BTS | Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration

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Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration

(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)

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State	2002			2003
State	Total fatalities	Fatalities involving high blood alcohol	Percent	Total fatalities	Fatalities involving high blood alcohol	Percent
Alabama	1,038	366	35	1,001	376	38
Alaska	89	35	39	95	31	33
Arizona	1,132	428	38	1,120	408	36
Arkansas	640	206	32	627	203	32
California	4,088	1,326	32	4,215	1,378	33
Colorado	743	276	37	632	221	35
Connecticut	325	125	38	294	114	39
Delaware	124	42	34	142	51	36
District of Columbia	47	22	47	67	29	43
Florida	3,136	1,107	35	3,169	1,089	34
Georgia	1,524	445	29	1,603	420	26
Hawaii	119	39	33	135	54	40
Idaho	264	75	28	293	90	31
Illinois	1,420	556	39	1,453	539	37
Indiana	792	216	27	834	223	27
Iowa	405	110	27	441	119	27
Kansas	507	200	39	471	182	39
Kentucky	915	263	29	928	240	26
Louisiana	907	365	40	894	363	41
Maine	216	47	22	207	69	33
Maryland	661	223	34	649	208	32
Massachusetts	459	191	42	462	170	37
Michigan	1,277	425	33	1,283	395	31
Minnesota	657	211	32	657	231	35
Mississippi	885	295	33	871	288	33
Missouri	1,208	448	37	1,232	425	34
Montana	269	107	40	262	108	41
Nebraska	307	96	31	293	99	34
Nevada	381	143	38	368	159	43
New Hampshire	127	45	35	127	43	34
New Jersey	771	240	31	747	240	32
New Mexico	449	192	43	439	170	39
New York	1,530	403	26	1,491	458	31
North Carolina	1,576	527	33	1,531	474	31
North Dakota	97	40	41	105	47	45
Ohio	1,418	491	35	1,277	402	31
Oklahoma	739	215	29	668	220	33
Oregon	436	153	35	512	175	34
Pennsylvania	1,614	556	34	1,577	542	34
Rhode Island	84	37	44	104	52	50
South Carolina	1,053	485	46	968	423	44
South Dakota	180	79	44	203	90	44
Tennessee	1,177	412	35	1,193	404	34
Texas	3,823	1,610	42	3,675	1,500	41
Utah	328	65	20	309	39	13
Vermont	78	22	28	69	21	30
Virginia	914	327	36	943	309	33
Washington	658	267	41	600	228	38
West Virginia	439	161	37	394	126	32
Wisconsin	803	322	40	848	340	40
Wyoming	176	60	34	165	50	30
United States, total	43,005	15,097	35	42,643	14,630	34

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003: Alcohol, Washington, DC: 2004, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/availinf.html as of Nov. 5, 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-based Encyclopedia, available at http://www-fars.nthsa.dot.gov as of Nov. 5, 2004.