A study conducted by UBC Civil Engineering’s Prof. Tarek Sayed and Paul Deleur, ICBC transportation safety engineer, shows that ICBC’s investment in road improvements are helping keep B.C. roads safer. The evaluation of ICBC’s investment in 102 road improvement projects (from a total of 750 projects), showed a 20 per cent reduction in fatal and severe injury crashes and a 12 per cent reduction in non-injury crashes.
The evaluation concluded that for every dollar invested, ICBC and its customers see a return five to 12 times the investment. That is, for every dollar invested, ICBC and its customers save $5.60 over two years and $12.80 over five years in reduced crash costs.
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