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2007-2011

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Traffic Safety Performance (Core Outcome) Measures* For New York

Core Outcome Measures		Year
Core Outcome Measures		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,332	1,238	1,158	1,201	1,169
	Rural	672	622	582	571	532
	Urban	660	616	576	630	637
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	0.97	0.92	0.87	0.92
	Rural	1.99	1.88	1.77	1.73
	Urban	0.64	0.61	0.57	0.64
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	789	684	639	633	602
	Restrained	414	346	342	348	343
	Unrestrained	280	234	209	192	185
	Unknown	95	104	88	93	74
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***		377	346	318	360	315
Speeding-Related Fatalities		417	410	371	335	338
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	168	184	155	184	170
	Helmeted	143	146	133	162	156
	Unhelmeted	24	36	21	16	11
	Unknown	1	2	1	6	3
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,843	1,711	1,519	1,561	1,530
	Aged Under 15	0	3	1	1	1
	Aged 15-20	218	179	177	144	126
	Aged Under 21	218	182	178	145	127
	Aged 21 and Over	1,590	1,492	1,300	1,380	1,361
	Unknown Age	35	37	41	36	42
Pedestrian Fatalities		276	297	308	303	287

*These Performance Measures Were Developed By The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) (See Publication: DOT HS 811 025)
**2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available
***Based on the BAC of All Involved Drivers and Motorcycle Riders Only

Fatality Rates: New York , U.S. and Best State

Year		Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2007	New York	1,332	136,737	0.97	19,132,335	6.96
	US	41,259	3,031,124	1.36	301,231,207	13.70
	Best State*			0.79		6.53
2008	New York	1,238	134,085	0.92	19,212,436	6.44
	US	37,423	2,976,528	1.26	304,093,966	12.31
	Best State*			0.67		5.63
2009	New York	1,158	133,491	0.87	19,307,066	6.00
	US	33,883	2,956,764	1.15	306,771,529	11.05
	Best State*			0.62		4.90
2010	New York	1,201	131,252	0.92	19,395,206	6.19
	US	32,999	2,966,506	1.11	309,330,219	10.67
	Best State*			0.64		3.97
2011	New York	1,169			19,465,197	6.01
	US	32,367	2,930,654	1.10	311,591,917	10.39
	Best State*					4.37

*State (or States) With Lowest Rates: Lowest VMT and Population Rates Could Be in Different States
2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

Fatalities By The Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash**:
New York , U.S. and Best State

(Old Definition)

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+			BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2007	New York	1,332	530	40	0.39	444	33	0.32
	US	41,259	17,158	42	0.57	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24	0.27		21	0.23
2008	New York	1,238	479	39	0.36	398	32	0.30
	US	37,423	15,449	41	0.52	13,258	35	0.45
	Best State*			21	0.21		16	0.16
2009	New York	1,158	452	39	0.34	379	33	0.28
	US	33,883	14,179	42	0.48	12,149	36	0.41
	Best State*			25	0.24		18	0.17
2010	New York	1,201	480	40	0.37	412	34	0.31
	US	32,999	13,323	40	0.45	11,462	35	0.39
	Best State*			23	0.21		20	0.19
2011	New York	1,169	462	40		383	33
	US	32,367	13,155	41	0.45	11,397	35	0.39
	Best State*			28			18

*State (or States) With Lowest Percents: Lowest Percents Could Be in Different States
**Based on the BAC of All Involved Drivers, Motorcycle Riders, Pedalcyclists and Pedestrians
2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities**:
New York , U.S. and Best State

(New Definition)

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2007	New York	1,332	377	28	0.28
	US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
	Best State*			19	0.21
2008	New York	1,238	346	28	0.26
	US	37,423	11,711	31	0.39
	Best State*			16	0.16
2009	New York	1,158	318	27	0.24
	US	33,883	10,759	32	0.36
	Best State*			17	0.16
2010	New York	1,201	360	30	0.27
	US	32,999	10,136	31	0.34
	Best State*			18	0.17
2011	New York	1,169	315	27
	US	32,367	9,878	31	0.34
	Best State*			17

*State (or States) With Lowest Percents: Lowest Percents Could Be in Different States
**Based on the BAC of All Involved Drivers and Motorcycle Riders Only
2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

       Fatalities per 100 Million VMT

Plot of STATE_TOT_RATE * YEAR

       Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
       per 100 Million VMT

Plot of STATE_ALC_RATE * YEAR

2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Reporting Rates
For Drivers/Motorcycle Rider (Operators)
Involved in Fatal Crashes:
New York , U.S. and Best State

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
2007	New York	1,067	53	5	776	574	74	1,843	627	34
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	New York	1,027	43	4	684	559	82	1,711	602	35
	US	26,162	7,656	29	24,254	18,415	76	50,416	26,071	52
	Best State*			81			99			85
2009	New York	909	54	6	610	506	83	1,519	560	37
	US	23,502	7,188	31	21,835	16,753	77	45,337	23,941	53
	Best State*			86			100			90
2010	New York	909	61	7	652	535	82	1,561	596	38
	US	23,527	7,927	34	21,072	16,405	78	44,599	24,332	55
	Best State*			92			100			91
2011	New York	918	44	5	612	479	78	1,530	523	34
	US	22,915	6,864	30	20,753	15,025	72	43,668	21,889	50
	Best State*			88			96			93

*State (or States) With Highest Percents: Highest Percents Could Be in Different States

Daytime Front Seat (Outboard Only) Passenger Vehicle Occupants, Aged 5 and Over, by Restraint Use:
Fatalities and Observed
New York , U.S. and Best State

Year		Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
Year		Percent	Percent
2007	New York	70	84
	US	57	82
	Best State*	82	98
2008	New York	72	89
	US	56	83
	Best State*	78	97
2009	New York	71	88
	US	58	84
	Best State*	77	98
2010	New York	77	90
	US	59	85
	Best State*	100	98
2011	New York	77	91
	US	59	84
	Best State*	80	98

*State With Highest Percent. Fatal Crash and Observed Percents Can Be Different States
**Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
***USA Data: National Occupant Protection Use Survey. New York Data: State Survey
Note: The Purpose of this Table is to Compare (as closely as possible) the Use of Restraint Systems
by Fatally Injured Occupants with Occupants in all Driving Situations

       Daytime Front Seat (Outboard Only)
       Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities
       Aged 5 and Over, by Percent Restraint Use*

Plot of STATE_BELT_RATE * YEAR

       Daytime Front Seat (Outboard Only)
       Passenger Vehicle Occupants Observed
       Aged 5 and Over, by Percent Restraint Use**

Plot of STATE_NOPUS_RATE * YEAR

*Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
**USA Data: National Occupant Protection Use Survey. New York Data: State Survey

New York Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities Age 5 and Above
by Restraint Use and Lives Saved Estimates

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*					Lives Saved Estimates**
Year	Total	Restrained	Unrestrained	Unknown Restraint Use	Percent Known Restrained*	Lives Saved at Current Belt Use	Potential Additional Lives Savable at 100% Usage
2007	773	404	274	95	60	521	164
2008	676	340	232	104	59	450	102
2009	627	336	205	86	62	456	101
2010	626	343	190	93	64	445	86
2011	596	337	185	74	65	444	83

*Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
**Lives Saved Estimates (Sum of columns may not equal other published numbers due to rounding)

New York Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities Age 4 and Under
by Restraint Use and Lives Saved Estimates

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*					Lives Saved Estimates**
Year	Total	Restrained	Unrestrained	Unknown Restraint Use	Percent Known Restrained*	Lives Saved at Current Seat Belt and Child Safety Seat Usage
2007	9	7	2	0	78	9
2008	5	4	1	0	80	6
2009	7	5	1	1	83	8
2010	5	5	0	0	100	8
2011	3	3	0	0	100	4

*Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
**Lives Saved Estimates

New York Motorcyclist Fatalities
by Helmet Use and Lives Saved Estimates

Year	Fatalities					Lives Saved Estimates**
Year	Total	Helmeted	Unhelmeted	Unknown Helmet Use	Percent Known Helmeted*	Lives Saved at Current Helmet Use	Additional Lives Savable at 100% Helmet Usage
2007	168	143	24	1	86	86	9
2008	184	146	36	2	80	87	14
2009	155	133	21	1	86	79	8
2010	184	162	16	6	91	99	7
2011	170	156	11	3	93	93	4

*Percent Based Only Where Helmet Use Was Known
**Lives Saved Estimates (Sum of columns may not equal other published numbers due to rounding)

New York Fatalities by Person Type

Person Type		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	532	40	498	40	434	37	441	37	398	34
	Light Truck - Pickup	70	5	53	4	46	4	55	5	54	5
	Light Truck - Utility	131	10	82	7	107	9	97	8	104	9
	Light Truck - Van	55	4	51	4	52	4	40	3	46	4
	Light Truck - Other	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Large Truck	22	2	7	1	11	1	15	1	7	1
	Bus	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	18	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	21	2	19	2	13	1	15	1	20	2
	Total Occupants	833	63	710	57	664	57	668	56	647	55
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	168	13	184	15	155	13	184	15	170	15
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	276	21	297	24	308	27	303	25	287	25
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	51	4	42	3	29	3	36	3	57	5
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	4	0	5	0	2	0	10	1	8	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	331	25	344	28	339	29	349	29	352	30
Total	Total	1,332	100	1,238	100	1,158	100	1,201	100	1,169	100

*Sum of Percents May Not = 100 Due to Individual Cell Rounding

New York Fatalities by Crash Type

Crash Type	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,332	1,238	1,158	1,201	1,169
- (1) Single Vehicle	796	771	709	791	744
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	155	119	107	120	114
- (3) Involving Speeding	417	410	371	335	338
- (4) Involving a Rollover	232	159	168	148	171
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	576	492	463	495	398
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	464	447	420	431	465

(1) Crash Involved Only One Coded Vehicle
(2) Crash Involved at Least One Large Truck
(3) Crash Involved at Least One Vehicle Speeding
(4) Crash Involved at Least One Vehicle That Rolled Over
(5) Crash Involved at Least One Vehicle That Departed the Roadway (FHWA Definition)
(6) Crash Occured Within an Intersection or Within the Approach to an Intersection
*A Fatality Can Be in More Than One Category. Therefore Sum of the Individual Cells Will Not Equal the Total Due to Double Counting

New York Motorcyclist Fatalities by Age

Year	Age							Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Unknown	Total
2007	7	39	41	46	24	10	1	168
2008	5	73	44	37	18	7	0	184
2009	3	53	29	37	25	8	0	155
2010	10	60	40	36	31	7	0	184
2011	3	50	33	40	25	19	0	170

New York Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Registered Motorcycles

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2007	168	315,988	53.17
2008	184	340,131	54.10
2009	155	345,430	44.87
2010	184	348,175	52.85
2011	170

*Data Source: FHWA
*2011 Motorcycle Registrations are Not Yet Available

New York Fatalities by Person Type and Race/Hispanic Origin

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin		2007	2008	2009	2010
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	17	41	40	37
	White Non-Hispanic	301	636	537	532
	Black, Non-Hispanic	28	60	36	62
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	1	2	3
	Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	14	3	5
	Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
	Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
	All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	4	6	5	4
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	647	136	195	209
	Total	1,001	894	819	852
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	8	30	25	28
	White Non-Hispanic	45	122	113	114
	Black, Non-Hispanic	9	13	14	20
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	3
	Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	4	5	3
	Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
	All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	3	2	2
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	264	172	180	178
	Total	331	344	339	349
Total	Hispanic	25	71	65	65
	White Non-Hispanic	346	758	650	646
	Black, Non-Hispanic	37	73	50	82
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	1	2	6
	Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	18	8	8
	Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	1
	Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	0
	All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	9	7	6
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	911	308	375	387
	Total	1,332	1,238	1,158	1,201

2011 Race/Hispanic Origin Data is Not Yet Complete

5 Year Trend For The Top 10 Counties of 2011 - Fatalities

New York Counties by 2011 Ranking		Fatalities					Percent of Total
New York Counties by 2011 Ranking		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Suffolk County	167	162	148	138	145	13	13	13	11	12
2	Nassau County	93	96	87	104	89	7	8	8	9	8
3	Kings County	96	95	69	79	81	7	8	6	7	7
4	Queens County	71	81	90	70	67	5	7	8	6	6
5	Bronx County	31	42	44	50	65	2	3	4	4	6
6	Erie County	53	65	61	52	50	4	5	5	4	4
7	New York County	58	58	48	45	46	4	5	4	4	4
8	Monroe County	45	32	26	49	45	3	3	2	4	4
9	Orange County	45	44	37	42	35	3	4	3	3	3
10	Westchester County	37	50	45	35	34	3	4	4	3	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	703	725	663	669	657	53	59	57	56	56
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	629	513	495	532	512	47	41	43	44	44
Total	All Counties	1,332	1,238	1,158	1,201	1,169	100	100	100	100	100

*This Sub Total is the Total for the Top Ten Counties
**This Sub Total is the Total for all Counties Outside the Top Ten

5 Year Trend For The Top 10 Counties of 2011 - Fatalities Year to Year Percent Change

New York Counties by 2011 Ranking		Fatalities					Percent Change From Previous Year
New York Counties by 2011 Ranking		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Suffolk County	167	162	148	138	145	-3	-9	-7	5
2	Nassau County	93	96	87	104	89	3	-9	20	-14
3	Kings County	96	95	69	79	81	-1	-27	14	3
4	Queens County	71	81	90	70	67	14	11	-22	-4
5	Bronx County	31	42	44	50	65	35	5	14	30
6	Erie County	53	65	61	52	50	23	-6	-15	-4
7	New York County	58	58	48	45	46	0	-17	-6	2
8	Monroe County	45	32	26	49	45	-29	-19	88	-8
9	Orange County	45	44	37	42	35	-2	-16	14	-17
10	Westchester County	37	50	45	35	34	35	-10	-22	-3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	703	725	663	669	657	3	-9	1	-2
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	629	513	495	532	512	-18	-4	7	-4
Total	All Counties	1,332	1,238	1,158	1,201	1,169	-7	-6	4	-3

*This Sub Total is the Total for the Top Ten Counties
**This Sub Total is the Total for all Counties Outside the Top Ten

5 Year Trend For The Top 10 Counties of 2011 - Fatality Rates

Median Rate for all U.S. Counties: 17.02

New York Counties by 2011 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
New York Counties by 2011 Ranking		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Yates County	23.78	11.83	3.95	11.83	23.57
2	Essex County	25.40	7.61	10.13	10.17	22.97
3	Delaware County	26.83	16.54	10.38	18.81	21.03
4	Hamilton County	0.00	40.87	0.00	0.00	20.86
5	Montgomery County	14.06	12.01	10.00	5.97	20.03
6	Chemung County	6.77	7.91	4.50	9.01	18.01
7	Washington County	15.86	17.39	12.68	17.37	17.41
8	Seneca County	33.83	0.00	17.00	14.20	17.05
9	Sullivan County	12.82	19.29	19.32	11.62	16.91
10	Wyoming County	18.82	14.19	4.74	14.24	16.69
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	24.42	19.51	19.80	18.63	18.82
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	6.45	6.09	5.51	5.82	5.69
Total Rate	All Counties	6.96	6.44	6.00	6.19	6.01