AAA: Costs Associated With Traffic Crashes Are More than Three Times Greater than Congestion Costs

Traffic crashes cost U.S. motorists almost $300 billion per year; over $11 billion for Chicagoland motorists

AURORA, ILL.–(ENEWSPF)–Nov. 3, 2011­ – The annual societal cost of traffic crashes is $299.5 billion, more than three times the $97.7 billion cost of congestion, according to a report released today by AAA. In the Chicago metropolitan area, the annual cost to society of traffic crashes is $11.3 billion, or $1,180 per person. Chicagoland congestion costs are almost $9.5…