Motor Vehicle Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States (MV PICCS)

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CDC offers a new interactive calculator, called the Motor Vehicle PICCS (Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States), pronounced “picks”. This tool will help state decision makers prioritize and select from a suite of 12 effective motor vehicle injury prevention interventions.

MV PICCS is designed to calculate the expected number of injuries prevented and lives saved at the state level and the costs of implementation, while taking into account available resources. Afact sheet for each intervention and a final report with a user guide are included.

Example of How MV PICCS Works

Purpose of MV PICCS

A medium-sized state has $1 million to implement proven interventions for motor vehicle injury prevention. The state uses CDC’s MV PICCS to get state-level recommendations on which interventions would prevent the most injuries, save the most lives, and be the most cost effective.

Screenshot of MV PICCS with data results from an example state. Click on the image to see a larger version.

MV PICCS Recommends Interventions

The calculator assumes that any revenue generated by fines from the selected interventions would be used to supplement the state's $1 million budget. Through a Portfolio Analysis, MV PICCS recommends four interventions:

primary enforcement seat belt law
ignition interlocks for alcohol impaired driving
sobriety checkpoints
red light cameras

MV PICCS Lists the Potential Injuries Prevented, Lives Saved, Cost, and Revenue

MV PICCS estimates that these four interventions would:

Prevent 60 deaths a year
Prevent 5,170 injuries a year
Cost $279,000 a year
- Revenue from fines off-set the intervention costs
- $721,000 remains from the $1 million budget
Have a benefit of $231,786,000 a year
- Monetary benefit of lives saved and injuries prevented

MV PICCS Can Provide Recommendations With or Without Fines

However, there have been discussions in the state around the feasibility of using fines to implement other interventions. Therefore, the state wants to provide estimates for both scenarios (with and without fines). The state tells MV PICCS to exclude fines in the Portfolio Analysis. Without fines and with a $1 million budget, MV PICCS recommends ignition interlocks for alcohol-impaired driving. MV PICCS estimates that ignition interlocks for alcohol-impaired driving would:

Prevent 10 deaths a year
Prevent 373 injuries a year
Cost $133,000 a year
- $867,000 remains from the $1 million budget
Have a benefit of $26,008,000 a year
- Monetary benefit of lives saved and injuries prevented