Montana

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	229	251	264	277	229
Rural	207	220	250	263	211
Urban	22	31	14	14	18
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.04	2.26	2.34	2.45
Rural	2.40	2.57	2.89	3.05
Urban	0.85	1.21	0.53	0.52
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	186	199	214	205	167
Restrained	50	52	66	58	46
Unrestrained	128	143	143	145	117
Unknown	8	4	5	2	4
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	97	108	104	105	91
Speeding-Related Fatalities	101	97	112	96	72
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	21	28	26	36	36
Helmeted	9	13	12	16	13
Unhelmeted	12	15	14	19	21
Unknown	0	0	0	1	2
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	273	284	293	323	284
Aged Under 15	2	2	1	1	2
Aged 15-20	36	33	35	31	30
Aged Under 21	38	35	36	32	32
Aged 21 and Over	235	248	256	289	251
Unknown Age	0	1	1	2	1
Pedestrian Fatalities	7	13	12	15	11

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Montana	229	11,207	2.04	925,969	24.73
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Montana	251	11,126	2.26	934,888	26.85
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Montana	264	11,265	2.34	945,428	27.92
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Montana	277	11,307	2.45	956,624	28.96
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Montana	229			967,440	23.67
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	Montana	229	105	46	99	43	0.88
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Montana	251	125	50	114	45	1.02
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Montana	264	126	48	116	44	1.03
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Montana	277	132	48	116	42	1.03
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Montana	229	107	47	94	41
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	Montana	229	97	42	0.87
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Montana	251	108	43	0.97
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Montana	264	104	39	0.92
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Montana	277	105	38	0.93
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Montana	229	91	40
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	Montana	113	62	55	160	134	84	273	196	72
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Montana	121	69	57	163	137	84	284	206	73
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Montana	122	73	60	171	143	84	293	216	74
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Montana	129	82	64	194	167	86	323	249	77
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Montana	128	83	65	156	128	82	284	211	74
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	Montana	37	81
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Montana	49	80
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Montana	39	79
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Montana	44	80
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Montana	38	79
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	185	50	127	8	28	71	32
2005	195	51	140	4	27	68	34
2006	211	64	142	5	31	77	44
2007	204	58	144	2	29	72	42
2008	166	45	117	4	28	51	32

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	0	0	1	0	0
2005	4	1	3	25	1
2006	3	2	1	67	3
2007	0	0	1	0	0
2008	1	1	0	100	1

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	21	9	12	0	43	5	5
2005	28	13	15	0	46	8	5
2006	26	12	14	0	46	7	6
2007	36	16	19	1	46	10	7
2008	36	13	21	2	38	8	8

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	82	36	81	32	98	37	90	32	77	34
Light Truck - Pickup	58	25	65	26	65	25	67	24	52	23
Light Truck - Utility	37	16	46	18	43	16	33	12	33	14
Light Truck - Van	9	4	7	3	8	3	15	5	5	2
Large Truck	5	2	3	1	8	3	11	4	5	2
Other/Unknown Occupants	5	2	3	1	2	1	4	1	6	3
Total Occupants	196	86	205	82	224	85	221	80	179	78
Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	21	9	28	11	26	10	36	13	36	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	7	3	13	5	12	5	15	5	11	5
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	2	1	4	2	2	1	4	1	3	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
��Total Nonoccupants	12	5	18	7	14	5	20	7	14	6
Total	Total	229	100	251	100	264	100	277	100	229	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	229	251	264	277	229
- (1) Single Vehicle	167	187	178	194	148
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	16	23	34	31	25
- (3) Involving Speeding	101	97	112	96	72
- (4) Involving a Rollover	138	145	156	145	110
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	159	170	188	194	144
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	35	32	38	31	33

Year	Age	Total
2004	2	3	1	6	4	5	21
2005	1	6	4	5	8	4	28
2006	2	6	4	5	9	0	26
2007	2	3	4	7	14	6	36
2008	2	5	6	7	9	7	36

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	21	47,967	43.78
2005	28	47,967	58.37
2006	26	85,873	30.28
2007	36	20,398	176.5
2008	36

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	6	7	13	9
White Non-Hispanic	159	186	188	203
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	2	3	1
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	44	29	39	38
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	2	3
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	2	0	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	5	5	5	2
Total	217	233	250	257
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	1	1	0
White Non-Hispanic	11	12	7	16
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	3	6	4
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	1	0	0
Total	12	18	14	20
Total	Hispanic	6	8	14	9
White Non-Hispanic	170	198	195	219
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	2	3	1
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	45	32	45	42
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	2	3
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	2	0	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	5	6	5	2
Total	229	251	264	277

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Flathead County	19	17	30	26	25	8	7	11	9	11
2	Yellowstone County	20	23	18	13	22	9	9	7	5	10
3	Missoula County	13	20	16	23	20	6	8	6	8	9
4	Gallatin County	16	11	22	15	13	7	4	8	5	6
5	Big Horn County	8	11	11	11	12	3	4	4	4	5
6	Lewis And Clark County	4	10	11	11	12	2	4	4	4	5
7	Fergus County	1	5	3	2	9	0	2	1	1	4
8	Beaverhead County	5	4	3	1	8	2	2	1	0	3
9	Cascade County	10	9	11	13	7	4	4	4	5	3
10	Glacier County	11	5	8	14	7	5	2	3	5	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	122	129	156	146	135	53	52	59	53	59
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	107	121	108	131	94	47	48	41	47	41
Total	All Counties	229	250	264	277	229	100	100	100	100	100

1

Flathead County

19

17

30

26

25

8

7

11

9

11

2

Yellowstone County

20

23

18

13

22

9

7

5

10

3

Missoula County

13

20

16

23

20

6

8

6

8

9

4

Gallatin County

16

11

22

15

13

7

4

8

5

6

5

Big Horn County

8

11

12

3

4

5

6

Lewis And Clark County

4

10

11

12

2

4

5

7

Fergus County

1

5

3

2

9

0

2

1

4

8

Beaverhead County

5

4

3

1

8

2

1

0

3

9

Cascade County

10

9

11

13

7

4

5

3

10

Glacier County

11

5

8

14

7

5

2

3

5

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

122

129

156

146

135

53

52

59

53

59

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

107

121

108

131

94

47

48

41

47

41

Total

All Counties

229

250

264

277

229

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Carter County	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	324.15
2	Mineral County	130.01	101.42	176.99	180.79	181.25
3	Meagher County	51.28	104.82	52.27	52.80	160.60
4	Treasure County	0.00	0.00	147.93	154.32	156.99
5	Prairie County	0.00	0.00	94.43	95.88	93.98
6	Big Horn County	62.30	86.18	86.74	86.17	93.45
7	Beaverhead County	56.74	45.64	33.96	11.35	89.86
8	Fergus County	8.80	44.57	26.74	17.91	80.39
9	Madison County	57.95	84.65	69.59	81.03	79.90
10	Richland County	33.52	22.17	44.05	43.62	75.51
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	102.42	119.48	92.72	128.53	99.34
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	21.13	23.30	22.73	25.35	18.81
Total Rate	All Counties	24.73	26.74	27.92	28.96	23.67

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	Montana	229	105	46	99	43	0.88
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Montana	251	125	50	114	45	1.02
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Montana	264	126	48	116	44	1.03
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Montana	277	132	48	116	42	1.03
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Montana	229	107	47	94	41
	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	Montana	113	62	55	160	134	84	273	196	72
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Montana	121	69	57	163	137	84	284	206	73
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Montana	122	73	60	171	143	84	293	216	74
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Montana	129	82	64	194	167	86	323	249	77
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Montana	128	83	65	156	128	82	284	211	74
	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	82	36	81	32	98	37	90	32	77	34
	Light Truck - Pickup	58	25	65	26	65	25	67	24	52	23
	Light Truck - Utility	37	16	46	18	43	16	33	12	33	14
	Light Truck - Van	9	4	7	3	8	3	15	5	5	2
	Large Truck	5	2	3	1	8	3	11	4	5	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	5	2	3	1	2	1	4	1	6	3
	Total Occupants	196	86	205	82	224	85	221	80	179	78
	Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	21	9	28	11	26	10	36	13	36	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	7	3	13	5	12	5	15	5	11	5
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	2	1	4	2	2	1	4	1	3	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	12	5	18	7	14	5	20	7	14	6
Total	Total	229	100	251	100	264	100	277	100	229	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	2	3	1	6	4	5	21
2005	1	6	4	5	8	4	28
2006	2	6	4	5	9	0	26
2007	2	3	4	7	14	6	36
2008	2	5	6	7	9	7	36