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The purpose of this project was to support states and local communities in making evidencebased resource allocation decisions relating to the implementation of effective evidence-based interventions for preventing motor vehicle-related injury. This report documents the data and assumptions that were used to develop the interactive online tool that states can use to assess state-specific costs and effectiveness of different interventions designed to prevent motor vehicle-related injuries. It also includes a user guide that describes how to use the tool. The tool should help states understand the trade-offs and prioritize the most cost-effective interventions to reduce motor vehicle-related injuries. The tool is available to the public at www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/calculator. The audience for this report is the users of the online tool, state and local health and safety officials seeking information on the effectiveness and costs of the various interventions. This work was sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reference to any specific commercial products, programs, or services by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. government. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the U.S. government and shall not be used for advertising or product or program endorsement purposes. RAND researchers have undertaken related work that extended the online tool by including two additional interventions. This additional work is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and is incorporated into this report. In addition, an accompanying report uses the data in the tool to conduct policy analyses of traffic safety spending, and four research briefs highlight those analyses: