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Table 2 Cost of treating community of 1 million with increased traffic penalties, enforcement, and a media campaign

From: Modeling the cost effectiveness of injury interventions in lower and middle income countries: opportunities and challenges

Region

Vehicles per million persons**

Target number of traffic police per million

persons @ 1 officer per 5000 vehicles†.

Police costs only*

Media costs only

Enforcement costs plus media costs

EAP

16,000

3

$10,217

$1,600

$11,817

ECA

204,000

41

$175,571

$20,400

$195,971

LAC

158,000

32

$209,713

$15,800

$225,513

MENA*

57,000

11

$109,215

$5,700

$114,915

SA

8,000

2

$7,305

$800

$8,105

SSA*

24,000

5

$22,118

$2,400

$24,518

Un weighted Average

  

$89,023

$7,783

$96,807

  1. *Data are from 1990
  2. **Source: World Development Indicators 2003, World Bank, 2003.
  3. † Figures pertain to the minimum number of police officers required to issue citations to 1/3 of the 5000 vehicles in their beat each year. Assume baseline staffing is 50% of numbers given in column 3 and assume every 2 officers require 1 police vehicle.
  4. Notes: EAP: East Asia & Pacific, ECA: Europe & Central Asia, LAC: Latin America & Caribbean, MENA: Middle East & North Africa, SA: South Asia, SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa.