Puerto Rico

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	495	457	509	452	399
Rural	230	216	251	218	208
Urban	265	241	258	234	191
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.54	2.35	2.59	2.35
Rural	17.86	16.69	18.84	16.83
Urban	1.45	1.33	1.41	1.31
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	249	215	227	204	172
Restrained	100	88	102	85	83
Unrestrained	149	127	125	119	89
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	174	160	143	142	132
Speeding-Related Fatalities	237	217	220	228	162
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	63	90	115	94	78
Helmeted	21	37	50	29	28
Unhelmeted	42	53	65	65	50
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	625	601	658	613	535
Aged Under 15	1	2	0	0	2
Aged 15-20	96	76	87	92	53
Aged Under 21	97	78	87	92	55
Aged 21 and Over	467	487	528	483	451
Unknown Age	61	36	43	38	29
Pedestrian Fatalities	162	134	140	144	127

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Puerto Rico	495	19,504	2.54	3,893,931	12.71
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Puerto Rico	457	19,411	2.35	3,910,707	11.69
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Puerto Rico	509	19,637	2.59	3,926,698	12.96
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Puerto Rico	452	19,205	2.35	3,941,160	11.47
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Puerto Rico	399			3,954,037	10.09
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	Puerto Rico	495	250	51	224	45	1.15
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Puerto Rico	457	234	51	197	43	1.01
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Puerto Rico	509	219	43	182	36	0.93
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Puerto Rico	452	209	46	170	38	0.89
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Puerto Rico	399	199	50	165	41
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	Puerto Rico	495	174	35	0.89
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Puerto Rico	457	160	35	0.82
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Puerto Rico	509	143	28	0.73
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Puerto Rico	452	142	31	0.74
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Puerto Rico	399	132	33
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	Puerto Rico	404	217	54	221	180	81	625	397	64
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Puerto Rico	365	214	59	236	195	83	601	409	68
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Puerto Rico	388	264	68	270	227	84	658	491	75
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Puerto Rico	376	246	65	237	218	92	613	464	76
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Puerto Rico	328	218	66	207	166	80	535	384	72
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	US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	247	98	149	40	98	23
2005	212	88	124	42	85	14
2006	222	100	122	45	107	21
2007	199	84	115	42	84	15
2008	166	79	87	48	88	12

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	2	2	0	100	3
2005	0	0	0		0
2006	3	1	2	33	1
2007	0	0	0		0
2008	5	3	2	60	7

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	63	21	42	33	12	16
2005	90	37	53	41	22	20
2006	115	50	65	43	29	24
2007	94	29	65	31	17	24
2008	78	28	50	36	17	19

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	198	40	161	35	167	33	164	36	129	32
Light Truck - Pickup	22	4	21	5	17	3	8	2	13	3
Light Truck - Utility	22	4	29	6	35	7	27	6	26	7
Light Truck - Van	7	1	4	1	8	2	5	1	4	1
Large Truck	2	0	5	1	4	1	2	0	5	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Total Occupants	254	51	220	48	231	45	206	46	181	45
Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	63	13	90	20	115	23	94	21	78	20
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	162	33	134	29	140	28	144	32	127	32
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	16	3	11	2	20	4	6	1	12	3
��Total Nonoccupants	178	36	147	32	163	32	152	34	140	35
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	0
Total	Total	495	100	457	100	509	100	452	100	399	100

Occupants

Passenger Car

198

40

161

35

167

33

164

36

129

32

Light Truck - Pickup

22

4

21

5

17

3

8

2

13

3

Light Truck - Utility

22

4

29

6

35

7

27

6

26

7

Light Truck - Van

7

1

4

1

8

2

5

1

4

1

Large Truck

2

0

5

1

4

1

2

0

5

1

Other/Unknown Occupants

3

1

0

2

1

Total Occupants

254

51

220

48

231

45

206

46

181

45

Bus

0

2

1

Motorcyclists

Total Motorcyclists

63

13

90

20

115

23

94

21

78

20

Nonoccupants

Pedestrian

162

33

134

29

140

28

144

32

127

32

Bicyclist and Other Cyclist

16

3

11

2

20

4

6

1

12

3

��Total Nonoccupants

178

36

147

32

163

32

152

34

140

35

Other/Unknown Nonoccupants

0

2

0

3

1

2

0

1

0

Total

495

100

457

100

509

100

452

100

399

100

Overall Highway Safety Funding Ecomomic Impact of Motor Vehicle Crashes	Traffic Safety Facts Puerto Rico 2004-2008 Data Source: FARS 2004 - 2007 Final and Fars 2008 ARF Home Printer Friendly
GIS Fatal Traffic Crash Maps are Currently Not Available For Puerto Rico

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	Puerto Rico	495	250	51	224	45	1.15
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Puerto Rico	457	234	51	197	43	1.01
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Puerto Rico	509	219	43	182	36	0.93
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Puerto Rico	452	209	46	170	38	0.89
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Puerto Rico	399	199	50	165	41
	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	Puerto Rico	404	217	54	221	180	81	625	397	64
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Puerto Rico	365	214	59	236	195	83	601	409	68
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Puerto Rico	388	264	68	270	227	84	658	491	75
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Puerto Rico	376	246	65	237	218	92	613	464	76
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Puerto Rico	328	218	66	207	166	80	535	384	72
	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	198	40	161	35	167	33	164	36	129	32
	Light Truck - Pickup	22	4	21	5	17	3	8	2	13	3
	Light Truck - Utility	22	4	29	6	35	7	27	6	26	7
	Light Truck - Van	7	1	4	1	8	2	5	1	4	1
	Large Truck	2	0	5	1	4	1	2	0	5	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
	Total Occupants	254	51	220	48	231	45	206	46	181	45
	Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	63	13	90	20	115	23	94	21	78	20
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	162	33	134	29	140	28	144	32	127	32
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	16	3	11	2	20	4	6	1	12	3
	��Total Nonoccupants	178	36	147	32	163	32	152	34	140	35
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	2	0	3	1	2	0	1	0
Total	Total	495	100	457	100	509	100	452	100	399	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	495	457	509	452	399
- (1) Single Vehicle	329	305	337	279	259
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	26	40	30	18	29
- (3) Involving Speeding	237	217	220	228	162
- (4) Involving a Rollover	36	40	45	35	28
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	127	145	138	116	98
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	9	9	10	6	2

Year	Age							Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Unknown	Total
2004	5	30	16	10	1	0	1	63
2005	8	45	16	11	8	2	0	90
2006	17	45	28	18	4	3	0	115
2007	14	38	23	11	3	2	3	94
2008	10	29	19	14	4	2	0	78

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	63	31,770	198.3
2005	90	31,770	283.3
2006	115	91,082	126.3
2007	94	115,865	81.13
2008	78

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin		2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	317	301	346	299
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	9	0	0
	Total	317	310	346	300
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	178	140	163	152
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	7	0	0
	Total	178	147	163	152
Total	Hispanic	495	441	509	451
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	16	0	0
	Total	495	457	509	452