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Table 2-8: Fatalities in Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving High Blood Alcohol Concentration: 2011 and 2012

Friday, September 12, 2014

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(BAC ≥ 0.08 grams per deciliter)

State 2011 2012
Total fatalities Fatalities involving high blood alcohol Percent Total fatalities Fatalities involving high blood alcohol Percent
Alabama 894 259 29.0 865 257 29.7
Alaska 72 21 29.2 59 15 25.4
Arizona 825 215 26.1 825 227 27.5
Arkansas 549 156 28.4 552 143 25.9
California 2,791 774 27.7 2,857 802 28.1
Colorado 447 161 36.0 472 133 28.2
Connecticut 220 92 41.8 236 85 36.0
Delaware 99 41 41.4 114 34 29.8
District of Columbia 27 8 29.6 15 4 26.7
Florida 2,398 716 29.9 2,424 697 28.8
Georgia 1,223 277 22.6 1,192 301 25.3
Hawaii 100 44 44.0 126 51 40.5
Idaho 167 50 29.9 184 54 29.3
Illinois 918 278 30.3 956 321 33.6
Indiana 750 207 27.6 779 228 29.3
Iowa 360 83 23.1 365 92 25.2
Kansas 386 108 28.0 405 98 24.2
Kentucky 721 171 23.7 746 168 22.5
Louisiana 675 226 33.5 722 241 33.4
Maine 136 23 16.9 164 49 29.9
Maryland 485 162 33.4 505 160 31.7
Massachusetts 337 114 33.8 349 123 35.2
Michigan 889 255 28.7 938 259 27.6
Minnesota 368 109 29.6 395 114 28.9
Mississippi 630 149 23.7 582 179 30.8
Missouri 784 258 32.9 826 280 33.9
Montana 209 81 38.8 205 89 43.4
Nebraska 181 45 24.9 212 74 34.9
Nevada 246 70 28.5 258 82 31.8
New Hampshire 90 27 30.0 108 32 29.6
New Jersey 627 193 30.8 589 164 27.8
New Mexico 353 105 29.7 365 97 26.6
New York 1,169 315 26.9 1,168 344 29.5
North Carolina 1,227 365 29.7 1,292 402 31.1
North Dakota 148 64 43.2 170 72 42.4
Ohio 1,016 316 31.1 1,123 385 34.3
Oklahoma 696 220 31.6 708 205 29.0
Oregon 331 97 29.3 336 86 25.6
Pennsylvania 1,286 407 31.6 1,310 408 31.1
Rhode Island 66 24 36.4 64 24 37.5
South Carolina 828 315 38.0 863 358 41.5
South Dakota 111 33 29.7 133 45 33.8
Tennessee 946 257 27.2 1,014 295 29.1
Texas 3,016 1,213 40.2 3,398 1,296 38.1
Utah 240 53 22.1 217 34 15.7
Vermont 55 18 32.7 77 23 29.9
Virginia 764 224 29.3 777 211 27.2
Washington 457 156 34.1 444 145 32.7
West Virginia 337 90 26.7 339 95 28.0
Wisconsin 582 196 33.7 615 200 32.5
Wyoming 135 38 28.1 123 40 32.5
United States, total 32,367 9,878 30.5 33,561 10,322 30.8

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.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Fact Sheet, Alcohol-Impaired Driving, available at www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats as of June 2014.