South Dakota

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	197	186	191	146	119
Rural	179	165	164	127	106
Urban	18	21	27	19	13
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.24	2.22	2.08	1.62
Rural	2.71	2.62	2.44	1.98
Urban	0.82	1.00	1.11	0.73
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	155	139	149	106	92
Restrained	42	33	26	24	28
Unrestrained	100	93	112	73	59
Unknown	13	13	11	9	5
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	71	70	67	44	34
Speeding-Related Fatalities	71	62	48	49	37
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	26	22	22	29	15
Helmeted	8	9	5	6	4
Unhelmeted	17	12	17	23	11
Unknown	1	1	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	232	225	236	172	145
Aged Under 15	5	2	1	2	1
Aged 15-20	28	29	34	21	21
Aged Under 21	33	31	35	23	22
Aged 21 and Over	197	192	201	149	122
Unknown Age	2	2	0	0	1
Pedestrian Fatalities	9	14	7	7	9

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	South Dakota	197	8,784	2.24	773,539	25.47
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	South Dakota	186	8,397	2.22	779,315	23.87
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	South Dakota	191	9,168	2.08	787,380	24.26
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	South Dakota	146	9,005	1.62	795,689	18.35
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	South Dakota	119			804,194	14.80
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	South Dakota	197	83	42	74	38	0.84
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	South Dakota	186	81	44	77	41	0.92
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	South Dakota	191	79	41	68	36	0.74
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	South Dakota	146	57	39	49	34	0.54
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	South Dakota	119	45	38	39	33
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	South Dakota	197	71	36	0.81
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	South Dakota	186	70	38	0.83
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	South Dakota	191	67	35	0.73
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	South Dakota	146	44	30	0.49
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	South Dakota	119	34	29
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	South Dakota	103	74	72	129	102	79	232	176	76
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	South Dakota	110	68	62	115	88	77	225	156	69
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	South Dakota	102	75	74	134	111	83	236	186	79
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	South Dakota	73	57	78	99	81	82	172	138	80
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	South Dakota	65	52	80	80	67	84	145	119	82
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	South Dakota	39	69
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	South Dakota	35	69
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	South Dakota	21	71
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	South Dakota	38	73
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	South Dakota	40	72
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	152	42	97	13	30	53	39
2005	137	32	93	12	26	35	32
2006	147	25	111	11	18	33	34
2007	105	23	73	9	24	36	28
2008	90	27	58	5	32	32	23

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	0	0	3	0	0	0
2005	2	1	0	1	100	5
2006	2	1	1	0	50	1
2007	1	1	0	0	100	1
2008	2	1	1	0	50	1

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	26	8	17	1	32	5	7
2005	22	9	12	1	43	6	5
2006	22	5	17	0	23	3	6
2007	29	6	23	0	21	4	9
2008	15	4	11	0	27	2	4

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	83	42	76	41	80	42	46	32	51	43
Light Truck - Pickup	39	20	35	19	41	21	31	21	23	19
Light Truck - Utility	17	9	18	10	20	10	18	12	14	12
Light Truck - Van	16	8	10	5	8	4	11	8	4	3
Large Truck	3	2	5	3	6	3	2	1	1	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	3	2	5	3	6	3	2	1	2	2
Total Occupants	161	82	149	80	161	84	110	75	95	80
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	26	13	22	12	22	12	29	20	15	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	9	5	14	8	7	4	7	5	9	8
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
��Total Nonoccupants	10	5	15	8	8	4	7	5	9	8
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Total	197	100	186	100	191	100	146	100	119	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	197	186	191	146	119
- (1) Single Vehicle	118	111	123	97	76
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	18	13	19	14	14
- (3) Involving Speeding	71	62	48	49	37
- (4) Involving a Rollover	86	84	107	61	60
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	114	98	132	91	68
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	39	34	23	17	22

Year	Age	Total
2004	1	2	2	7	12	2	26
2005	0	5	2	7	7	1	22
2006	0	2	2	6	10	2	22
2007	0	4	6	6	7	6	29
2008	1	3	0	2	4	5	15

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	26	41,602	62.50
2005	22	46,409	47.40
2006	22	53,477	41.14
2007	29	58,376	49.68
2008	15

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	2	4	4	4
White Non-Hispanic	127	129	134	105
Black, Non-Hispanic	0	0	1	5
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	58	36	40	25
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	2	0
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	1	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	1	0
Total	187	171	183	139
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	1	0	0
White Non-Hispanic	7	4	4	4
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	9	4	3
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	0	0
Total	10	15	8	7
Total	Hispanic	2	5	4	4
White Non-Hispanic	134	133	138	109
Black, Non-Hispanic	0	0	1	5
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	61	45	44	28
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	2	0
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	2	1	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	1	0
Total	197	186	191	146

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Minnehaha County	21	16	18	12	11	11	9	9	8	9
2	Pennington County	15	12	15	16	10	8	6	8	11	8
3	Meade County	5	6	7	9	8	3	3	4	6	7
4	Butte County	1	2	2	0	5	1	1	1	0	4
5	Shannon County	7	18	19	4	5	4	10	10	3	4
6	Beadle County	2	3	2	0	4	1	2	1	0	3
7	Lawrence County	8	5	12	6	4	4	3	6	4	3
8	Brookings County	3	3	10	4	3	2	2	5	3	3
9	Codington County	4	9	4	7	3	2	5	2	5	3
10	Deuel County	4	3	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	94	98	112	76	56	48	53	59	52	47
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	103	88	79	70	63	52	47	41	48	53
Total	All Counties	197	186	191	146	119	100	100	100	100	100

1

Minnehaha County

21

16

18

12

11

9

8

9

2

Pennington County

15

12

15

16

10

8

6

8

11

8

3

Meade County

5

6

7

9

8

3

4

6

7

4

Butte County

1

2

0

5

1

0

4

5

Shannon County

7

18

19

4

5

4

10

3

4

6

Beadle County

2

3

2

0

4

1

2

1

0

3

7

Lawrence County

8

5

12

6

4

3

6

4

3

8

Brookings County

3

10

4

3

2

5

3

9

Codington County

4

9

4

7

3

2

5

2

5

3

10

Deuel County

4

3

2

3

2

1

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

94

98

112

76

56

48

53

59

52

47

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

103

88

79

70

63

52

47

41

48

53

Total

All Counties

197

186

191

146

119

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Jones County	368.32	94.79	0.00	191.02	195.31
2	Haakon County	50.48	104.33	53.53	54.29	109.95
3	Hand County	119.69	0.00	0.00	0.00	91.63
4	Sanborn County	0.00	39.94	0.00	0.00	81.73
5	Lyman County	128.27	78.08	129.57	0.00	78.72
6	Jackson County	179.40	286.74	72.33	144.09	73.77
7	Hyde County	0.00	63.29	65.57	68.68	70.22
8	Deuel County	93.87	70.11	46.79	47.23	70.16
9	Perkins County	32.99	67.54	33.91	34.40	68.97
10	Butte County	11.00	21.80	21.72	0.00	52.12
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	153.60	117.64	116.51	112.21	75.12
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	18.89	17.42	18.37	14.29	12.19
Total Rate	All Counties	25.47	23.87	24.26	18.35	14.80

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	South Dakota	197	83	42	74	38	0.84
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	South Dakota	186	81	44	77	41	0.92
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	South Dakota	191	79	41	68	36	0.74
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	South Dakota	146	57	39	49	34	0.54
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	South Dakota	119	45	38	39	33
	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	South Dakota	103	74	72	129	102	79	232	176	76
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	South Dakota	110	68	62	115	88	77	225	156	69
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	South Dakota	102	75	74	134	111	83	236	186	79
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	South Dakota	73	57	78	99	81	82	172	138	80
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	South Dakota	65	52	80	80	67	84	145	119	82
	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	83	42	76	41	80	42	46	32	51	43
	Light Truck - Pickup	39	20	35	19	41	21	31	21	23	19
	Light Truck - Utility	17	9	18	10	20	10	18	12	14	12
	Light Truck - Van	16	8	10	5	8	4	11	8	4	3
	Large Truck	3	2	5	3	6	3	2	1	1	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	3	2	5	3	6	3	2	1	2	2
	Total Occupants	161	82	149	80	161	84	110	75	95	80
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	26	13	22	12	22	12	29	20	15	13
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	9	5	14	8	7	4	7	5	9	8
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	10	5	15	8	8	4	7	5	9	8
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Total	197	100	186	100	191	100	146	100	119	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	1	2	2	7	12	2	26
2005	0	5	2	7	7	1	22
2006	0	2	2	6	10	2	22
2007	0	4	6	6	7	6	29
2008	1	3	0	2	4	5	15