Table 1

Total human costs of road crashes resulting in driver and/or passenger casualties, 1998 (millions of rands)

Cost component	Slight injury	Serious injury	Fatal	Total
44% of the administrative, legal, and other costs associated with these crashes are assumed to be human costs.⁵
Loss of output	31	285	1635	1951
Pain and suffering	124	328	105	557
Hospital/medical and funeral	25	231	91	347
Other	43	73	29	145
Total	223	917	1860	3000