Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2006 and 2007
Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2006 and 2007
(BAC = 0.08 grams per deciliter)
State | 2006 | 2007 | ||||
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Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | |
Alabama | 1,208 | 416 | 34 | 1,110 | 389 | 35 |
Alaska | 74 | 20 | 27 | 84 | 30 | 36 |
Arizona | 1,288 | 484 | 38 | 1,066 | 336 | 32 |
Arkansas | 665 | 203 | 31 | 650 | 182 | 28 |
California | 4,236 | 1,506 | 36 | 3,974 | 1,155 | 29 |
Colorado | 535 | 192 | 36 | 554 | 170 | 31 |
Connecticut | 301 | 117 | 39 | 277 | 101 | 36 |
Delaware | 148 | 51 | 34 | 117 | 50 | 43 |
District of Columbia | 37 | 16 | 43 | 44 | 15 | 34 |
Florida | 3,374 | 1,215 | 36 | 3,214 | 890 | 28 |
Georgia | 1,693 | 524 | 31 | 1,641 | 441 | 27 |
Hawaii | 161 | 71 | 44 | 138 | 45 | 33 |
Idaho | 267 | 88 | 33 | 252 | 70 | 28 |
Illinois | 1,254 | 492 | 39 | 1,249 | 434 | 35 |
Indiana | 899 | 275 | 31 | 898 | 230 | 26 |
Iowa | 439 | 128 | 29 | 445 | 106 | 24 |
Kansas | 468 | 143 | 31 | 416 | 114 | 27 |
Kentucky | 913 | 236 | 26 | 864 | 210 | 24 |
Louisiana | 982 | 415 | 42 | 985 | 368 | 37 |
Maine | 188 | 55 | 29 | 183 | 66 | 36 |
Maryland | 651 | 223 | 34 | 614 | 179 | 29 |
Massachusetts | 430 | 153 | 36 | 417 | 146 | 35 |
Michigan | 1,085 | 382 | 35 | 1,088 | 305 | 28 |
Minnesota | 494 | 159 | 32 | 504 | 158 | 31 |
Mississippi | 911 | 337 | 37 | 884 | 302 | 34 |
Missouri | 1,096 | 409 | 37 | 992 | 338 | 34 |
Montana | 263 | 114 | 43 | 277 | 106 | 38 |
Nebraska | 269 | 74 | 28 | 256 | 77 | 30 |
Nevada | 432 | 160 | 37 | 373 | 118 | 32 |
New Hampshire | 127 | 48 | 38 | 129 | 34 | 26 |
New Jersey | 772 | 270 | 35 | 724 | 199 | 27 |
New Mexico | 484 | 165 | 34 | 413 | 133 | 32 |
New York | 1,456 | 463 | 32 | 1,333 | 384 | 29 |
North Carolina | 1,559 | 482 | 31 | 1,675 | 487 | 29 |
North Dakota | 111 | 44 | 40 | 111 | 53 | 48 |
Ohio | 1,238 | 409 | 33 | 1,257 | 391 | 31 |
Oklahoma | 765 | 221 | 29 | 754 | 219 | 29 |
Oregon | 477 | 163 | 34 | 455 | 150 | 33 |
Pennsylvania | 1,525 | 530 | 35 | 1,491 | 500 | 34 |
Rhode Island | 81 | 33 | 41 | 69 | 25 | 36 |
South Carolina | 1,037 | 463 | 45 | 1,066 | 463 | 43 |
South Dakota | 191 | 70 | 37 | 146 | 45 | 31 |
Tennessee | 1,287 | 439 | 34 | 1,210 | 390 | 32 |
Texas | 3,475 | 1,487 | 43 | 3,363 | 1,292 | 38 |
Utah | 287 | 59 | 21 | 299 | 51 | 17 |
Vermont | 87 | 26 | 30 | 66 | 22 | 33 |
Virginia | 963 | 327 | 34 | 1,027 | 332 | 32 |
Washington | 630 | 247 | 39 | 568 | 195 | 34 |
West Virginia | 410 | 133 | 32 | 431 | 142 | 33 |
Wisconsin | 724 | 319 | 44 | 756 | 313 | 41 |
Wyoming | 195 | 69 | 35 | 150 | 49 | 33 |
United States, total | 42,642 | 15,121 | 35 | 41,059 | 12,998 | 32 |
NOTES: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates the proportion of fatalities with a high Blood Alcohol Concentration for cases in which alcohol test results are unknown. The sum of individual state fatalities with a high BAC may therefore not add to the U.S. total due to rounding of these estimates.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2006, Washington, DC: 2006, and Traffic Safety Facts 2007 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2007, available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/ as of Jan. 23, 2009.