Minnesota

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	567	559	494	510	456
Rural	410	405	346	352	317
Urban	157	154	148	158	139
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.00	0.98	0.87	0.89
Rural	1.48	1.45	1.27	1.30
Urban	0.54	0.53	0.51	0.53
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	453	428	361	392	312
Restrained	188	184	146	170	149
Unrestrained	234	211	185	187	125
Unknown	31	33	30	35	38
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	156	163	149	173	135
Speeding-Related Fatalities	144	152	130	111	134
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	52	59	67	61	71
Helmeted	15	18	15	11	11
Unhelmeted	37	40	52	45	55
Unknown	0	1	0	5	5
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	808	769	684	792	640
Aged Under 15	1	1	1	0	2
Aged 15-20	133	108	107	87	68
Aged Under 21	134	109	108	87	70
Aged 21 and Over	672	656	570	702	567
Unknown Age	2	4	6	3	3
Pedestrian Fatalities	37	44	38	33	26

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Minnesota	567	56,570	1.00	5,078,014	11.17
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Minnesota	559	56,904	0.98	5,104,890	10.95
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Minnesota	494	56,518	0.87	5,143,134	9.61
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Minnesota	510	57,233	0.89	5,182,360	9.84
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Minnesota	456			5,220,393	8.73
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	Minnesota	567	191	34	170	30	0.30
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Minnesota	559	208	37	178	32	0.31
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Minnesota	494	184	37	158	32	0.28
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Minnesota	510	202	40	181	35	0.32
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Minnesota	456	170	37	145	32
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	Minnesota	567	156	28	0.28
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Minnesota	559	163	29	0.29
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Minnesota	494	149	30	0.26
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Minnesota	510	173	34	0.30
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Minnesota	456	135	30
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	Minnesota	419	269	64	389	333	86	808	602	75
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Minnesota	389	287	74	380	347	91	769	634	82
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Minnesota	340	168	49	344	319	93	684	487	71
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Minnesota	411	177	43	381	338	89	792	515	65
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Minnesota	330	162	49	310	263	85	640	425	66
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	Minnesota	57	82
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Minnesota	56	83
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Minnesota	56	83
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Minnesota	55	88
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Minnesota	65	87
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	443	184	230	29	44	220	82
2005	423	180	210	33	46	225	72
2006	358	144	185	29	44	180	68
2007	388	166	187	35	47	210	59
2008	304	144	124	36	54	193	52

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	9	3	4	2	43	5
2005	5	4	1	0	80	6
2006	3	2	0	1	100	4
2007	4	4	0	0	100	5
2008	8	5	1	2	83	7

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	52	15	37	0	29	9	14
2005	59	18	40	1	31	11	15
2006	67	15	52	0	22	9	19
2007	61	11	45	5	20	7	18
2008	71	11	55	5	17	7	22

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	271	48	249	45	230	47	218	43	182	40
Light Truck - Pickup	86	15	66	12	62	13	85	17	43	9
Light Truck - Utility	62	11	69	12	45	9	58	11	56	12
Light Truck - Van	34	6	44	8	24	5	31	6	31	7
Large Truck	8	1	12	2	10	2	8	2	11	2
Other/Unknown Occupants	7	1	9	2	8	2	11	2	11	2
Total Occupants	468	83	449	80	379	77	412	81	340	75
Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	52	9	59	11	67	14	61	12	71	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	37	7	44	8	38	8	33	6	26	6
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	10	2	7	1	8	2	4	1	13	3
��Total Nonoccupants	47	8	51	9	48	10	37	7	45	10
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	1
Total	Total	567	100	559	100	494	100	510	100	456	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	567	559	494	510	456
- (1) Single Vehicle	281	275	265	240	247
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	74	70	62	86	70
- (3) Involving Speeding	144	152	130	111	134
- (4) Involving a Rollover	181	190	148	183	148
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	190	254	222	238	227
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	178	139	129	169	143

Year	Age	Total
2004	3	10	9	20	7	3	52
2005	4	9	8	22	9	7	59
2006	1	19	10	20	14	3	67
2007	2	7	7	17	19	9	61
2008	3	15	14	19	11	9	71

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	52	188,903	27.53
2005	59	201,134	29.33
2006	67	215,665	31.07
2007	61	229,805	26.54
2008	71

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	12	12	14	24
White Non-Hispanic	343	270	375	380
Black, Non-Hispanic	12	8	12	15
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	10	11	10	6
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	5	3	5
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	3	2	6	10
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	135	200	26	32
Total	520	508	446	473
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	0	2	0
White Non-Hispanic	27	19	39	28
Black, Non-Hispanic	4	2	2	3
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	4	2	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	1	1
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	1	1	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	14	23	1	2
Total	47	51	48	37
Total	Hispanic	12	12	16	24
White Non-Hispanic	370	289	414	408
Black, Non-Hispanic	16	10	14	18
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	11	15	12	7
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	7	4	6
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	4	3	7	11
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	149	223	27	34
Total	567	559	494	510

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Hennepin County	48	49	40	50	54	8	9	8	10	12
2	St. Louis County	21	19	21	23	22	4	3	4	5	5
3	Dakota County	33	28	22	26	20	6	5	4	5	4
4	Anoka County	28	23	29	16	18	5	4	6	3	4
5	Ramsey County	22	26	20	23	17	4	5	4	5	4
6	Wright County	15	16	11	20	17	3	3	2	4	4
7	Freeborn County	9	4	2	4	12	2	1	0	1	3
8	Rice County	9	15	13	4	12	2	3	3	1	3
9	Stearns County	21	18	15	10	12	4	3	3	2	3
10	Fillmore County	4	2	6	0	11	1	0	1	0	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	240	233	203	224	195	42	42	41	44	43
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	327	326	291	286	261	58	58	59	56	57
Total	All Counties	567	559	494	510	456	100	100	100	100	100

1

Hennepin County

48

49

40

50

54

8

9

8

10

12

2

St. Louis County

21

19

21

23

22

4

3

4

5

3

Dakota County

33

28

22

26

20

6

5

4

5

4

Anoka County

28

23

29

16

18

5

4

6

3

4

5

Ramsey County

22

26

20

23

17

4

5

4

5

4

6

Wright County

15

16

11

20

17

3

2

4

7

Freeborn County

9

4

2

4

12

2

1

0

1

3

8

Rice County

9

15

13

4

12

2

3

1

3

9

Stearns County

21

18

15

10

12

4

3

2

3

10

Fillmore County

4

2

6

0

11

1

0

1

0

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

240

233

203

224

195

42

41

44

43

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

327

326

291

286

261

58

59

56

57

Total

All Counties

567

559

494

510

456

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Fillmore County	18.91	9.48	28.65	0.00	52.76
2	Lake Of The Woods County	0.00	46.79	23.83	24.65	50.19
3	Mahnomen County	19.80	0.00	39.58	58.85	39.00
4	Freeborn County	28.32	12.70	6.39	12.84	38.80
5	Aitkin County	63.28	31.53	12.58	12.61	38.13
6	Lincoln County	16.52	50.27	0.00	51.18	34.26
7	Rock County	21.22	10.62	10.63	42.21	31.66
8	Morrison County	40.23	21.57	15.39	12.24	30.40
9	Norman County	28.69	0.00	0.00	15.04	30.28
10	Yellow Medicine County	9.58	48.59	29.32	19.77	30.13
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	40.13	46.88	36.38	46.32	37.48
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	9.98	10.06	8.99	9.32	7.93
Total Rate	All Counties	11.17	10.95	9.61	9.84	8.73

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	Minnesota	567	191	34	170	30	0.30
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Minnesota	559	208	37	178	32	0.31
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Minnesota	494	184	37	158	32	0.28
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Minnesota	510	202	40	181	35	0.32
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Minnesota	456	170	37	145	32
	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	Minnesota	419	269	64	389	333	86	808	602	75
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Minnesota	389	287	74	380	347	91	769	634	82
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Minnesota	340	168	49	344	319	93	684	487	71
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Minnesota	411	177	43	381	338	89	792	515	65
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Minnesota	330	162	49	310	263	85	640	425	66
	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	271	48	249	45	230	47	218	43	182	40
	Light Truck - Pickup	86	15	66	12	62	13	85	17	43	9
	Light Truck - Utility	62	11	69	12	45	9	58	11	56	12
	Light Truck - Van	34	6	44	8	24	5	31	6	31	7
	Large Truck	8	1	12	2	10	2	8	2	11	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	7	1	9	2	8	2	11	2	11	2
	Total Occupants	468	83	449	80	379	77	412	81	340	75
	Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	1
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	52	9	59	11	67	14	61	12	71	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	37	7	44	8	38	8	33	6	26	6
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	10	2	7	1	8	2	4	1	13	3
	��Total Nonoccupants	47	8	51	9	48	10	37	7	45	10
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	1
Total	Total	567	100	559	100	494	100	510	100	456	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	3	10	9	20	7	3	52
2005	4	9	8	22	9	7	59
2006	1	19	10	20	14	3	67
2007	2	7	7	17	19	9	61
2008	3	15	14	19	11	9	71