A detailed overview of social costs of road crashes in 17 countries is presented. Costs are 2. 7% of gdp on average in high income. Verkkothe macroeconomic tolls of road injuries distribute differently among regions and countries. The highest aggregate economic burdens occur in the usa ($487 billion),. Verkkoin industrialized countries, the overall cost of rtis were estimated with reference to: Cost of injuries and fatalities sustained in the accidents, the cost. Verkkothe conceptual framework shows both the direct and indirect impacts of road accidents on economic growth whereby the direct effect is in terms of. Verkkothe report, “the high toll of traffic injuries: Unacceptable and preventable,” introduces a new global methodology to calculate the economic.