Massachusetts

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	476	441	429	434	363
Rural	104	39	48	36	36
Urban	372	402	381	398	327
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	0.87	0.80	0.78	0.79
Rural	2.51	0.92	1.14	0.85
Urban	0.73	0.78	0.75	0.78
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	309	298	300	286	227
Restrained	89	84	79	77	68
Unrestrained	165	171	158	148	120
Unknown	55	43	63	61	39
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	169	148	144	155	124
Speeding-Related Fatalities	158	145	148	143	97
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	60	56	50	62	42
Helmeted	49	50	43	56	35
Unhelmeted	9	4	5	3	1
Unknown	2	2	2	3	6
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	616	598	568	570	442
Aged Under 15	1	0	0	0	1
Aged 15-20	89	88	69	76	60
Aged Under 21	90	88	69	76	61
Aged 21 and Over	521	502	488	487	374
Unknown Age	5	8	11	7	7
Pedestrian Fatalities	81	76	61	66	75

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Massachusetts	476	54,771	0.87	6,437,414	7.39
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Massachusetts	441	55,458	0.80	6,434,343	6.85
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Massachusetts	429	55,136	0.78	6,443,424	6.66
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Massachusetts	434	55,071	0.79	6,467,915	6.71
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Massachusetts	363			6,497,967	5.59
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	Massachusetts	476	207	43	186	39	0.34
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Massachusetts	441	186	42	162	37	0.29
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Massachusetts	429	186	43	157	37	0.28
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Massachusetts	434	203	47	166	38	0.30
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Massachusetts	363	165	45	136	37
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	Massachusetts	476	169	36	0.31
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Massachusetts	441	148	34	0.27
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Massachusetts	429	144	34	0.26
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Massachusetts	434	155	36	0.28
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Massachusetts	363	124	34
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	Massachusetts	324	3	1	292	93	32	616	96	16
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Massachusetts	312	2	1	286	158	55	598	160	27
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Massachusetts	284	7	2	284	196	69	568	203	36
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Massachusetts	293	5	2	277	210	76	570	215	38
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Massachusetts	224	9	4	218	164	75	442	173	39
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	Massachusetts	44	63
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Massachusetts	39	65
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Massachusetts	44	67
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Massachusetts	46	69
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Massachusetts	46	67
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	306	87	164	55	35	117	88
2005	296	82	171	43	32	106	82
2006	299	79	158	62	33	115	82
2007	284	76	147	61	34	105	80
2008	227	68	120	39	36	84	62

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	2	1	1	50	1
2005	2	2	0	100	2
2006	0	0	0		0
2007	0	0	0		0
2008	0	0	0		0

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	60	49	9	2	84	30	3
2005	56	50	4	2	93	31	1
2006	50	43	5	2	90	26	2
2007	62	56	3	3	95	34	1
2008	42	35	1	6	97	24	0

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	215	45	197	45	219	51	195	45	169	47
Light Truck - Pickup	21	4	22	5	25	6	25	6	19	5
Light Truck - Utility	50	11	61	14	41	10	52	12	31	9
Light Truck - Van	23	5	17	4	15	3	14	3	8	2
Large Truck	9	2	1	0	6	1	3	1	3	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	4	1	1	0	5	1	3	1	3	1
Total Occupants	322	68	300	68	311	72	292	67	233	64
Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	60	13	56	13	50	12	62	14	42	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	81	17	76	17	61	14	66	15	75	21
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	11	2	5	1	6	1	11	3	10	3
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	2	0	4	1	1	0	3	1	3	1
��Total Nonoccupants	94	20	85	19	68	16	80	18	88	24
Total	Total	476	100	441	100	429	100	434	100	363	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	476	441	429	434	363
- (1) Single Vehicle	313	279	273	296	262
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	43	24	34	28	20
- (3) Involving Speeding	158	145	148	143	97
- (4) Involving a Rollover	92	95	89	95	70
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	252	243	244	236	162
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	94	92	91	82	77

Year	Age	Total
2004	1	14	19	19	5	2	60
2005	5	13	14	10	12	2	56
2006	1	20	8	10	10	1	50
2007	4	22	14	9	8	5	62
2008	2	8	7	9	14	2	42

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	60	136,887	43.83
2005	56	139,796	40.06
2006	50	143,853	34.76
2007	62	144,458	42.92
2008	42

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	25	29	31	24
White Non-Hispanic	320	270	278	288
Black, Non-Hispanic	12	17	23	19
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	5	4	5
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	15	14	15	5
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	4	21	10	13
Total	382	356	361	354
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	7	6	5	8
White Non-Hispanic	69	63	48	63
Black, Non-Hispanic	5	6	9	4
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	8	3	1	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	5	4	1	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	3	3	2
Total	94	85	68	80
Total	Hispanic	32	35	36	32
White Non-Hispanic	389	333	326	351
Black, Non-Hispanic	17	23	32	23
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	13	8	5	6
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	20	18	16	7
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	4	24	13	15
Total	476	441	429	434

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Middlesex County	55	69	63	61	56	12	16	15	14	15
2	Worcester County	73	58	67	64	56	15	13	16	15	15
3	Plymouth County	59	46	45	42	48	12	10	10	10	13
4	Bristol County	54	60	51	52	43	11	14	12	12	12
5	Essex County	52	46	35	40	29	11	10	8	9	8
6	Hampden County	39	43	28	38	29	8	10	7	9	8
7	Suffolk County	31	26	31	39	29	7	6	7	9	8
8	Norfolk County	46	31	48	37	26	10	7	11	9	7
9	Barnstable County	21	24	21	30	17	4	5	5	7	5
10	Berkshire County	24	15	19	10	14	5	3	4	2	4
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	454	418	408	413	347	95	95	95	95	96
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	22	22	21	21	16	5	5	5	5	4
Total	All Counties	476	440	429	434	363	100	100	100	100	100

1

Middlesex County

55

69

63

61

56

12

16

15

14

15

2

Worcester County

73

58

67

64

56

15

13

16

15

3

Plymouth County

59

46

45

42

48

12

10

13

4

Bristol County

54

60

51

52

43

11

14

12

5

Essex County

52

46

35

40

29

11

10

8

9

8

6

Hampden County

39

43

28

38

29

8

10

7

9

8

7

Suffolk County

31

26

31

39

29

7

6

7

9

8

Norfolk County

46

31

48

37

26

10

7

11

9

7

9

Barnstable County

21

24

21

30

17

4

5

7

5

10

Berkshire County

24

15

19

10

14

5

3

4

2

4

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

454

418

408

413

347

95

96

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

22

21

16

5

4

Total

All Counties

476

440

429

434

363

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Berkshire County	18.18	11.43	14.58	7.69	10.82
2	Franklin County	18.07	11.12	12.55	13.96	9.76
3	Plymouth County	12.14	9.43	9.22	8.57	9.75
4	Bristol County	9.89	11.00	9.36	9.54	7.88
5	Barnstable County	9.26	10.67	9.40	13.51	7.69
6	Worcester County	9.42	7.46	8.58	8.18	7.14
7	Dukes County	19.38	12.93	13.00	0.00	6.44
8	Hampden County	8.48	9.34	6.08	8.25	6.29
9	Hampshire County	3.90	7.80	5.83	6.47	5.16
10	Suffolk County	4.37	3.66	4.33	5.36	3.96
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	9.37	8.72	8.61	8.35	6.98
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	3.93	4.44	4.50	4.75	3.84
Total Rate	All Counties	7.39	6.84	6.66	6.71	5.59

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	Massachusetts	476	207	43	186	39	0.34
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Massachusetts	441	186	42	162	37	0.29
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Massachusetts	429	186	43	157	37	0.28
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Massachusetts	434	203	47	166	38	0.30
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Massachusetts	363	165	45	136	37
	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	Massachusetts	324	3	1	292	93	32	616	96	16
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Massachusetts	312	2	1	286	158	55	598	160	27
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Massachusetts	284	7	2	284	196	69	568	203	36
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Massachusetts	293	5	2	277	210	76	570	215	38
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Massachusetts	224	9	4	218	164	75	442	173	39
	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	215	45	197	45	219	51	195	45	169	47
	Light Truck - Pickup	21	4	22	5	25	6	25	6	19	5
	Light Truck - Utility	50	11	61	14	41	10	52	12	31	9
	Light Truck - Van	23	5	17	4	15	3	14	3	8	2
	Large Truck	9	2	1	0	6	1	3	1	3	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	4	1	1	0	5	1	3	1	3	1
	Total Occupants	322	68	300	68	311	72	292	67	233	64
	Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	60	13	56	13	50	12	62	14	42	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	81	17	76	17	61	14	66	15	75	21
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	11	2	5	1	6	1	11	3	10	3
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	2	0	4	1	1	0	3	1	3	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	94	20	85	19	68	16	80	18	88	24
Total	Total	476	100	441	100	429	100	434	100	363	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	1	14	19	19	5	2	60
2005	5	13	14	10	12	2	56
2006	1	20	8	10	10	1	50
2007	4	22	14	9	8	5	62
2008	2	8	7	9	14	2	42