Motor Vehicle Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States (MV PICCS)

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National Estimates: RAND Corporation and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Research Report and Research Briefs

Research Report: Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Prioritize Spending on Traffic Safety

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Purpose of MV PICCS

A medium-sized state has $1 million to implement proven interventions for motor vehicle injury prevention. The state uses CDC’s MV PICCS to get state-level recommendations on which interventions would prevent the most injuries, save the most lives, and be the most cost effective.

MV PICCS Recommends Interventions

The calculator assumes that any revenue generated by fines from the selected interventions would be used to supplement the state's $1 million budget. Through a Portfolio Analysis, MV PICCS recommends seven interventions:

• Increased Seat Belt Fine
• Red Light Camera
• Motorcycle Helmet Law
• Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign
• Primary Enforcement Seat Belt Law
• In Person License Renewal for Older Adults Aged 70+ Years
• Sobriety Checkpoints

MV PICCS Lists the Potential Injuries Prevented, Lives Saved, Cost, and Revenue

MV PICCS estimates that these seven interventions would:

• Prevent 105 deaths a year
• Prevent 12,793 injuries a year
• Cost $957,000 a year
  • Revenue from fines off-set the intervention costs
  • $43,000 remains from the $1 million budget
• Have a benefit of $430,639,000 a year
  • Monetary benefit of lives saved and injuries prevented

MV PICCS Can Provide Recommendations With or Without Fines

However, there have been discussions in the state around the feasibility of using fines to implement other interventions. Therefore, the state wants to provide estimates for both scenarios (with and without fines being used to supplement the available resources/budget). The state tells MV PICCS to exclude fines in the Portfolio Analysis. Without fines and with a $1 million budget, MV PICCS recommends increased seat belt fine and a bicycle helmet law for children. MV PICCS estimates that increased seat belt fine and a bicycle helmet law for children would:

• Prevent 24 deaths a year
• Prevent 2,580 injuries a year
• Cost $294,000 a year
  • $706,000 remains from the $1 million budget
• Have a benefit of $90,471,000 a year
  • Monetary benefit of lives saved and injuries prevented

MV PICCS Facilitates Informed Decision Making

The state uses this information to help inform decision making.