Drunk Drivers "Cause" 2% of Fatal Crashes?

Not Even

 

According to the 2008 FARS database, there were 84,026 persons and 66,244 drivers involved in 60,508 crashes which killed 41,059 people.  9,447 of these persons (11.2% of them) and 8,841 crashes (14.6% of them) were reported by the police as "Alcohol-Involvement".  BAC tests proved 5,946 of these persons (7% of all persons and 63% of those reported by the police as "Alcohol-Involvement") had a BAC greater than 0.10, compared to 4,001 (4.8% of all persons and 37% of those reported by the police as "Alcohol-Involvement") who were proven to have not had a BAC greater than 0.10.  So more than a third of Americans who the police suspected had been drinking were proven by expensive, counterproductive, time consuming BAC testing to be innocent of all charges.

If a driver collides with a pedestrian or bicyclist who has been drinking, the police almost automatically list this accident as "Alcohol-Involvement".  As a motorcyclist who knows how dangerous they are no matter how sober you are, and since motorcyclists usually kill only themselves, it doesn't seem reasonable to include them in the same category as motor vehicle drivers.  In other words, why should we use dead motorcyclists who harm almost nobody as an excuse to continue to persecute drinking drivers? 

2,247 of the remaining 5,946 persons with a BAC greater than 0.1  or 38% of them, died while driving an ATV, snowmobile, farm equipment, forklift, bicycle, motorcycle, or as a pedestrian, leaving a total of 3,699 drivers (5.6% of all drivers and 4.4% of all persons) who were in fatal accidents who were proven to have had a BAC greater than 0.10.  Since  NHTSA has determined that young drivers who drink don't have a higher accident rate than young drivers who don't drink (who DO have a very high accident rate, but for other reasons) their 2,698 Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement accidents must also be excluded as a factor, leaving a grand total of only 1,001 GUILTY-of-DWI drivers--1.5% of all drivers and 1.2% of all persons.

The REAL question you ought to be asking yourself is: when are we going to crack down on the 98.5% who drink so little that they caused 98.8% of all these other fatal accidents.

Think about it.  This is not a joke.

However, it could be argued that SOME of these 976 alcohol-involved motorcycle deaths WERE caused by drinking motor vehicle drivers, rather than by drinking motorcyclists themselves--except that it seems that there are so FEW of them.  Ditto for the 969 pedestrians, 148 ATV drivers, and maybe even the 2,698 young drivers.  Just to be on the safe side, let's say drinking drivers DID cause 20% of these deaths, or 763 of them, giving us a grand total of 1,764 GUILTY-of-DWI drivers, 2.7% of all drivers and 2.1% of all persons!

 

http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/QueryTool/QuerySection/SelectFields.aspx

By what process can it be established that 42% of all fatal accidents involve drinking drivers, as the headlines scream?  There is none, not at least from the FARS database, and there hasn't been for the last several decades, at least since FARS 1998 and FARS 1999. 

 

 

Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Are 16.9% of Crashes Where Drugs Were Suspected

STATE: All YEAR: 2008 COUNT: Number of Crashes Because you are counting Number of Crashes with the variables Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement and Police Reported Other Drug Involvement, the sum of the totals (51908) may not equal the Number of Crashes (34017).

Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement Police Reported Other Drug Involvement Total Blank No (other Drugs Not Involved) Yes (other Drugs Involved) Not Reported Unknown (Police Reported As Unknown) Blank 18 0 0 0 0 18 No (Alcohol Not Involved) 0 10,049 741 8,654 223 19,667 Yes (Alcohol Involved) 0 2,446 1,050 4,753 533 8,782 Not Reported 0 361 217 16,254 157 16,989 Unknown (Police Reported) 0 70 46 1,370 4,966 6,452 Total 18 12,926 2,054 31,031 5,879 51,908

Search Criteria: Year 2008

Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Are 11.2% of all Persons

Sex	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Blank	4	0	0	0	0	4
Male	13	21,649	7,914	20,684	5,394	55,654
Female	8	10,662	1,529	13,346	1,658	27,203
Unknown	0	220	4	598	343	1,165
Total	25	32,531	9,447	34,628	7,395	84,026

 

Police Reported Alcohol Involvement By Sex Are 12.2% of all Drivers

 

Because you are counting Number of Vehicles/Drivers with the variables Sex and Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement, the sum of the totals (66224) may not equal the Number of Vehicles/Drivers (50430).

 

Sex	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Blank	2	0	0	0	0	2
Male	11	18,546	6,776	14,568	4,574	44,475
Female	8	8,776	1,305	9,281	1,367	20,737
Unknown	0	189	3	478	340	1,010
Total	21	27,511	8,084	24,327	6,281	66,224

 

 

 

 

Police Reported Alcohol Involvement by Sex Are 14.6% of all Crashes

Because you are counting Number of Crashes with the variables Sex and Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement, the sum of the totals (60508) may not equal the Number of Crashes (34017).

 

Sex	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Blank	2	0	0	0	0	2
Male	11	14,882	7,377	12,736	4,946	39,952
Female	8	7,929	1,460	8,624	1,552	19,573
Unknown	0	181	4	468	328	981
Total	21	22,992	8,841	21,828	6,826	60,508

 

2,247 or 24% of Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Were Not Driving Motor Vehicles

Body Type	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Blank	0	0	0	5	0	5
Convertible(excludes sun-roof,t-bar)	0	250	97	222	54	623
2-door sedan,hardtop,coupe	0	1,730	865	2,082	514	5,191
3-door/2-door hatchback	0	445	177	501	121	1,244
4-door sedan, hardtop	8	8,857	2,367	10,155	1,775	23,162
5-door/4-door hatchback	0	210	47	181	33	471
Station Wagon (excluding van and truck based)	0	634	118	680	91	1,523
Hatchback, number of doors unknown	0	7	0	5	2	14
Sedan/Hardtop, number of doors unknown	0	20	2	6	7	35
Other or Unknown automobile type	1	58	17	142	44	262
Auto-based pickup (includes E1 Camino, Caballero, Ranchero, Subaru Brat,Rabbit Pickup)	0	8	4	16	2	30
Auto-based panel (cargo station wagon, auto-based ambulance or hearse)	0	2	0	1	0	3
Large Limousine-more than four side doors or stretched chassis	0	14	1	6	1	22
Three-wheel automobile or automobile derivative	0	2	1	0	0	3
Compact utility (Jeep CJ-2-CJ-7, Scrambler, Golden Eagle, Renegade, Laredo, Wrangler, .....)	4	3,682	1,024	4,017	616	9,343
Large utility (includes Jeep Cherokee [83 and before], Ramcharger, Trailduster, Bronco-fullsize ..)	2	1,057	282	1,586	167	3,094
Utility station wagon (includes suburban limousines, Suburban, Travellall, Grand Wagoneer)	0	184	59	359	30	632
Utility, Unknown body type	0	0	1	9	3	13
Minivan (Chrysler Town and Country, Caravan, Grand Caravan, Voyager, Grand Voyager, Mini-Ram, ...)	0	1,665	208	2,065	197	4,135
Large Van (B150-B350, Sportsman, Royal Maxiwagon, Ram, Tradesman, Voyager [83 and before], .....)	0	639	57	867	45	1,608
Step van or walk-in van	0	14	0	21	1	36
Other van type (Hi-Cube Van, Kary)	0	1	0	1	0	2
Unknown van type	0	3	0	6	2	11
Compact pickup (GVWR <4,500 lbs.) (D50,Colt P/U, Ram 50, Dakota, Arrow Pickup [foreign], Ranger, ..)	1	1,476	488	1,208	372	3,545
Standard pickup (GVWR 4,500 to 10,00 lbs.)(Jeep Pickup, Comanche, Ram Pickup, D100-D350, ......)	6	3,718	1,357	4,095	651	9,827
Pickup with slide-in camper	0	19	8	10	1	38
Unknown (pickup style) light conventional truck type	0	20	6	21	10	57
Cab chassis based (includes light stake, light dump, light tow, rescue vehicles)	0	16	3	18	6	43
Truck based panel	0	0	1	0	0	1
Light truck (van-based or pickup-based) motorhome	0	3	1	0	0	4
Unknown light truck type (not a pickup)	0	1	0	0	0	1
Unknown light vehicle type (automobile, van, or light truck)	0	4	0	3	1	8
School Bus	0	126	1	203	6	336
Cross Country/Intercity Bus (i.e., Greyhound)	0	24	0	66	0	90
Transit Bus (City Bus)	0	81	0	233	11	325
Other Bus Type	0	10	2	58	1	71
Unknown Bus Type	0	5	0	16	2	23
Step van	0	23	0	12	0	35
Single unit straight truck (10,000 lbs < GVWR < or= 19,500 lbs)	0	146	10	102	13	271
Single unit straight truck (19,500 lbs < GVWR < or= 26,000 lbs.)	0	147	2	97	14	260
Single unit straight truck (GVWR > 26,000 lbs.)	0	512	6	267	33	818
Single unit straight truck (GVWR unknown)	0	6	0	1	1	8
Medium/heavy truck based motorhome	0	25	0	25	3	53
Truck-tractor (Cab only, or with any number of trailing unit; any weight)	1	1,973	19	909	182	3,084
Medium/Heavy Pickup	0	62	25	63	8	158
Unknown if single unit or combination unit Medium Truck (10,000 < GVWR < 26,000)	0	2	1	1	0	4
Unknown if single unit or combination unit Heavy Truck (GVWR > 26,000)	0	3	0	1	0	4
Camper or motorhome, unknown truck type	0	19	0	30	1	50
Unknown medium/heavy truck type	0	8	0	7	1	16
Motorcycle	0	2,190	976	1,616	983	5,765
Moped (motorized bicycle)	0	30	13	37	8	88
Three-wheel Motorcycle or Moped - not All-Terrain Vehicle	0	4	1	5	2	12
Off-road Motorcycle (2-wheel)	0	26	13	11	15	65
Other motored cycle type(minibikes, Motorscooters)	0	46	14	17	18	95
Unknown motored cycle type	0	10	0	3	5	18
ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle; includes dune/swamp buggy - 3 or 4 wheels)	0	156	148	138	60	502
Snowmobile	0	13	25	9	8	55
Farm equipment other than trucks	0	60	4	21	5	90
Construction equipment other than trucks (includes graders)	0	6	0	0	1	7
Other vehicle type (includes go-cart, fork-lift, city street seeeper)	0	22	12	26	6	66
Unknown body type	0	149	12	256	293	710
Total	23	30,623	8,475	32,518	6,426	78,065

 

 

969 or 11.3% of Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Were Pedestrians

Non-Motorist Striking Vehicle Number	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Not Applicable - Occupant of Motor Vehicle In-Transport or Not In-Transport (Including Motor Vehicles Parked/Stopped Off Roadway/Working/In Motion Outside the Trafficway)	24	30,709	8,478	32,667	6,432	78,310
01	1	1,768	962	1,916	945	5,592
02	0	42	7	40	17	106
03	0	4	0	4	1	9
04	0	1	0	0	0	1
05	0	1	0	0	0	1
Unknown	0	6	0	1	0	7
Total	25	32,531	9,447	34,628	7,395	84,026

 

 

131 or 1.4% of Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Were Bicyclists

Person Type	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Driver of a Motor Vehicle in Transport	20	24,567	7,842	11,700	6,057	50,186
Passenger of a Motor Vehicle in Transport	3	6,039	603	20,746	329	27,720
Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Not in Transport	1	85	3	149	6	244
Occupant of a Non-Motor Vehicle Transport Device	0	10	1	16	9	36
Pedestrian	1	1,408	858	1,671	812	4,750
Bicyclist	0	325	101	206	114	746
Other Cyclist	0	1	0	4	0	5
Persons on Personal Conveyances	0	68	9	33	25	135
Unknown Occupant Type in a Motor Vehicle in Transport	0	18	30	72	40	160
Persons In/On Buildings	0	10	0	31	3	44
Total	25	32,531	9,447	34,628	7,395	84,026

 

 

3,501 or 37% of 9,447 Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Did NOT Have a BAC > .10

Alcohol Test Result	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Blank	23	128	167	786	31	1,135
0.00 % BAC	2	9,811	457	5,261	2,947	18,478
0.01 % BAC	0	69	80	88	32	269
0.02 % BAC	0	52	119	78	51	300
0.03 % BAC	0	31	106	54	35	226
0.04 % BAC	0	36	106	60	33	235
0.05 % BAC	0	25	126	70	44	265
0.06 % BAC	0	38	136	65	42	281
0.07 % BAC	0	36	146	70	51	303
0.08 % BAC	0	27	209	67	36	339
0.09 % BAC	0	18	202	72	46	338
0.10 % BAC	0	22	202	71	44	339
0.11 % BAC	0	26	221	60	67	374
0.12 % BAC	0	28	273	76	59	436
0.13 % BAC	0	28	272	86	64	450
0.14 % BAC	0	31	362	80	65	538
0.15 % BAC	0	30	353	89	70	542
0.16 % BAC	0	28	363	99	83	573
0.17 % BAC	0	21	352	99	82	554
0.18 % BAC	0	22	332	97	95	546
0.19 % BAC	0	21	336	94	92	543
0.20 % BAC	0	17	315	79	85	496
0.21 % BAC	0	31	336	79	80	526
0.22 % BAC	0	26	299	78	63	466
0.23 % BAC	0	21	276	73	76	446
0.24 % BAC	0	13	253	81	66	413
0.25 % BAC	0	13	208	56	56	333
0.26 % BAC	0	9	182	39	57	287
0.27 % BAC	0	10	189	44	36	279
0.28 % BAC	0	5	142	38	38	223
0.29 % BAC	0	8	117	36	28	189
0.30 % BAC	0	5	109	21	24	159
0.31 % BAC	0	3	84	25	20	132
0.32 % BAC	0	4	64	17	19	104
0.33 % BAC	0	2	50	10	14	76
0.34 % BAC	0	5	47	11	14	77
0.35 % BAC	0	2	38	12	8	60
0.36 % BAC	0	0	35	8	6	49
0.37 % BAC	0	2	31	8	8	49
0.38 % BAC	0	1	23	4	6	34
0.39 % BAC	0	4	19	6	3	32
0.40 % BAC	0	2	18	2	4	26
0.41 % BAC	0	0	9	2	4	15
0.42 % BAC	0	0	7	0	0	7
0.43 % BAC	0	1	2	1	1	5
0.44 % BAC	0	1	6	2	0	9
0.45 % BAC	0	0	3	2	0	5
0.46 % BAC	0	0	3	1	0	4
0.47 % BAC	0	0	1	1	0	2
0.48 % BAC	0	0	1	0	0	1
0.49 % BAC	0	0	3	2	0	5
0.52 % BAC	0	0	1	0	0	1
0.53 % BAC	0	0	1	1	1	3
0.54 % BAC	0	0	2	0	0	2
0.55 % BAC	0	0	0	1	0	1
0.56 % BAC	0	0	1	0	0	1
0.57 % BAC	0	0	2	0	0	2
0.58 % BAC	0	0	2	0	1	3
0.60 % BAC	0	0	0	1	0	1
0.66 % BAC	0	1	0	0	0	1
0.80 % BAC	0	0	1	0	0	1
Test Refused	0	13	34	14	3	64
None Given	0	20,468	596	23,689	1,684	46,437
AC Test Performed,Results Unknown	0	1,020	752	362	592	2,726
Positive Reading With No Actual Value	0	4	11	11	4	30
Unknown if tested	0	312	254	2,289	325	3,180
Total	25	32,531	9,447	34,628	7,395	84,026

*Total Number - Total includes fatalities in crashes in which there was no driver or motorcycle rider present.

[Editor's Note: The above table which suggests that 37% of drivers had a BAC greater than 0.1 (not .01) contradicts the database which shows that a total of only 15% of those allegedly tested were proven to have had a BAC greater than .01]

Hispanic Origin	Sex				Total
	Blank	Male	Female	Unknown
Blank	4	5,643	2,109	8	7,764
Not A Fatality (not Applicable)	0	28,977	16,545	1,147	46,669
Mexican	0	691	198	0	889
Puerto Rican	0	146	35	0	181
Cuban	0	90	31	0	121
Central or South American	0	162	48	0	210
European Spanish	0	56	10	0	66
Hispanic, Origin Not Specified or Other Origin	0	589	184	1	774
Non-Hispanic	0	16,464	6,885	6	23,355
Unknown	0	2,836	1,158	3	3,997
Total	4	55,654	27,203	1,165	84,026

Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement Were 6,292 or 17.2% of All Traffic Deaths in 2008 

Death Year	Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement					Total
	Blank	No (Alcohol Not Involved)	Yes (Alcohol Involved)	Not Reported	Unknown (Police Reported)
Blank	1	265	84	116	105	571
Not Applicable	13	20,416	3,066	21,638	1,626	46,759
2008	11	11,810	6,292	12,840	5,654	36,607
2009	0	40	5	30	10	85
Unknown	0	0	0	4	0	4
Total	25	32,531	9,447	34,628	7,395	84,026

 

 

 

2,698 or 28.6% of Police-Reported Alcohol-Involvement Were Young Drivers

STATE: All YEAR: 2008 COUNT: Number of Persons

Age Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement Total Blank No (Alcohol Not Involved) Yes (Alcohol Involved) Not Reported Unknown (Police Reported) Up To One Year 1 99 0 206 3 309 1 Year 0 130 0 332 3 465 2 Years 0 104 0 314 3 421 3 Years 0 127 0 326 1 454 4 Years 0 108 0 317 4 429 5 Years 0 121 0 278 4 403 6 Years 0 116 0 279 1 396 7 Years 1 118 0 282 4 405 8 Years 0 107 0 284 4 395 9 Years 0 107 0 300 3 410 10 Years 0 102 0 272 3 377 11 Years 0 103 0 308 5 416 12 Years 0 109 1 294 4 408 13 Years 0 149 2 331 4 486 14 Years 0 176 14 453 13 656 15 Years 0 256 21 649 37 963 16 Years 1 557 73 901 76 1,608 17 Years 0 773 121 1,069 113 2,076 18 Years 0 948 227 1,239 208 2,622 19 Years 0 841 325 1,207 224 2,597 20 Years 2 839 339 1,039 187 2,406 21 Years 0 766 446 975 211 2,398 22 Years 1 672 410 890 214 2,187 23 Years 0 678 361 879 218 2,136 24 Years 0 628 396 744 202 1,970

14.2% of Men Drivers and 5.6% of Women Drivers Were Reported by Police to be Alcohol Involved

STATE: All YEAR: 2008 COUNT: Number of Persons OUTPUT OPTIONS:

Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement Sex Total Blank Male Female Unknown Blank 4 13 8 0 25 No (Alcohol Not Involved) 0 21,649 10,662 220 32,531 Yes (Alcohol Involved) 0 7,914 1,529 4 9,447 Not Reported 0 20,684 13,346 598 34,628 Unknown (Police Reported) 0 5,394 1,658 343 7,395 Total 4 55,654 27,203 1,165 84,026

Search Criteria: Year 2008

9,420 or 11.2% of all Persons Involved in Fatal Accidents Had a BAC > .10

STATE: All YEAR: 2008 COUNT: Number of Persons OUTPUT OPTIONS:

Alcohol Test Result Sex Total Blank Male Female Unknown Blank 4 846 281 4 1,135 0.00 % BAC 0 12,811 5,662 5 18,478 0.01 % BAC 0 198 71 0 269 0.02 % BAC 0 237 63 0 300 0.03 % BAC 0 180 46 0 226 0.04 % BAC 0 192 43 0 235 0.05 % BAC 0 220 45 0 265 0.06 % BAC 0 230 50 1 281 0.07 % BAC 0 249 54 0 303 0.08 % BAC 0 267 71 1 339 0.09 % BAC 0 280 58 0 338 0.10 % BAC 0 270 69 0 339 0.11 % BAC 0 321 53 0 374 0.12 % BAC 0 368 68 0 436 0.13 % BAC 0 377 73 0 450 0.14 % BAC 0 455 83 0 538 0.15 % BAC 0 439 103 0 542 0.16 % BAC 0 476 97 0 573 0.17 % BAC 0 463 91 0 554 0.18 % BAC 0 464 82 0 546 0.19 % BAC 0 436 107 0 543 0.20 % BAC 0 418 77 1 496 0.21 % BAC 0 455 70 1 526 0.22 % BAC 0 403 63 0 466 0.23 % BAC 0 371 75 0 446 0.24 % BAC 0 346 67 0 413 0.25 % BAC 0 283 50 0 333 0.26 % BAC 0 246 41 0 287 0.27 % BAC 0 242 37 0 279 0.28 % BAC 0 183 40 0 223 0.29 % BAC 0 160 29 0 189 0.30 % BAC 0 140 19 0 159 0.31 % BAC 0 109 23 0 132 0.32 % BAC 0 92 12 0 104 0.33 % BAC 0 69 7 0 76 0.34 % BAC 0 68 9 0 77 0.35 % BAC 0 53 7 0 60 0.36 % BAC 0 43 6 0 49 0.37 % BAC 0 43 6 0 49 0.38 % BAC 0 28 6 0 34 0.39 % BAC 0 27 5 0 32 0.40 % BAC 0 21 5 0 26 0.41 % BAC 0 14 1 0 15 0.42 % BAC 0 7 0 0 7 0.43 % BAC 0 3 2 0 5 0.44 % BAC 0 7 2 0 9 0.45 % BAC 0 5 0 0 5 0.46 % BAC 0 4 0 0 4 0.47 % BAC 0 1 1 0 2 0.48 % BAC 0 1 0 0 1 0.49 % BAC 0 5 0 0 5 0.52 % BAC 0 0 0 1 1 0.53 % BAC 0 2 1 0 3 0.54 % BAC 0 0 2 0 2 0.55 % BAC 0 0 1 0 1 0.56 % BAC 0 1 0 0 1 0.57 % BAC 0 1 1 0 2 0.58 % BAC 0 3 0 0 3 0.60 % BAC 0 0 1 0 1 0.66 % BAC 0 1 0 0 1 0.80 % BAC 0 1 0 0 1 Test Refused 0 51 13 0 64 None Given 0 27,648 17,749 1,040 46,437 AC Test Performed,Results Unknown 0 2,059 667 0 2,726 Positive Reading With No Actual Value 0 23 7 0 30 Unknown if tested 0 2,238 831 111 3,180 Total 4 55,654 27,203 1,165 84,026

 

 

 3,064 or or 33% of 9,462 Police Reported Alcohol Involvement Were "Not A Fatality"

• 4,072 or 43% are Non-Hispanic

• 492 or 5.2% are Hispanic

• 495 or 5.2% are Black

• 4,026 or 42.5% are White (including "Hispanic White")

 

STATE: All YEAR: 2008 COUNT: Number of Persons OUTPUT OPTIONS:

Hispanic Origin Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement Total Blank No (Alcohol Not Involved) Yes (Alcohol Involved) Not Reported Unknown (Police Reported) Blank 6 1,170 1,285 3,860 1,443 7,764 Not A Fatality (not Applicable) 9 20,498 3,064 21,467 1,631 46,669 Mexican 0 275 197 265 152 889 Puerto Rican 0 79 30 55 17 181 Cuban 0 98 7 13 3 121 Central or South American 0 80 41 65 24 210 European Spanish 0 35 15 14 2 66 Hispanic, Origin Not Specified or Other Origin 0 347 202 186 39 774 Non-Hispanic 10 8,989 4,072 6,692 3,592 23,355 Unknown 0 1,137 549 1,756 555 3,997 Total 25 32,708 9,462 34,373 7,458 84,026

Search Criteria: Year 2008

Blacks and Hispanics Over-represented

When counted by race, of 84,026 persons involved in fatal accidents in 2008, 46,669 were not a fatality, 7,763 were marked "blank", and 2,966 were marked "unknown".  Of the 26,628 fatalities whose race was known or specified, 21,939 or 82.4% were White,13.4% were Black, 23,355 or 87.7% were non-Hispanic, and 2,241 or 8.4% were Hispanic.

STATE: All YEAR: 2008 COUNT: Number of Persons OUTPUT OPTIONS:

Race Police-Reported Alcohol Involvement Total Blank No (Alcohol Not Involved) Yes (Alcohol Involved) Not Reported Unknown (Police Reported) Blank 6 1,170 1,285 3,859 1,443 7,763 Not a Fatality (not Applicable) 9 20,498 3,064 21,467 1,631 46,669 White 4 8,699 4,026 5,928 3,282 21,939 Black 6 1,145 495 1,282 652 3,580 American Indian (includes Aleuts and Eskimos) 0 140 155 119 98 512 Chinese 0 16 0 15 3 34 Japanese 0 6 0 9 4 19 Hawaiian (includes Part-Hawaiian) 0 4 7 13 9 33 Filipino 0 19 4 15 9 47 Asian Indian 0 12 3 17 7 39 Other Indian (incl. S. and Cen. Amer., any oth, exc. Am. or Asian Indians) 0 4 5 7 1 17 Korean 0 10 1 5 3 19 Samoan 0 0 1 2 1 4 Vietnamese 0 13 2 12 3 30 Guamanian 0 4 0 4 2 10 Other Asian or Pacific Islander 0 25 7 19 10 61 Asian or Pacific Islander, no specific (individual) race 0 21 10 48 17 96 Multiple Races (individual races not specified; ex. "mixed") 0 16 2 8 1 27 All other races 0 43 30 70 18 161 Unknown 0 863 365 1,474 264 2,966 Total 25 32,708 9,462 34,373 7,458 84,026

Search Criteria: Year 2008

Hispanic Origin	Sex				Total
	Blank	Male	Female	Unknown
Blank	4	5,643	2,109	8	7,764
Not A Fatality (not Applicable)	0	28,977	16,545	1,147	46,669
Mexican	0	691	198	0	889
Puerto Rican	0	146	35	0	181
Cuban	0	90	31	0	121
Central or South American	0	162	48	0	210
European Spanish	0	56	10	0	66
Hispanic, Origin Not Specified or Other Origin	0	589	184	1	774
Non-Hispanic	0	16,464	6,885	6	23,355
Unknown	0	2,836	1,158	3	3,997
Total	4	55,654	27,203	1,165	84,026