Pennsylvania

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,490	1,616	1,525	1,491	1,468
Rural	775	834	753	765	828
Urban	708	777	766	726	640
Unknown	7	5	6	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.38	1.50	1.41	1.37
Rural	1.98	2.14	1.93	1.96
Urban	1.03	1.12	1.11	1.04
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	1,110	1,171	1,092	1,034	1,016
Restrained	379	372	345	333	337
Unrestrained	566	641	599	547	554
Unknown	165	158	148	154	125
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	517	526	492	504	496
Speeding-Related Fatalities	661	757	675	783	718
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	158	205	188	225	239
Helmeted	75	106	97	101	113
Unhelmeted	76	92	87	119	117
Unknown	7	7	4	5	9
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	2,101	2,280	2,073	2,159	2,019
Aged Under 15	4	9	1	2	3
Aged 15-20	294	261	261	274	221
Aged Under 21	298	270	262	276	224
Aged 21 and Over	1,784	1,986	1,791	1,854	1,780
Unknown Age	19	24	20	29	15
Pedestrian Fatalities	150	159	166	151	137

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Pennsylvania	1,490	108,070	1.38	12,335,652	12.08
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Pennsylvania	1,616	108,042	1.50	12,351,881	13.08
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Pennsylvania	1,525	108,278	1.41	12,388,055	12.31
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Pennsylvania	1,491	108,699	1.37	12,419,930	12.00
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Pennsylvania	1,468			12,448,279	11.79
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	Pennsylvania	1,490	616	41	546	37	0.51
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Pennsylvania	1,616	639	40	560	35	0.52
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Pennsylvania	1,525	608	40	532	35	0.49
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Pennsylvania	1,491	617	41	533	36	0.49
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Pennsylvania	1,468	603	41	520	35
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	Pennsylvania	1,490	517	35	0.48
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Pennsylvania	1,616	526	33	0.49
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Pennsylvania	1,525	492	32	0.45
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Pennsylvania	1,491	504	34	0.46
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Pennsylvania	1,468	496	34
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	Pennsylvania	1,101	174	16	1,000	806	81	2,101	980	47
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Pennsylvania	1,176	249	21	1,104	884	80	2,280	1,133	50
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Pennsylvania	1,029	252	24	1,044	814	78	2,073	1,066	51
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Pennsylvania	1,138	283	25	1,021	858	84	2,159	1,141	53
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Pennsylvania	970	168	17	1,049	808	77	2,019	976	48
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	Pennsylvania	51	82
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Pennsylvania	49	83
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Pennsylvania	48
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Pennsylvania	46	87
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Pennsylvania	51	85
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	1,099	369	566	164	39	464	187
2005	1,161	363	641	157	36	447	185
2006	1,078	335	597	146	36	417	162
2007	1,030	331	547	152	38	412	147
2008	1,008	332	553	123	38	450	165

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	10	10	0	0	100	17
2005	10	9	0	1	100	15
2006	11	9	1	1	90	12
2007	4	2	0	2	100	6
2008	7	5	1	1	83	8

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	158	75	76	7	50	46	30
2005	205	106	92	7	54	65	35
2006	188	97	87	4	53	58	33
2007	225	101	119	5	46	61	45
2008	239	113	117	9	49	70	45

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	763	51	793	49	711	47	706	47	640	44
Light Truck - Pickup	109	7	145	9	149	10	100	7	150	10
Light Truck - Utility	172	12	158	10	169	11	170	11	149	10
Light Truck - Van	66	4	74	5	62	4	58	4	77	5
Large Truck	26	2	30	2	35	2	30	2	31	2
Bus	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	26	2	23	1	23	2	20	1	27	2
Total Occupants	1,163	78	1,225	76	1,151	75	1,088	73	1,076	73
Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	158	11	205	13	188	12	225	15	239	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	150	10	159	10	166	11	151	10	137	9
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	14	1	18	1	13	1	20	1	8	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	5	0	9	1	7	0	7	0	8	1
��Total Nonoccupants	169	11	186	12	186	12	178	12	153	10
Total	Total	1,490	100	1,616	100	1,525	100	1,491	100	1,468	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,490	1,616	1,525	1,491	1,468
- (1) Single Vehicle	802	888	886	843	845
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	189	183	193	194	192
- (3) Involving Speeding	661	757	675	783	718
- (4) Involving a Rollover	338	372	367	340	377
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	856	892	852	847	901
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	342	340	335	307	274

Year	Age	Total
2004	11	39	39	40	23	6	158
2005	12	55	33	51	36	18	205
2006	14	56	52	39	17	10	188
2007	16	60	41	54	39	15	225
2008	9	61	48	54	48	19	239

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	158	292,196	54.07
2005	205	305,837	67.03
2006	188	330,938	56.81
2007	225	353,945	63.57
2008	239

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	0	0	0	28
White Non-Hispanic	1	0	0	1,020
Black, Non-Hispanic	0	0	0	96
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	5
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	0	0	14
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1,320	1,430	1,338	148
Total	1,321	1,430	1,339	1,313
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	0	0	4
White Non-Hispanic	0	0	0	116
Black, Non-Hispanic	0	0	0	24
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	0	0	4
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	169	186	186	29
Total	169	186	186	178
Total	Hispanic	0	0	0	32
White Non-Hispanic	1	0	0	1,136
Black, Non-Hispanic	0	0	0	120
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	6
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	0	0	18
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1,489	1,616	1,524	177
Total	1,490	1,616	1,525	1,491

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Philadelphia County	121	99	104	125	92	8	6	7	8	6
2	Allegheny County	76	104	80	76	75	5	6	5	5	5
3	Lancaster County	54	71	63	64	66	4	4	4	4	4
4	Berks County	59	73	50	49	63	4	5	3	3	4
5	Westmoreland County	50	54	35	50	58	3	3	2	3	4
6	Bucks County	53	74	72	60	54	4	5	5	4	4
7	York County	43	50	56	54	53	3	3	4	4	4
8	Montgomery County	57	44	54	57	45	4	3	4	4	3
9	Lehigh County	37	49	41	37	42	2	3	3	2	3
10	Chester County	56	51	54	55	40	4	3	4	4	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	609	669	625	643	588	41	41	41	43	40
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	880	946	900	848	880	59	59	59	57	60
Total	All Counties	1,489	1,615	1,525	1,491	1,468	100	100	100	100	100

1

Philadelphia County

121

99

104

125

92

8

6

7

8

6

2

Allegheny County

76

104

80

76

75

5

6

5

3

Lancaster County

54

71

63

64

66

4

Berks County

59

73

50

49

63

4

5

3

4

5

Westmoreland County

50

54

35

50

58

3

2

3

4

6

Bucks County

53

74

72

60

54

4

5

4

7

York County

43

50

56

54

53

3

4

8

Montgomery County

57

44

54

57

45

4

3

4

3

9

Lehigh County

37

49

41

37

42

2

3

2

3

10

Chester County

56

51

54

55

40

4

3

4

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

609

669

625

643

588

41

43

40

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

880

946

900

848

880

59

57

60

Total

All Counties

1,489

1,615

1,525

1,491

1,468

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Forest County	0.00	30.60	71.32	28.87	58.61
2	Fulton County	34.45	68.59	33.90	6.69	40.17
3	Cameron County	35.80	0.00	0.00	18.75	37.98
4	Perry County	24.85	26.97	40.18	19.96	37.62
5	Wyoming County	10.71	32.25	25.15	0.00	36.02
6	Tioga County	14.52	26.79	29.49	22.16	32.04
7	Bedford County	46.23	36.33	40.30	24.21	30.16
8	Clearfield County	15.82	28.05	25.38	26.50	30.16
9	Potter County	28.16	28.54	17.28	23.56	29.90
10	Montour County	11.14	27.92	22.44	11.25	28.24
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	30.88	35.35	34.10	27.19	33.16
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	11.36	12.47	11.61	11.23	11.25
Total Rate	All Counties	12.07	13.07	12.31	12.00	11.79

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	Pennsylvania	1,490	616	41	546	37	0.51
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Pennsylvania	1,616	639	40	560	35	0.52
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Pennsylvania	1,525	608	40	532	35	0.49
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Pennsylvania	1,491	617	41	533	36	0.49
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Pennsylvania	1,468	603	41	520	35
	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	Pennsylvania	1,101	174	16	1,000	806	81	2,101	980	47
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Pennsylvania	1,176	249	21	1,104	884	80	2,280	1,133	50
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Pennsylvania	1,029	252	24	1,044	814	78	2,073	1,066	51
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Pennsylvania	1,138	283	25	1,021	858	84	2,159	1,141	53
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Pennsylvania	970	168	17	1,049	808	77	2,019	976	48
	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	763	51	793	49	711	47	706	47	640	44
	Light Truck - Pickup	109	7	145	9	149	10	100	7	150	10
	Light Truck - Utility	172	12	158	10	169	11	170	11	149	10
	Light Truck - Van	66	4	74	5	62	4	58	4	77	5
	Large Truck	26	2	30	2	35	2	30	2	31	2
	Bus	1	0	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	26	2	23	1	23	2	20	1	27	2
	Total Occupants	1,163	78	1,225	76	1,151	75	1,088	73	1,076	73
	Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	158	11	205	13	188	12	225	15	239	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	150	10	159	10	166	11	151	10	137	9
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	14	1	18	1	13	1	20	1	8	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	5	0	9	1	7	0	7	0	8	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	169	11	186	12	186	12	178	12	153	10
Total	Total	1,490	100	1,616	100	1,525	100	1,491	100	1,468	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	11	39	39	40	23	6	158
2005	12	55	33	51	36	18	205
2006	14	56	52	39	17	10	188
2007	16	60	41	54	39	15	225
2008	9	61	48	54	48	19	239