Alabama

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,154	1,148	1,207	1,110	966
Rural	740	761	794	726	597
Urban	413	387	408	380	331
Unknown	1	0	5	4	38
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.95	1.92	1.99	1.81
Rural	2.46	2.59	2.69	2.44
Urban	1.43	1.28	1.31	1.20
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	951	966	973	905	751
Restrained	403	364	369	334	271
Unrestrained	517	561	568	538	452
Unknown	31	41	36	33	28
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	360	373	377	377	315
Speeding-Related Fatalities	508	502	568	497	447
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	75	62	105	85	99
Helmeted	68	59	95	77	84
Unhelmeted	7	3	10	8	15
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,535	1,553	1,583	1,470	1,285
Aged Under 15	6	3	3	4	1
Aged 15-20	234	216	227	190	161
Aged Under 21	240	219	230	194	162
Aged 21 and Over	1,277	1,320	1,337	1,261	1,112
Unknown Age	18	14	16	15	11
Pedestrian Fatalities	81	73	78	69	66

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Alabama	1,154	59,035	1.95	4,506,574	25.61
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Alabama	1,148	59,640	1.92	4,537,299	25.30
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Alabama	1,207	60,668	1.99	4,587,564	26.31
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Alabama	1,110	61,410	1.81	4,626,595	23.99
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Alabama	966			4,661,900	20.72
US	37,261	2,925,503	1.27	304,059,724	12.25
Best State*					5.59

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
2004	Alabama	1,154	432	37	387	34	0.66
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Alabama	1,148	445	39	394	34	0.66
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Alabama	1,207	477	40	409	34	0.67
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Alabama	1,110	466	42	400	36	0.65
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Alabama	966	397	41	344	36
US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
Best State*			21		16

Year	Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
2004	Alabama	1,154	360	31	0.61
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Alabama	1,148	373	32	0.63
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Alabama	1,207	377	31	0.62
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Alabama	1,110	377	34	0.61
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Alabama	966	315	33
US	37,261	11,773	32	0.40
Best State*			16

Year	Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider	Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
2004	Alabama	737	71	10	798	82	10	1,535	153	10
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Alabama	758	118	16	795	442	56	1,553	560	36
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Alabama	742	114	15	841	344	41	1,583	458	29
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Alabama	695	89	13	775	460	59	1,470	549	37
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Alabama	584	85	15	701	448	64	1,285	533	41
US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
Best State*			80			95			84

Year	Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
2004	Alabama	53	80
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Alabama	53	82
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Alabama	49	83
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Alabama	49	82
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Alabama	47	86
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	925	387	507	31	43	457	177
2005	949	356	552	41	39	435	173
2006	959	362	561	36	39	452	185
2007	897	331	533	33	38	400	188
2008	740	265	447	28	37	325	117

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	25	16	9	64	24
2005	16	8	8	50	11
2006	14	7	7	50	10
2007	6	3	3	50	5
2008	11	6	5	55	8

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	75	68	7	91	40	3
2005	62	59	3	95	35	1
2006	105	95	10	90	56	4
2007	85	77	8	91	46	3
2008	99	84	15	85	50	6

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	570	49	559	49	527	44	495	45	426	44
Light Truck - Pickup	189	16	211	18	211	17	199	18	174	18
Light Truck - Utility	151	13	153	13	191	16	173	16	119	12
Light Truck - Van	40	3	43	4	44	4	37	3	32	3
Light Truck - Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Large Truck	20	2	17	1	20	2	16	1	27	3
Other/Unknown Occupants	21	2	15	1	13	1	22	2	12	1
Total Occupants	992	86	998	87	1,011	84	945	85	791	82
Bus	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	75	6	62	5	105	9	85	8	99	10
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	81	7	73	6	78	6	69	6	66	7
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	6	1	13	1	10	1	9	1	4	0
��Total Nonoccupants	87	8	88	8	91	8	80	7	76	8
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	6	1
Total	Total	1,154	100	1,148	100	1,207	100	1,110	100	966	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,154	1,148	1,207	1,110	966
- (1) Single Vehicle	641	619	686	652	593
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	164	122	137	134	131
- (3) Involving Speeding	508	502	568	497	447
- (4) Involving a Rollover	402	389	426	437	351
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	685	714	775	709	593
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	238	231	207	188	173

Year	Age	Total
2004	4	19	26	15	7	4	75
2005	4	12	13	19	10	4	62
2006	7	27	29	21	18	3	105
2007	8	26	19	18	10	4	85
2008	4	31	25	19	13	7	99

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	75	81,086	92.49
2005	62	93,468	66.33
2006	105	104,074	100.9
2007	85	110,858	76.67
2008	99

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	23	37	51	50
White Non-Hispanic	742	681	799	748
Black, Non-Hispanic	240	251	246	215
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	2	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	7	5	5	5
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	18	5	2	4
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	37	80	11	8
Total	1,067	1,060	1,116	1,030
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	1	2	5	3
White Non-Hispanic	39	56	51	40
Black, Non-Hispanic	44	26	32	36
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	1	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	0	2	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	3	0	0
Total	87	88	91	80
Total	Hispanic	24	39	56	53
White Non-Hispanic	781	737	850	788
Black, Non-Hispanic	284	277	278	251
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	2	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	7	6	6	6
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	20	5	4	4
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	38	83	11	8
Total	1,154	1,148	1,207	1,110

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Jefferson County	99	71	80	98	104	9	6	7	9	11
2	Mobile County	85	95	100	105	80	7	8	8	9	8
3	Madison County	41	69	75	34	46	4	6	6	3	5
4	Montgomery County	42	48	45	43	43	4	4	4	4	4
5	Tuscaloosa County	48	36	44	45	34	4	3	4	4	4
6	Baldwin County	43	47	45	35	29	4	4	4	3	3
7	Lee County	29	26	23	21	26	3	2	2	2	3
8	Marshall County	20	19	13	13	26	2	2	1	1	3
9	Cullman County	32	28	32	39	24	3	2	3	4	2
10	Shelby County	30	25	27	30	24	3	2	2	3	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	489	482	515	487	436	42	42	43	44	45
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	665	665	692	623	530	58	58	57	56	55
Total	All Counties	1,154	1,147	1,207	1,110	966	100	100	100	100	100

1

Jefferson County

99

71

80

98

104

9

6

7

9

11

2

Mobile County

85

95

100

105

80

7

8

9

8

3

Madison County

41

69

75

34

46

4

6

3

5

4

Montgomery County

42

48

45

43

4

5

Tuscaloosa County

48

36

44

45

34

4

3

4

6

Baldwin County

43

47

45

35

29

4

3

7

Lee County

29

26

23

21

26

3

2

3

8

Marshall County

20

19

13

26

2

1

3

9

Cullman County

32

28

32

39

24

3

2

3

4

2

10

Shelby County

30

25

27

30

24

3

2

3

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

489

482

515

487

436

42

43

44

45

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

665

692

623

530

58

57

56

55

Total

All Counties

1,154

1,147

1,207

1,110

966

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Greene County	73.43	126.69	76.48	86.92	98.12
2	Conecuh County	60.43	91.07	60.11	60.84	84.19
3	Wilcox County	62.88	94.91	71.31	39.18	78.11
4	Lowndes County	84.37	46.50	117.74	78.75	71.18
5	Choctaw County	53.83	48.42	48.78	28.23	56.92
6	Franklin County	32.90	22.97	13.09	19.75	45.45
7	Monroe County	29.97	34.51	21.77	39.64	44.34
8	Hale County	55.99	44.68	27.96	77.42	44.09
9	Cleburne County	35.06	98.09	48.39	88.42	40.54
10	Russell County	38.84	36.72	58.42	23.91	37.62
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	62.47	75.68	67.62	69.02	52.38
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	23.95	23.36	24.63	22.20	19.31
Total Rate	All Counties	25.61	25.28	26.31	23.99	20.72

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+		BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2004	Alabama	1,154	432	37	387	34	0.66
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Alabama	1,148	445	39	394	34	0.66
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Alabama	1,207	477	40	409	34	0.67
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Alabama	1,110	466	42	400	36	0.65
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Alabama	966	397	41	344	36
	US	37,261	15,438	41	13,294	36	0.45
	Best State*			21		16

Year		Surviving Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Killed Drivers/Motorcycle Rider			Total Drivers/Motorcycle Rider
		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS		Total	With Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Reported to FARS
		Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent	Total	Number	Percent
2004	Alabama	737	71	10	798	82	10	1,535	153	10
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Alabama	758	118	16	795	442	56	1,553	560	36
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Alabama	742	114	15	841	344	41	1,583	458	29
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Alabama	695	89	13	775	460	59	1,470	549	37
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Alabama	584	85	15	701	448	64	1,285	533	41
	US	26,011	6,677	26	24,175	17,045	71	50,186	23,722	47
	Best State*			80			95			84

Person Type		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	570	49	559	49	527	44	495	45	426	44
	Light Truck - Pickup	189	16	211	18	211	17	199	18	174	18
	Light Truck - Utility	151	13	153	13	191	16	173	16	119	12
	Light Truck - Van	40	3	43	4	44	4	37	3	32	3
	Light Truck - Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Large Truck	20	2	17	1	20	2	16	1	27	3
	Other/Unknown Occupants	21	2	15	1	13	1	22	2	12	1
	Total Occupants	992	86	998	87	1,011	84	945	85	791	82
	Bus	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	0	1	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	75	6	62	5	105	9	85	8	99	10
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	81	7	73	6	78	6	69	6	66	7
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	6	1	13	1	10	1	9	1	4	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	87	8	88	8	91	8	80	7	76	8
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	2	0	3	0	2	0	6	1
Total	Total	1,154	100	1,148	100	1,207	100	1,110	100	966	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	4	19	26	15	7	4	75
2005	4	12	13	19	10	4	62
2006	7	27	29	21	18	3	105
2007	8	26	19	18	10	4	85
2008	4	31	25	19	13	7	99