719 Fleet Safety Management

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Cost of Vehicle Accident

The following worksheet, developed by OSHA, NETS and NHTSA, will help employers understand the impact of motor vehicle crashes.

Vehicle damage, an indirect cost of an accident, is covered by insurance.

Accident costs are classified as direct and indirect:

Direct costs are usually covered by insurance.
Indirect costs costs are uninsured.

You can use the worksheet to illustrate the cost of one crash, or you can apply it to all crashes experienced in a chosen time frame within the organization. Just click on the link below.

Worksheet: Cost of Motor Vehicle Crashes to Employers

Knowledge Check Choose the best answer for the question.

1-3. What is the basic difference between direct and indirect accident costs?

Direct costs are short-term and indirect costs are long-term

Direct costs are usually covered by insurance, indirect costs are not

Indirect costs are covered by insurance, direct costs are not

Indirect costs are short-term and direct costs are long-term

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