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. 2011 Oct;55:357–363.

Table 3.

Cost savings by payer resulting from highway safety laws passed or kept in force through advocacy, 1990–2009 (inflated to 2010 dollars)

Payer Savings
Auto Insurance $128 billion
Workers’ Compensation Insurance 8 billion
Private Health Insurance 70 billion
Life Insurance 5 billion
Sub-total: Private Insurance $211 billion
 
Government 42 billion
Employers 8 billion
Taxpayers 343 billion
Total Economic Costs $604 billion
 
Quality of Life (Taxpayers) $758 billion
GRAND TOTAL $1,362 Billion