Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

With regard to congestion, TII has stated it modelled its priorities and looked at congestion. Obviously it looked at accident rates. Twenty years ago a figure was arrived at on how much a fatality would cost so something could be put in as a cost benefit. It is a terrible way to do these things, but it has to be measured in some way. What figure is used? I know TII does not look at material damage because it is not captured anymore by the Road Safety Authority, but how are injuries and fatalities calculated?