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Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2009 and 2010

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2009 and 2010

(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)

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State 2009 2010
Total fatalities Fatalities involving high blood alcohol Percent Total fatalities Fatalities involving high blood alcohol Percent
Alabama 848 267 31.5 862 279 32.4
Alaska 64 22 34.4 56 16 28.6
Arizona 806 218 27.0 762 194 25.5
Arkansas 596 173 29.0 563 173 30.7
California 3,090 924 29.9 2,715 791 29.1
Colorado 465 158 34.0 448 127 28.3
Connecticut 224 97 43.3 319 121 37.9
Delaware 116 45 38.8 101 36 35.6
District of Columbia 29 11 37.9 24 5 20.8
Florida 2,560 777 30.4 2,445 660 27.0
Georgia 1,292 333 25.8 1,244 298 24.0
Hawaii 109 52 47.7 113 42 37.2
Idaho 226 60 26.5 209 71 34.0
Illinois 911 313 34.4 927 298 32.1
Indiana 693 207 29.9 754 195 25.9
Iowa 371 98 26.4 390 90 23.1
Kansas 386 123 31.9 431 168 39.0
Kentucky 791 192 24.3 760 171 22.5
Louisiana 824 290 35.2 710 225 31.7
Maine 159 46 28.9 161 38 23.6
Maryland 549 165 30.1 493 154 31.2
Massachusetts 340 106 31.2 314 115 36.6
Michigan 872 243 27.9 942 230 24.4
Minnesota 421 107 25.4 411 127 30.9
Mississippi 700 233 33.3 641 236 36.8
Missouri 878 302 34.4 819 258 31.5
Montana 221 81 36.7 189 73 38.6
Nebraska 223 68 30.5 190 51 26.8
Nevada 243 69 28.4 257 69 26.8
New Hampshire 110 29 26.4 128 44 34.4
New Jersey 584 146 25.0 556 153 27.5
New Mexico 361 112 31.0 346 111 32.1
New York 1,158 318 27.5 1,200 364 30.3
North Carolina 1,313 358 27.3 1,319 388 29.4
North Dakota 140 54 38.6 105 47 44.8
Ohio 1,022 325 31.8 1,080 341 31.6
Oklahoma 737 229 31.1 668 220 32.9
Oregon 377 115 30.5 317 71 22.4
Pennsylvania 1,256 399 31.8 1,324 433 32.7
Rhode Island 83 34 41.0 66 25 37.9
South Carolina 894 374 41.8 810 357 44.1
South Dakota 131 54 41.2 140 37 26.4
Tennessee 986 299 30.3 1,031 283 27.4
Texas 3,104 1,253 40.4 2,998 1,259 42.0
Utah 244 41 16.8 236 44 18.6
Vermont 74 24 32.4 71 18 25.4
Virginia 758 243 32.1 740 211 28.5
Washington 492 207 42.1 458 170 37.1
West Virginia 357 112 31.4 315 88 27.9
Wisconsin 561 209 37.3 572 205 35.8
Wyoming 134 48 35.8 155 54 34.8
United States, total 33,883 10,759 31.8 32,885 10,228 31.1

NOTE: Data for 2009 are revised. 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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2010 , tables 117, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of March 22, 2012.