Abstract This study estimated the cost of road crashes in Kuwait for 2012 using human capital method, particularly, gross loss output method. Three cost components were considered: cost of personal loss, cost of vehicle crash and general crash-related cost. The overall cost of road crashes in Kuwait in 2012 reached a value of 789,401,438 KD with a crash cost rate of 9121.6 KD/crash. It was also found that the cost of personal loss was 276,203,532 KD, the cost of vehicle crash was 36,560,898 KD and the general crash-related cost was 476,637,009 KD. Moreover, the analysis showed that the cost of traffic crashes in Al Asimah governorate was the highest amongst the six Kuwait governorates. Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate had the lowest traffic crashes cost. Furthermore, fatal crashes resulted in a considerable productivity loss cost as well as life quality cost. On the other hand, minor injury and property damage-only (PDO) crashes resulted in large administrative costs. Finally, travel delay and loss of productivity costs comprised 50 and 20% of the total cost of traffic crashes, respectively.

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科威特的交通事故成本估算

摘要 本研究采用人力资本法，特别是总损失产出法，估算了科威特2012年道路交通事故的成本。考虑了三个成本组成部分：个人损失成本、车辆碰撞成本和与碰撞相关的一般成本。2012 年科威特道路交通事故的总成本达到 789,401,438 KD，碰撞成本率为 9121.6 KD/碰撞。还发现，个人损失成本为 276,203,532 KD，车辆碰撞成本为 36,560,898 KD，一般碰撞相关成本为 476,637,009 KD。此外，分析表明，阿西玛省的交通事故成本是科威特六个省中最高的。Mubarak Al-Kabeer 省的交通事故成本最低。此外，致命的碰撞导致了相当大的生产力损失成本以及生活质量成本。另一方面，轻伤和仅财产损失 (PDO) 碰撞会导致大量的管理成本。最后，旅行延误和生产力损失成本分别占交通事故总成本的 50% 和 20%。