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Question 5344

What are the costs of loss of life, lost productive capacity, and physical and psychological suffering that occur as a result of a traffic accident called?

  1. Material costs.
  2. Healthcare costs.
  3. Human costs.
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Correct answer: Human costs.

They are called human costs. These are the losses people suffer: lives lost, the ability to work and produce, and physical and psychological suffering. The expenses of caring for injured people are health care costs, and damage to vehicles and the road is property damage.

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