North Dakota

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	100	123	111	111	104
Rural	83	111	107	103	92
Urban	17	12	4	8	12
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.32	1.62	1.41	1.42
Rural	1.48	1.99	1.92	1.83
Urban	0.86	0.60	0.17	0.36
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	82	94	91	92	74
Restrained	23	22	30	27	17
Unrestrained	55	66	60	58	54
Unknown	4	6	1	7	3
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	34	46	42	53	47
Speeding-Related Fatalities	23	28	40	45	27
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	9	6	4	8	13
Helmeted	4	1	0	1	3
Unhelmeted	5	5	4	7	10
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	135	132	134	120	137
Aged Under 15	3	2	2	0	2
Aged 15-20	14	19	24	22	20
Aged Under 21	17	21	26	22	22
Aged 21 and Over	118	111	108	98	115
Unknown Age	0	0	0	0	0
Pedestrian Fatalities	5	9	4	5	6

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	North Dakota	100	7,594	1.32	636,196	15.72
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	North Dakota	123	7,570	1.62	635,222	19.36
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	North Dakota	111	7,890	1.41	636,453	17.44
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	North Dakota	111	7,844	1.42	637,904	17.40
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	North Dakota	104			641,481	16.21
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 Dakota	100	39	39	35	35	0.46
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	North Dakota	123	59	48	46	37	0.61
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	North Dakota	111	50	45	44	40	0.56
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	North Dakota	111	63	57	58	52	0.74
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	North Dakota	104	54	52	49	47
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 Dakota	100	34	34	0.45
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	North Dakota	123	46	37	0.61
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	North Dakota	111	42	38	0.53
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	North Dakota	111	53	48	0.68
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	North Dakota	104	47	45
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 Dakota	60	8	13	75	62	83	135	70	52
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	North Dakota	46	15	33	86	73	85	132	88	67
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	North Dakota	56	11	20	78	63	81	134	74	55
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	North Dakota	52	18	35	68	63	93	120	81	68
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	North Dakota	68	19	28	69	60	87	137	79	58
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 Dakota	39	67
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	North Dakota	29	76
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	North Dakota	40	79
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	North Dakota	48	82
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	North Dakota	38	82
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	81	22	55	4	29	26	23
2005	93	21	66	6	24	23	19
2006	89	30	58	1	34	39	20
2007	91	26	58	7	31	33	18
2008	73	16	54	3	23	18	12

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

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	9	4	5	44	2	2
2005	6	1	5	17	1	1
2006	0	0	4	0	0	1
2007	8	1	7	13	1	3
2008	13	3	10	23	2	4

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	38	38	41	33	42	38	34	31	34	33
Light Truck - Pickup	26	26	33	27	18	16	28	25	19	18
Light Truck - Utility	13	13	12	10	19	17	21	19	15	14
Light Truck - Van	4	4	7	6	10	9	8	7	5	5
Light Truck - Other	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	2	2	9	7	6	5	3	3	2	2
Total Occupants	84	84	106	86	103	93	98	88	83	80
Large Truck	0	0	3	2	6	5	3	3	7	7
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	9	9	6	5	4	4	8	7	13	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	5	5	9	7	4	4	5	5	6	6
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
��Total Nonoccupants	7	7	11	9	4	4	5	5	8	8
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	Total	100	100	123	100	111	100	111	100	104	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	100	123	111	111	104
- (1) Single Vehicle	57	80	70	76	66
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	15	17	19	12	20
- (3) Involving Speeding	23	28	40	45	27
- (4) Involving a Rollover	38	67	62	67	45
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	51	77	71	76	55
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	25	18	19	14	17

Year	Age	Total
2004	0	1	0	2	5	1	9
2005	0	2	0	0	4	0	6
2006	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
2007	0	3	2	2	1	0	8
2008	2	3	2	3	3	0	13

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	9	20,953	42.95
2005	6	23,151	25.92
2006	4	25,353	15.78
2007	8	27,554	29.03
2008	13

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	1	1	1	2
White Non-Hispanic	76	95	86	79
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	0	0	0
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	10	16	20	24
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	4	0	0	1
Total	93	112	107	106
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	White Non-Hispanic	6	8	1	4
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	3	3	1
Total	7	11	4	5
Total	Hispanic	1	1	1	2
White Non-Hispanic	82	103	87	83
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	0	0	0
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	11	19	23	25
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	4	0	0	1
Total	100	123	111	111

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Ward County	6	6	5	7	8	6	5	5	6	8
2	Mckenzie County	2	4	6	4	7	2	3	5	4	7
3	Richland County	3	0	1	3	7	3	0	1	3	7
4	Mountrail County	5	2	2	5	6	5	2	2	5	6
5	Burleigh County	3	5	3	5	5	3	4	3	5	5
6	Cass County	5	14	6	7	5	5	11	5	6	5
7	Grand Forks County	12	5	8	4	5	12	4	7	4	5
8	Rolette County	3	8	6	10	4	3	7	5	9	4
9	Stark County	3	4	6	4	4	3	3	5	4	4
10	Walsh County	4	5	2	1	4	4	4	2	1	4
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	53	65	60	60	55	53	53	54	54	53
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	47	58	51	51	49	47	47	46	46	47
Total	All Counties	100	123	111	111	104	100	100	100	100	100

1

Ward County

6

5

7

8

6

5

6

8

2

Mckenzie County

2

4

6

4

7

2

3

5

4

7

3

Richland County

3

0

1

3

7

3

0

1

3

7

4

Mountrail County

5

2

5

6

5

2

5

6

5

Burleigh County

3

5

3

5

3

4

3

5

6

Cass County

5

14

6

7

5

11

5

6

5

7

Grand Forks County

12

5

8

4

5

12

4

7

4

5

8

Rolette County

3

8

6

10

4

3

7

5

9

4

9

Stark County

3

4

6

4

3

5

4

10

Walsh County

4

5

2

1

4

2

1

4

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

53

65

60

55

53

54

53

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

47

58

51

49

47

46

47

Total

All Counties

100

123

111

104

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Mckenzie County	36.60	72.28	108.36	71.52	123.37
2	Billings County	124.22	761.42	129.37	0.00	123.30
3	Oliver County	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	117.99
4	Steele County	98.86	202.84	0.00	0.00	111.42
5	Mountrail County	76.86	30.89	31.37	77.45	92.15
6	Dunn County	89.34	0.00	60.48	91.10	90.42
7	Emmons County	25.81	134.16	27.72	0.00	59.22
8	Burke County	0.00	0.00	52.55	54.02	54.95
9	Divide County	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	50.35
10	Sioux County	48.97	97.80	95.60	142.96	47.26
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	79.32	108.65	78.67	93.47	86.49
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	11.84	14.31	12.84	11.64	12.62
Total Rate	All Counties	15.72	19.36	17.44	17.40	16.21

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 Dakota	100	39	39	35	35	0.46
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	North Dakota	123	59	48	46	37	0.61
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	North Dakota	111	50	45	44	40	0.56
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	North Dakota	111	63	57	58	52	0.74
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	North Dakota	104	54	52	49	47
	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 Dakota	60	8	13	75	62	83	135	70	52
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	North Dakota	46	15	33	86	73	85	132	88	67
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	North Dakota	56	11	20	78	63	81	134	74	55
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	North Dakota	52	18	35	68	63	93	120	81	68
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	North Dakota	68	19	28	69	60	87	137	79	58
	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	38	38	41	33	42	38	34	31	34	33
	Light Truck - Pickup	26	26	33	27	18	16	28	25	19	18
	Light Truck - Utility	13	13	12	10	19	17	21	19	15	14
	Light Truck - Van	4	4	7	6	10	9	8	7	5	5
	Light Truck - Other	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	2	2	9	7	6	5	3	3	2	2
	Total Occupants	84	84	106	86	103	93	98	88	83	80
	Large Truck	0	0	3	2	6	5	3	3	7	7
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	9	9	6	5	4	4	8	7	13	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	5	5	9	7	4	4	5	5	6	6
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	2	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	7	7	11	9	4	4	5	5	8	8
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Total	Total	100	100	123	100	111	100	111	100	104	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	0	1	0	2	5	1	9
2005	0	2	0	0	4	0	6
2006	0	0	1	1	2	0	4
2007	0	3	2	2	1	0	8
2008	2	3	2	3	3	0	13