Kentucky

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	964	985	913	864	826
Rural	753	738	688	677	634
Urban	211	247	225	187	192
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.04	2.08	1.91	1.80
Rural	2.75	2.70	2.51	2.45
Urban	1.06	1.23	1.10	0.92
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	793	783	703	647	596
Restrained	265	273	229	265	213
Unrestrained	527	508	474	382	381
Unknown	1	2	0	0	2
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	256	249	216	212	200
Speeding-Related Fatalities	196	187	160	132	154
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	68	89	98	112	101
Helmeted	25	31	30	40	41
Unhelmeted	43	58	68	72	60
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,312	1,317	1,263	1,187	1,099
Aged Under 15	5	5	4	3	3
Aged 15-20	176	163	164	135	119
Aged Under 21	181	168	168	138	122
Aged 21 and Over	1,125	1,141	1,089	1,045	967
Unknown Age	6	8	6	4	10
Pedestrian Fatalities	48	54	52	44	67

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Kentucky	964	47,322	2.04	4,135,567	23.31
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Kentucky	985	47,466	2.08	4,165,958	23.64
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Kentucky	913	47,742	1.91	4,199,440	21.74
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Kentucky	864	48,063	1.80	4,236,308	20.40
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Kentucky	826			4,269,245	19.35
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	Kentucky	964	307	32	269	28	0.57
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Kentucky	985	311	32	268	27	0.56
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Kentucky	913	269	29	231	25	0.48
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Kentucky	864	267	31	228	26	0.47
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Kentucky	826	255	31	227	27
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	Kentucky	964	256	27	0.54
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Kentucky	985	249	25	0.52
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Kentucky	913	216	24	0.45
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Kentucky	864	212	25	0.44
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Kentucky	826	200	24
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	Kentucky	638	184	29	674	384	57	1,312	568	43
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Kentucky	625	172	28	692	472	68	1,317	644	49
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Kentucky	601	217	36	662	442	67	1,263	659	52
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Kentucky	555	223	40	632	452	72	1,187	675	57
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Kentucky	515	232	45	584	392	67	1,099	624	57
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	Kentucky	38	66
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Kentucky	40	67
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Kentucky	38	67
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Kentucky	50	72
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Kentucky	47	73
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	784	260	523	1	33	295	222
2005	774	265	507	2	34	304	214
2006	693	223	470	0	32	250	203
2007	639	258	381	0	40	292	186
2008	588	210	378	0	36	245	151

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	8	5	3	0	63	9
2005	9	8	1	0	89	11
2006	10	6	4	0	60	6
2007	8	7	1	0	88	12
2008	7	3	2	2	60	3

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	68	25	43	37	15	16
2005	89	31	58	35	19	21
2006	98	30	68	31	18	25
2007	112	40	72	36	24	27
2008	101	41	60	41	25	22

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	474	49	474	48	428	47	383	44	340	41
Light Truck - Pickup	174	18	178	18	167	18	162	19	144	17
Light Truck - Utility	104	11	87	9	71	8	74	9	79	10
Light Truck - Van	41	4	43	4	37	4	28	3	32	4
Large Truck	27	3	18	2	25	3	21	2	22	3
Other/Unknown Occupants	20	2	25	3	27	3	33	4	31	4
Total Occupants	840	87	826	84	755	83	704	81	650	79
Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	68	7	89	9	98	11	112	13	101	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	48	5	54	5	52	6	44	5	67	8
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	7	1	12	1	5	1	3	0	6	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
��Total Nonoccupants	56	6	70	7	60	7	48	6	75	9
Total	Total	964	100	985	100	913	100	864	100	826	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	964	985	913	864	826
- (1) Single Vehicle	511	547	500	510	482
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	124	124	105	104	113
- (3) Involving Speeding	196	187	160	132	154
- (4) Involving a Rollover	289	311	276	269	233
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	648	667	599	595	572
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	138	156	144	129	94

Year	Age	Total
2004	5	19	13	15	15	1	68
2005	8	20	19	18	16	8	89
2006	6	31	16	15	20	10	98
2007	9	28	24	23	22	6	112
2008	5	19	16	27	20	14	101

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	68	53,478	127.2
2005	89	56,152	158.5
2006	98	58,959	166.2
2007	112	61,907	180.9
2008	101

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	26	14	14	8
White Non-Hispanic	841	853	801	782
Black, Non-Hispanic	39	35	35	25
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	3	2	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	10	0	0
Total	908	915	853	816
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	1	1	4	2
White Non-Hispanic	50	61	49	37
Black, Non-Hispanic	5	7	7	8
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	0	0	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	1	0	0
Total	56	70	60	48
Total	Hispanic	27	15	18	10
White Non-Hispanic	891	914	850	819
Black, Non-Hispanic	44	42	42	33
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	3	2	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	11	0	0
Total	964	985	913	864

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Jefferson County	83	102	79	80	78	9	10	9	9	9
2	Pike County	28	29	33	20	32	3	3	4	2	4
3	Fayette County	28	34	23	26	31	3	3	3	3	4
4	Warren County	27	27	23	13	23	3	3	3	2	3
5	Hardin County	20	17	23	18	18	2	2	3	2	2
6	Laurel County	25	27	17	17	17	3	3	2	2	2
7	Bullitt County	12	14	6	10	15	1	1	1	1	2
8	Floyd County	24	16	12	14	15	2	2	1	2	2
9	Hart County	9	11	6	9	15	1	1	1	1	2
10	Pulaski County	21	16	15	15	15	2	2	2	2	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	297	307	266	243	259	31	31	29	28	31
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	667	678	647	621	567	69	69	71	72	69
Total	All Counties	964	985	913	864	826	100	100	100	100	100

1

Jefferson County

83

102

79

80

78

9

10

9

2

Pike County

28

29

33

20

32

3

4

2

4

3

Fayette County

28

34

23

26

31

3

4

Warren County

27

23

13

23

3

2

3

5

Hardin County

20

17

23

18

2

3

2

6

Laurel County

25

27

17

3

2

7

Bullitt County

12

14

6

10

15

1

2

8

Floyd County

24

16

12

14

15

2

1

2

9

Hart County

9

11

6

9

15

1

2

10

Pulaski County

21

16

15

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

297

307

266

243

259

31

29

28

31

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

667

678

647

621

567

69

71

72

69

Total

All Counties

964

985

913

864

826

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Hickman County	39.49	79.67	0.00	121.65	101.30
2	Hart County	50.36	60.77	32.93	49.04	80.81
3	Clinton County	31.58	42.32	63.49	41.93	62.71
4	Livingston County	10.39	51.59	51.83	51.99	62.56
5	Lyon County	49.13	24.35	24.11	24.25	60.64
6	Leslie County	84.19	25.27	25.48	51.08	60.14
7	Bracken County	69.25	58.02	23.38	23.39	58.35
8	Woodford County	63.27	25.06	37.34	12.39	57.08
9	Trigg County	15.35	53.41	45.58	14.95	52.17
10	Henry County	25.78	19.26	12.76	19.15	50.82
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	64.61	74.07	73.90	72.61	62.50
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	21.72	22.47	20.50	19.00	18.05
Total Rate	All Counties	23.31	23.64	21.74	20.40	19.35

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	Kentucky	964	307	32	269	28	0.57
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Kentucky	985	311	32	268	27	0.56
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Kentucky	913	269	29	231	25	0.48
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Kentucky	864	267	31	228	26	0.47
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Kentucky	826	255	31	227	27
	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	Kentucky	638	184	29	674	384	57	1,312	568	43
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Kentucky	625	172	28	692	472	68	1,317	644	49
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Kentucky	601	217	36	662	442	67	1,263	659	52
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Kentucky	555	223	40	632	452	72	1,187	675	57
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Kentucky	515	232	45	584	392	67	1,099	624	57
	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	474	49	474	48	428	47	383	44	340	41
	Light Truck - Pickup	174	18	178	18	167	18	162	19	144	17
	Light Truck - Utility	104	11	87	9	71	8	74	9	79	10
	Light Truck - Van	41	4	43	4	37	4	28	3	32	4
	Large Truck	27	3	18	2	25	3	21	2	22	3
	Other/Unknown Occupants	20	2	25	3	27	3	33	4	31	4
	Total Occupants	840	87	826	84	755	83	704	81	650	79
	Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	68	7	89	9	98	11	112	13	101	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	48	5	54	5	52	6	44	5	67	8
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	7	1	12	1	5	1	3	0	6	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	1	0	4	0	3	0	1	0	2	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	56	6	70	7	60	7	48	6	75	9
Total	Total	964	100	985	100	913	100	864	100	826	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	5	19	13	15	15	1	68
2005	8	20	19	18	16	8	89
2006	6	31	16	15	20	10	98
2007	9	28	24	23	22	6	112
2008	5	19	16	27	20	14	101