Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2007 and 2008
Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2007 and 2008
(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)
State | 2007 | 2008 | ||||
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Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | Total fatalities | Fatalities involving high blood alcohol | Percent | |
Alabama | 1,110 | 389 | 35.0 | 966 | 315 | 32.6 |
Alaska | 84 | 30 | 35.7 | 62 | 21 | 33.9 |
Arizona | 1,066 | 336 | 31.5 | 937 | 266 | 28.4 |
Arkansas | 650 | 182 | 28.0 | 600 | 171 | 28.5 |
California | 3,974 | 1,155 | 29.1 | 3,434 | 1,029 | 30.0 |
Colorado | 554 | 170 | 30.7 | 548 | 173 | 31.6 |
Connecticut | 277 | 101 | 36.5 | 264 | 86 | 32.6 |
Delaware | 117 | 50 | 42.7 | 121 | 45 | 37.2 |
District of Columbia | 44 | 15 | 34.1 | 34 | 9 | 26.5 |
Florida | 3,214 | 890 | 27.7 | 2,978 | 875 | 29.4 |
Georgia | 1,641 | 441 | 26.9 | 1,493 | 416 | 27.9 |
Hawaii | 138 | 45 | 32.6 | 107 | 42 | 39.3 |
Idaho | 252 | 70 | 27.8 | 232 | 78 | 33.6 |
Illinois | 1,249 | 434 | 34.7 | 1,043 | 362 | 34.7 |
Indiana | 898 | 230 | 25.6 | 814 | 208 | 25.6 |
Iowa | 445 | 106 | 23.8 | 412 | 89 | 21.6 |
Kansas | 416 | 114 | 27.4 | 385 | 145 | 37.7 |
Kentucky | 864 | 210 | 24.3 | 826 | 200 | 24.2 |
Louisiana | 985 | 368 | 37.4 | 912 | 338 | 37.1 |
Maine | 183 | 66 | 36.1 | 155 | 43 | 27.7 |
Maryland | 614 | 179 | 29.2 | 591 | 152 | 25.7 |
Massachusetts | 417 | 146 | 35.0 | 363 | 124 | 34.2 |
Michigan | 1,088 | 305 | 28.0 | 980 | 282 | 28.8 |
Minnesota | 504 | 158 | 31.3 | 456 | 135 | 29.6 |
Mississippi | 884 | 302 | 34.2 | 783 | 266 | 34.0 |
Missouri | 992 | 338 | 34.1 | 960 | 310 | 32.3 |
Montana | 277 | 106 | 38.3 | 229 | 91 | 39.7 |
Nebraska | 256 | 77 | 30.1 | 208 | 55 | 26.4 |
Nevada | 373 | 118 | 31.6 | 324 | 107 | 33.0 |
New Hampshire | 129 | 34 | 26.4 | 139 | 45 | 32.4 |
New Jersey | 724 | 199 | 27.5 | 590 | 154 | 26.1 |
New Mexico | 413 | 133 | 32.2 | 366 | 105 | 28.7 |
New York | 1,333 | 384 | 28.8 | 1,231 | 341 | 27.7 |
North Carolina | 1,675 | 487 | 29.1 | 1,433 | 423 | 29.5 |
North Dakota | 111 | 53 | 47.7 | 104 | 47 | 45.2 |
Ohio | 1,257 | 391 | 31.1 | 1,190 | 356 | 29.9 |
Oklahoma | 754 | 219 | 29.0 | 749 | 244 | 32.6 |
Oregon | 455 | 150 | 33.0 | 416 | 136 | 32.7 |
Pennsylvania | 1,491 | 500 | 33.5 | 1,468 | 496 | 33.8 |
Rhode Island | 69 | 25 | 36.2 | 65 | 25 | 38.5 |
South Carolina | 1,066 | 463 | 43.4 | 920 | 403 | 43.8 |
South Dakota | 146 | 45 | 30.8 | 119 | 34 | 28.6 |
Tennessee | 1,210 | 390 | 32.2 | 1,035 | 327 | 31.6 |
Texas | 3,363 | 1,292 | 38.4 | 3,382 | 1,269 | 37.5 |
Utah | 299 | 51 | 17.1 | 275 | 46 | 16.7 |
Vermont | 66 | 22 | 33.3 | 73 | 12 | 16.4 |
Virginia | 1,027 | 332 | 32.3 | 824 | 294 | 35.7 |
Washington | 568 | 195 | 34.3 | 521 | 182 | 34.9 |
West Virginia | 431 | 142 | 32.9 | 380 | 128 | 33.7 |
Wisconsin | 756 | 313 | 41.4 | 605 | 208 | 34.4 |
Wyoming | 150 | 49 | 32.7 | 159 | 67 | 42.1 |
United States, total | 41,059 | 12,998 | 31.7 | 37,261 | 11,773 | 31.6 |
NOTE: 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 Final Edition (Washington, DC: Annual Issues), tables 117 (2008) and 114 (2007), available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Apr. 14, 2010.