Nebraska

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	254	276	269	256	208
Rural	208	213	209	205	182
Urban	46	63	60	51	26
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.32	1.43	1.39	1.32
Rural	1.81	1.86	1.87	1.82
Urban	0.60	0.80	0.73	0.62
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	214	241	230	219	175
Restrained	72	68	77	67	69
Unrestrained	118	145	136	122	91
Unknown	24	28	17	30	15
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	74	74	71	77	55
Speeding-Related Fatalities	42	51	64	44	32
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	21	17	18	15	19
Helmeted	15	12	13	11	16
Unhelmeted	4	3	4	4	3
Unknown	2	2	1	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	350	366	330	356	282
Aged Under 15	1	4	1	0	0
Aged 15-20	61	50	67	71	47
Aged Under 21	62	54	68	71	47
Aged 21 and Over	285	310	262	284	234
Unknown Age	3	2	0	1	1
Pedestrian Fatalities	9	8	9	8	5

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Nebraska	254	19,171	1.32	1,741,450	14.59
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Nebraska	276	19,291	1.43	1,751,069	15.76
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Nebraska	269	19,415	1.39	1,759,779	15.29
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Nebraska	256	19,439	1.32	1,769,473	14.47
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Nebraska	208			1,783,432	11.66
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	Nebraska	254	92	36	79	31	0.41
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Nebraska	276	93	34	78	28	0.40
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Nebraska	269	90	33	74	28	0.38
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Nebraska	256	100	39	78	30	0.40
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Nebraska	208	77	37	57	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	Nebraska	254	74	29	0.39
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Nebraska	276	74	27	0.38
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Nebraska	269	71	26	0.37
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Nebraska	256	77	30	0.40
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Nebraska	208	55	26
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	Nebraska	179	137	77	171	150	88	350	287	82
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Nebraska	181	123	68	185	153	83	366	276	75
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Nebraska	157	127	81	173	152	88	330	279	85
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Nebraska	182	139	76	174	154	89	356	293	82
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Nebraska	127	95	75	155	123	79	282	218	77
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	Nebraska	55	79
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Nebraska	41	79
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Nebraska	48	76
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Nebraska	49	79
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Nebraska	58	83
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	210	69	117	24	37	86	41
2005	238	66	144	28	31	94	45
2006	222	71	134	17	35	91	52
2007	216	65	122	29	35	88	46
2008	173	67	91	15	42	88	35

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	3	3	0	0	100	4
2005	3	2	1	0	67	2
2006	8	6	2	0	75	9
2007	3	2	0	1	100	6
2008	2	2	0	0	100	3

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	21	15	4	2	79	10	2
2005	17	12	3	2	80	8	2
2006	18	13	4	1	76	8	2
2007	15	11	4	0	73	7	1
2008	19	16	3	0	84	9	1

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	121	48	126	46	124	46	122	48	88	42
Light Truck - Pickup	37	15	48	17	52	19	43	17	40	19
Light Truck - Utility	41	16	43	16	44	16	42	16	32	15
Light Truck - Van	15	6	24	9	10	4	12	5	15	7
Large Truck	2	1	5	2	5	2	7	3	5	2
Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	6	2	1	0	5	2	6	2	3	1
Total Occupants	223	88	247	89	240	89	232	91	183	88
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	21	8	17	6	18	7	15	6	19	9
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	9	4	8	3	9	3	8	3	5	2
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
��Total Nonoccupants	10	4	12	4	11	4	9	4	6	3
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	Total	254	100	276	100	269	100	256	100	208	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	254	276	269	256	208
- (1) Single Vehicle	122	147	136	133	106
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	49	48	34	43	43
- (3) Involving Speeding	42	51	64	44	32
- (4) Involving a Rollover	101	117	94	99	91
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	133	134	148	143	111
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	90	85	88	83	69

Year	Age	Total
2004	3	5	3	4	6	0	21
2005	0	2	2	3	8	2	17
2006	2	4	3	2	5	2	18
2007	2	4	4	3	1	1	15
2008	0	3	2	6	5	3	19

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	21	28,671	73.24
2005	17	31,610	53.78
2006	18	36,951	48.71
2007	15	40,459	37.07
2008	19

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	18	15	21	12
White Non-Hispanic	218	232	221	222
Black, Non-Hispanic	3	8	9	5
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	5	5	4
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	1	2	2
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	0	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	2	0	1
Total	244	264	258	247
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	0	0	1
White Non-Hispanic	8	12	8	8
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	0	1	0
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	2	0
Total	10	12	11	9
Total	Hispanic	18	15	21	13
White Non-Hispanic	226	244	229	230
Black, Non-Hispanic	4	8	10	5
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	5	7	4
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	1	2	2
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	0	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	2	0	1
Total	254	276	269	256

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Douglas County	32	38	40	39	17	13	14	15	15	8
2	Lancaster County	18	22	17	24	14	7	8	6	9	7
3	Cass County	2	8	5	4	10	1	3	2	2	5
4	Buffalo County	10	6	13	11	9	4	2	5	4	4
5	Platte County	8	4	3	9	8	3	1	1	4	4
6	Sarpy County	10	5	17	11	8	4	2	6	4	4
7	Deuel County	0	6	2	1	6	0	2	1	0	3
8	Gage County	6	10	5	4	6	2	4	2	2	3
9	Seward County	1	4	4	4	6	0	1	1	2	3
10	Butler County	3	1	6	4	5	1	0	2	2	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	120	137	141	128	89	47	50	52	50	43
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	134	139	128	128	119	53	50	48	50	57
Total	All Counties	254	276	269	256	208	100	100	100	100	100

1

Douglas County

32

38

40

39

17

13

14

15

8

2

Lancaster County

18

22

17

24

14

7

8

6

9

7

3

Cass County

2

8

5

4

10

1

3

2

5

4

Buffalo County

10

6

13

11

9

4

2

5

4

5

Platte County

8

4

3

9

8

3

1

4

6

Sarpy County

10

5

17

11

8

4

2

6

4

7

Deuel County

0

6

2

1

6

0

2

1

0

3

8

Gage County

6

10

5

4

6

2

4

2

3

9

Seward County

1

4

6

0

1

2

3

10

Butler County

3

1

6

4

5

1

0

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

120

137

141

128

89

47

50

52

50

43

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

134

139

128

119

53

50

48

50

57

Total

All Counties

254

276

269

256

208

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Deuel County	0.00	310.24	105.37	52.99	319.15
2	Banner County	0.00	0.00	134.77	136.61	136.05
3	Frontier County	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	116.10
4	Kimball County	52.56	0.00	26.92	55.68	113.19
5	Boyd County	0.00	0.00	0.00	47.42	95.69
6	Morrill County	19.64	39.70	40.02	0.00	80.18
7	Furnas County	20.22	61.89	104.04	21.26	64.59
8	Dixon County	0.00	32.58	16.25	16.08	63.56
9	Kearney County	29.67	45.09	0.00	30.38	61.74
10	Harlan County	0.00	28.94	0.00	29.49	60.20
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	81.15	96.81	91.13	99.91	90.28
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	12.80	14.45	13.35	13.29	10.02
Total Rate	All Counties	14.59	15.76	15.29	14.47	11.66

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	Nebraska	254	92	36	79	31	0.41
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Nebraska	276	93	34	78	28	0.40
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Nebraska	269	90	33	74	28	0.38
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Nebraska	256	100	39	78	30	0.40
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Nebraska	208	77	37	57	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	Nebraska	179	137	77	171	150	88	350	287	82
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Nebraska	181	123	68	185	153	83	366	276	75
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Nebraska	157	127	81	173	152	88	330	279	85
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Nebraska	182	139	76	174	154	89	356	293	82
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Nebraska	127	95	75	155	123	79	282	218	77
	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	121	48	126	46	124	46	122	48	88	42
	Light Truck - Pickup	37	15	48	17	52	19	43	17	40	19
	Light Truck - Utility	41	16	43	16	44	16	42	16	32	15
	Light Truck - Van	15	6	24	9	10	4	12	5	15	7
	Large Truck	2	1	5	2	5	2	7	3	5	2
	Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	6	2	1	0	5	2	6	2	3	1
	Total Occupants	223	88	247	89	240	89	232	91	183	88
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	21	8	17	6	18	7	15	6	19	9
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	9	4	8	3	9	3	8	3	5	2
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	1	0	3	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	10	4	12	4	11	4	9	4	6	3
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Total	Total	254	100	276	100	269	100	256	100	208	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	3	5	3	4	6	0	21
2005	0	2	2	3	8	2	17
2006	2	4	3	2	5	2	18
2007	2	4	4	3	1	1	15
2008	0	3	2	6	5	3	19