A utomobile accidents have become one of the major problems in Saudi Arabia, just as in other parts of the world. Although Islamic rule prohibits half the population—women— from driving and forbids the consumption of alcohol—often cited as a factor in accidents in other count ries—t here were 24,594 traffic accidents involving 40,728 vehicles in Saudi Arabia in 1983. Death and injuries from aut...

Costs of accidents make up an important part of the total external cost of traffic. A substantial proportion of accident costs is related to fatal accidents. In the evaluation of fatal accident costs the availability of an estimate of the economic value of a statistical life is pivotal. We present an overview of the empirical literature on the value of statistical life in road safety (VOSL), an...