Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2004 and 2005
Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2004 and 2005
(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)
State | 2004 | 2005 | ||||
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Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | |
Alabama | 1,154 | 394 | 34 | 1,131 | 382 | 34 |
Alaska | 101 | 30 | 30 | 72 | 31 | 43 |
Arizona | 1,150 | 376 | 33 | 1,177 | 434 | 37 |
Arkansas | 704 | 236 | 34 | 648 | 208 | 32 |
California | 4,120 | 1,367 | 33 | 4,329 | 1,466 | 34 |
Colorado | 665 | 225 | 34 | 606 | 213 | 35 |
Connecticut | 291 | 112 | 38 | 274 | 101 | 37 |
Delaware | 134 | 48 | 36 | 134 | 59 | 44 |
District of Columbia | 43 | 12 | 28 | 48 | 21 | 44 |
Florida | 3,244 | 1,053 | 32 | 3,543 | 1,271 | 36 |
Georgia | 1,634 | 450 | 28 | 1,729 | 463 | 27 |
Hawaii | 142 | 52 | 37 | 140 | 58 | 42 |
Idaho | 260 | 81 | 31 | 275 | 85 | 31 |
Illinois | 1,356 | 517 | 38 | 1,361 | 477 | 35 |
Indiana | 947 | 254 | 27 | 938 | 273 | 29 |
Iowa | 390 | 91 | 23 | 450 | 102 | 23 |
Kansas | 461 | 121 | 26 | 428 | 122 | 28 |
Kentucky | 964 | 269 | 28 | 985 | 267 | 27 |
Louisiana | 904 | 345 | 38 | 955 | 347 | 36 |
Maine | 194 | 58 | 30 | 169 | 50 | 30 |
Maryland | 643 | 231 | 36 | 614 | 191 | 31 |
Massachusetts | 476 | 181 | 38 | 442 | 150 | 34 |
Michigan | 1,159 | 367 | 32 | 1,129 | 363 | 32 |
Minnesota | 567 | 170 | 30 | 559 | 176 | 31 |
Mississippi | 900 | 317 | 35 | 931 | 331 | 36 |
Missouri | 1,130 | 388 | 34 | 1,257 | 434 | 35 |
Montana | 229 | 100 | 44 | 251 | 112 | 45 |
Nebraska | 254 | 78 | 31 | 276 | 78 | 28 |
Nevada | 395 | 133 | 34 | 427 | 143 | 33 |
New Hampshire | 171 | 51 | 30 | 166 | 55 | 33 |
New Jersey | 731 | 227 | 31 | 748 | 217 | 29 |
New Mexico | 521 | 185 | 36 | 488 | 172 | 35 |
New York | 1,493 | 494 | 33 | 1,429 | 434 | 30 |
North Carolina | 1,557 | 496 | 32 | 1,534 | 484 | 32 |
North Dakota | 100 | 35 | 35 | 123 | 46 | 37 |
Ohio | 1,286 | 418 | 33 | 1,323 | 409 | 31 |
Oklahoma | 774 | 245 | 32 | 802 | 249 | 31 |
Oregon | 456 | 159 | 35 | 488 | 139 | 28 |
Pennsylvania | 1,490 | 541 | 36 | 1,616 | 559 | 35 |
Rhode Island | 83 | 41 | 49 | 87 | 34 | 39 |
South Carolina | 1,046 | 413 | 39 | 1,093 | 396 | 36 |
South Dakota | 197 | 76 | 39 | 186 | 76 | 41 |
Tennessee | 1,288 | 454 | 35 | 1,270 | 397 | 31 |
Texas | 3,583 | 1,417 | 40 | 3,504 | 1,371 | 39 |
Utah | 296 | 70 | 24 | 282 | 35 | 12 |
Vermont | 98 | 20 | 20 | 73 | 28 | 38 |
Virginia | 925 | 307 | 33 | 947 | 284 | 30 |
Washington | 563 | 223 | 40 | 647 | 253 | 39 |
West Virginia | 411 | 114 | 28 | 374 | 116 | 31 |
Wisconsin | 792 | 318 | 40 | 815 | 328 | 40 |
Wyoming | 164 | 54 | 33 | 170 | 56 | 33 |
United States, total | 42,636 | 14,409 | 34 | 43,443 | 14,539 | 33 |
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2005: Alcohol, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/availinf.html as of Nov. 30, 2006; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Web-based Encyclopedia, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of Nov. 30, 2006.