“国家应该对安全带及酒后驾车问题进行认真的考虑。”正是由于使用了座椅安全带,2001年美国减少了1.19万死亡人数和3.25万重伤人数,并且节省了500亿美元的由于生产力下降、人身伤害和医药费所带来的损失。
According to the statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation, at present, the annual U.S. toll from car collisions has reached about 230 billion U.S. dollars, a figure that is almost 2.3% of U.S. GDP. In fact, the damage caused by a car crash involves many aspects such as personal safety, property damage, decreased productivity and increased insurance costs. According to a statistical analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation on these losses, U.S. residents currently bear the average loss of 820 U.S. dollars. Jeffrey Runge, head of U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said: “The country should give careful consideration to seat belts and drunk driving.” It was the use of seat belts that reduced the number of deaths in the United States by 11.9 million in 2001 The number of people and the number of 32,500 seriously injured, and save 50 billion US dollars because of productivity loss, personal injury and medical costs brought about by the loss.