North Carolina

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,573	1,547	1,554	1,676	1,433
Rural	1,193	1,054	1,087	1,226	1,013
Urban	380	493	467	450	420
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.64	1.53	1.53	1.62
Rural	2.53	2.75	2.86	3.19
Urban	0.78	0.78	0.74	0.69
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	1,198	1,149	1,181	1,237	1,033
Restrained	574	532	575	584	497
Unrestrained	516	522	534	541	478
Unknown	108	95	72	112	58
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	423	429	421	497	423
Speeding-Related Fatalities	567	562	538	622	475
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	136	152	150	201	170
Helmeted	120	141	134	187	154
Unhelmeted	14	11	14	14	15
Unknown	2	0	2	0	1
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	2,174	2,130	2,106	2,217	1,878
Aged Under 15	11	3	3	6	0
Aged 15-20	315	286	264	264	227
Aged Under 21	326	289	267	270	227
Aged 21 and Over	1,825	1,811	1,819	1,923	1,634
Unknown Age	23	30	20	24	17
Pedestrian Fatalities	161	164	172	172	160

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	North Carolina	1,573	95,903	1.64	8,523,199	18.46
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	North Carolina	1,547	101,268	1.53	8,661,061	17.86
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	North Carolina	1,554	101,515	1.53	8,845,343	17.57
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	North Carolina	1,676	103,598	1.62	9,041,594	18.54
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	North Carolina	1,433			9,222,414	15.54
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	North Carolina	1,573	549	35	488	31	0.51
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	North Carolina	1,547	562	36	495	32	0.49
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	North Carolina	1,554	562	36	484	31	0.48
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	North Carolina	1,676	657	39	566	34	0.55
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	North Carolina	1,433	566	39	486	34
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	North Carolina	1,573	423	27	0.44
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	North Carolina	1,547	429	28	0.42
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	North Carolina	1,554	421	27	0.41
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	North Carolina	1,676	497	30	0.48
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	North Carolina	1,433	423	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	North Carolina	1,158	11	1	1,016	956	94	2,174	967	44
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	North Carolina	1,118	19	2	1,012	856	85	2,130	875	41
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	North Carolina	1,097	12	1	1,009	907	90	2,106	919	44
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	North Carolina	1,077	11	1	1,140	987	87	2,217	998	45
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	North Carolina	948	12	1	930	793	85	1,878	805	43
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	North Carolina	66	86
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	North Carolina	60	87
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	North Carolina	64	89
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	North Carolina	63	89
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	North Carolina	62	90
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	1,177	565	506	106	53	662	181
2005	1,133	522	516	95	50	628	166
2006	1,159	560	528	71	51	675	173
2007	1,224	575	537	112	52	729	177
2008	1,018	487	474	57	51	590	137

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	17	7	8	2	47	12
2005	14	9	5	0	64	12
2006	20	15	4	1	79	23
2007	12	9	3	0	75	12
2008	13	9	3	1	75	15

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	136	120	14	2	90	72	5
2005	152	141	11	0	93	84	4
2006	150	134	14	2	91	81	5
2007	201	187	14	0	93	111	5
2008	170	154	15	1	91	92	6

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	756	48	709	46	712	46	761	45	635	44
Light Truck - Pickup	211	13	205	13	200	13	212	13	167	12
Light Truck - Utility	159	10	177	11	198	13	192	11	166	12
Light Truck - Van	71	5	58	4	70	5	72	4	65	5
Light Truck - Other	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Large Truck	34	2	33	2	16	1	40	2	21	1
Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	14	1	8	1	7	0	6	0	8	1
Total Occupants	1,247	79	1,190	77	1,204	77	1,283	77	1,063	74
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	136	9	152	10	150	10	201	12	170	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	161	10	164	11	172	11	172	10	160	11
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	25	2	36	2	21	1	18	1	32	2
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	4	0	5	0	7	0	2	0	8	1
��Total Nonoccupants	190	12	205	13	200	13	192	11	200	14
Total	Total	1,573	100	1,547	100	1,554	100	1,676	100	1,433	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,573	1,547	1,554	1,676	1,433
- (1) Single Vehicle	833	855	905	954	871
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	200	204	152	168	162
- (3) Involving Speeding	567	562	538	622	475
- (4) Involving a Rollover	472	441	493	544	444
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	932	918	965	1,045	873
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	309	265	252	273	223

Year	Age	Total
2004	13	35	27	30	22	9	0	136
2005	8	38	31	39	21	15	0	152
2006	9	34	49	29	18	11	0	150
2007	6	55	41	51	32	15	1	201
2008	10	34	40	33	35	18	0	170

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	136	100,366	135.5
2005	152	105,376	144.2
2006	150	110,628	135.6
2007	201	116,159	173.0
2008	170

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	150	126	119	117
White Non-Hispanic	913	884	902	1,024
Black, Non-Hispanic	252	261	272	293
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	28	24	36	33
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	2	4	3
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	5	13	5	13
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	32	32	16	0
Total	1,383	1,342	1,354	1,484
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	22	28	18	21
White Non-Hispanic	95	111	113	98
Black, Non-Hispanic	61	57	53	65
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	6	5	10	7
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	2	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	0	0	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	5	2	4	1
Total	190	205	200	192
Total	Hispanic	172	154	137	138
White Non-Hispanic	1,008	995	1,015	1,122
Black, Non-Hispanic	313	318	325	358
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	34	29	46	40
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	4	6	3
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	6	13	5	13
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	37	34	20	1
Total	1,573	1,547	1,554	1,676

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Wake County	71	60	78	61	75	5	4	5	4	5
2	Mecklenburg County	72	84	89	88	71	5	5	6	5	5
3	Guilford County	46	81	42	61	68	3	5	3	4	5
4	Robeson County	61	44	71	72	57	4	3	5	4	4
5	Forsyth County	32	32	37	33	38	2	2	2	2	3
6	Cumberland County	51	61	54	55	36	3	4	3	3	3
7	Johnston County	50	32	33	54	36	3	2	2	3	3
8	Davidson County	24	34	35	34	32	2	2	2	2	2
9	New Hanover County	20	27	20	21	31	1	2	1	1	2
10	Onslow County	24	24	33	33	29	2	2	2	2	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	490	499	510	528	473	31	32	33	32	33
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	1,083	1,048	1,044	1,148	960	69	68	67	68	67
Total	All Counties	1,573	1,547	1,554	1,676	1,433	100	100	100	100	100

1

Wake County

71

60

78

61

75

5

4

5

4

5

2

Mecklenburg County

72

84

89

88

71

5

6

5

3

Guilford County

46

81

42

61

68

3

5

3

4

5

4

Robeson County

61

44

71

72

57

4

3

5

4

5

Forsyth County

32

37

33

38

2

3

6

Cumberland County

51

61

54

55

36

3

4

3

7

Johnston County

50

32

33

54

36

3

2

3

8

Davidson County

24

34

35

34

32

2

9

New Hanover County

20

27

20

21

31

1

2

1

2

10

Onslow County

24

33

29

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

490

499

510

528

473

31

32

33

32

33

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

1,083

1,048

1,044

1,148

960

69

68

67

68

67

Total

All Counties

1,573

1,547

1,554

1,676

1,433

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Tyrrell County	0.00	48.85	0.00	48.23	73.40
2	Jones County	19.69	29.77	29.96	9.91	59.33
3	Columbus County	62.92	31.60	55.59	22.24	49.80
4	Hertford County	43.06	25.82	43.16	38.72	47.36
5	Polk County	10.67	10.63	10.58	15.83	47.18
6	Bertie County	73.12	42.15	69.68	46.27	46.54
7	Robeson County	48.95	34.93	56.04	56.22	44.14
8	Richmond County	41.34	10.87	19.64	23.95	41.30
9	Greene County	15.16	30.44	24.69	0.00	38.69
10	Martin County	53.36	33.36	16.75	12.75	38.46
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	48.99	49.00	49.74	53.77	45.24
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	16.76	17.03	15.93	17.31	14.37
Total Rate	All Counties	18.46	17.86	17.57	18.54	15.54

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	North Carolina	1,573	549	35	488	31	0.51
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	North Carolina	1,547	562	36	495	32	0.49
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	North Carolina	1,554	562	36	484	31	0.48
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	North Carolina	1,676	657	39	566	34	0.55
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	North Carolina	1,433	566	39	486	34
	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	North Carolina	1,158	11	1	1,016	956	94	2,174	967	44
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	North Carolina	1,118	19	2	1,012	856	85	2,130	875	41
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	North Carolina	1,097	12	1	1,009	907	90	2,106	919	44
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	North Carolina	1,077	11	1	1,140	987	87	2,217	998	45
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	North Carolina	948	12	1	930	793	85	1,878	805	43
	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	756	48	709	46	712	46	761	45	635	44
	Light Truck - Pickup	211	13	205	13	200	13	212	13	167	12
	Light Truck - Utility	159	10	177	11	198	13	192	11	166	12
	Light Truck - Van	71	5	58	4	70	5	72	4	65	5
	Light Truck - Other	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Large Truck	34	2	33	2	16	1	40	2	21	1
	Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	14	1	8	1	7	0	6	0	8	1
	Total Occupants	1,247	79	1,190	77	1,204	77	1,283	77	1,063	74
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	136	9	152	10	150	10	201	12	170	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	161	10	164	11	172	11	172	10	160	11
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	25	2	36	2	21	1	18	1	32	2
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	4	0	5	0	7	0	2	0	8	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	190	12	205	13	200	13	192	11	200	14
Total	Total	1,573	100	1,547	100	1,554	100	1,676	100	1,433	100

Year	Age							Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Unknown	Total
2004	13	35	27	30	22	9	0	136
2005	8	38	31	39	21	15	0	152
2006	9	34	49	29	18	11	0	150
2007	6	55	41	51	32	15	1	201
2008	10	34	40	33	35	18	0	170