Table 2

 Unit costs of road traffic crashes resulting in driver and/or passenger casualties, South Africa, 1998 (rands)

Cost componentSlight injurySerious injuryFatalities
44% of the administrative, legal, and other costs associated with these crashes are assumed to be human costs.5
Loss of output46610811291132
Pain and suffering18661244318697
Hospital, medical, and funeral376876316204
Other64731255163
Total335535142331196