What types of costs do traffic accidents generate for society?

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The correct answer is the most complete one: Material, health, administrative and human costs. Traffic accidents are a serious public health problem and an enormous economic cost for the country. These costs break down as follows:  Human Costs: These are the most important and include the loss of lives, the loss of productive capacity, years of life lost, and physical and psychological suffering (moral damages). Material Costs: Damage to vehicles, to cargo, to the public road and to the surroundings. Health Costs: Assistance at the scene of the accident, ambulance transport, hospitalization and rehabilitation. Administrative Costs: Intervention of the police and firefighters, management of insurance and legal/judicial proceedings. The other answers are wrong because they ignore the human costs (which are fundamental) or are limited to physical and medical damage only, leaving out the bureaucracy and the social impact.

What types of costs do traffic accidents generate for society?

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