Tennessee

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,339	1,270	1,284	1,211	1,035
Rural	804	728	722	699	607
Urban	535	542	562	512	428
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.89	1.79	1.82	1.70
Rural	2.72	2.49	2.50	2.40
Urban	1.29	1.30	1.35	1.22
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	1,111	1,010	995	928	776
Restrained	372	366	370	336	259
Unrestrained	668	563	562	535	457
Unknown	71	81	63	57	60
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	439	376	414	377	327
Speeding-Related Fatalities	308	270	297	269	243
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	97	129	141	149	145
Helmeted	84	107	119	129	124
Unhelmeted	13	20	21	19	16
Unknown	0	2	1	1	5
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,788	1,747	1,719	1,641	1,381
Aged Under 15	3	2	5	8	3
Aged 15-20	249	226	227	225	170
Aged Under 21	252	228	232	233	173
Aged 21 and Over	1,526	1,504	1,470	1,390	1,201
Unknown Age	10	15	17	18	7
Pedestrian Fatalities	83	70	89	69	60

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Tennessee	1,339	70,943	1.89	5,906,936	22.67
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Tennessee	1,270	70,814	1.79	5,983,211	21.23
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Tennessee	1,284	70,596	1.82	6,068,306	21.16
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Tennessee	1,211	71,179	1.70	6,149,116	19.69
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Tennessee	1,035			6,214,888	16.65
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	Tennessee	1,339	542	40	469	35	0.66
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Tennessee	1,270	473	37	400	31	0.56
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Tennessee	1,284	518	40	444	35	0.63
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Tennessee	1,211	468	39	398	33	0.56
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Tennessee	1,035	404	39	344	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	Tennessee	1,339	439	33	0.62
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Tennessee	1,270	376	30	0.53
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Tennessee	1,284	414	32	0.59
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Tennessee	1,211	377	31	0.53
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Tennessee	1,035	327	32
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	Tennessee	864	239	28	924	356	39	1,788	595	33
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Tennessee	843	167	20	904	255	28	1,747	422	24
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Tennessee	839	234	28	880	287	33	1,719	521	30
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Tennessee	739	231	31	902	353	39	1,641	584	36
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Tennessee	614	129	21	767	188	25	1,381	317	23
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	Tennessee	46	72
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Tennessee	48	74
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Tennessee	48	79
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Tennessee	48	80
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Tennessee	45	82
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	1,098	362	665	71	35	422	259
2005	998	354	563	81	39	440	238
2006	977	358	558	61	39	423	206
2007	917	327	533	57	38	395	196
2008	765	256	452	57	36	338	148

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	13	10	3	0	77	14
2005	12	12	0	0	100	19
2006	17	12	3	2	80	17
2007	11	9	2	0	82	11
2008	11	3	5	3	38	5

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	97	84	13	0	87	50	5
2005	129	107	20	2	84	65	8
2006	141	119	21	1	85	71	8
2007	149	129	19	1	87	77	7
2008	145	124	16	5	89	76	6

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	697	52	583	46	589	46	520	43	444	43
Light Truck - Pickup	227	17	222	17	215	17	217	18	176	17
Light Truck - Utility	131	10	144	11	148	12	148	12	112	11
Light Truck - Van	53	4	60	5	43	3	43	4	44	4
Light Truck - Other	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Large Truck	18	1	29	2	30	2	35	3	19	2
Bus	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	17	1	17	1	15	1	17	1	24	2
Total Occupants	1,149	86	1,056	83	1,040	81	981	81	819	79
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	97	7	129	10	141	11	149	12	145	14
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	83	6	70	6	89	7	69	6	60	6
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	7	1	10	1	7	1	6	0	7	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	3	0	5	0	7	1	6	0	4	0
��Total Nonoccupants	93	7	85	7	103	8	81	7	71	7
Total	Total	1,339	100	1,270	100	1,284	100	1,211	100	1,035	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,339	1,270	1,284	1,211	1,035
- (1) Single Vehicle	764	706	728	698	605
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	155	163	148	149	95
- (3) Involving Speeding	308	270	297	269	243
- (4) Involving a Rollover	470	415	384	414	330
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	870	843	824	784	649
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	185	214	241	198	186

Year	Age	Total
2004	9	21	17	23	20	7	97
2005	6	35	21	41	17	9	129
2006	6	47	33	30	19	6	141
2007	11	28	28	36	32	14	149
2008	7	27	28	37	26	20	145

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	97	108,659	89.27
2005	129	122,087	105.7
2006	141	134,123	105.1
2007	149	144,069	103.4
2008	145

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	58	43	53	45
White Non-Hispanic	1,054	955	972	948
Black, Non-Hispanic	127	140	145	129
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	6	6	3
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	39	3	5
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	1	2	0
Total	1,246	1,185	1,181	1,130
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	7	4	8	4
White Non-Hispanic	66	46	72	53
Black, Non-Hispanic	19	24	22	21
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	6	1	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	5	0	1
Total	93	85	103	81
Total	Hispanic	65	47	61	49
White Non-Hispanic	1,120	1,001	1,044	1,001
Black, Non-Hispanic	146	164	167	150
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	6	6	3
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	45	4	7
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	6	2	1
Total	1,339	1,270	1,284	1,211

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Shelby County	119	122	120	123	108	9	10	9	10	10
2	Davidson County	99	91	98	74	74	7	7	8	6	7
3	Knox County	75	80	79	61	50	6	6	6	5	5
4	Hamilton County	39	44	58	43	42	3	3	5	4	4
5	Rutherford County	34	34	37	33	30	3	3	3	3	3
6	Robertson County	12	18	6	22	22	1	1	0	2	2
7	Madison County	30	24	25	25	19	2	2	2	2	2
8	Maury County	18	15	16	21	19	1	1	1	2	2
9	Dickson County	8	19	14	10	18	1	1	1	1	2
10	Cumberland County	18	10	14	16	17	1	1	1	1	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	548	512	523	463	399	41	40	41	38	39
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	791	758	761	748	636	59	60	59	62	61
Total	All Counties	1,339	1,270	1,284	1,211	1,035	100	100	100	100	100

1

Shelby County

119

122

120

123

108

9

10

9

10

2

Davidson County

99

91

98

74

7

8

6

7

3

Knox County

75

80

79

61

50

6

5

4

Hamilton County

39

44

58

43

42

3

5

4

5

Rutherford County

34

37

33

30

3

6

Robertson County

12

18

6

22

1

0

2

7

Madison County

30

24

25

19

2

8

Maury County

18

15

16

21

19

1

2

9

Dickson County

8

19

14

10

18

1

2

10

Cumberland County

18

10

14

16

17

1

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

548

512

523

463

399

41

40

41

38

39

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

791

758

761

748

636

59

60

59

62

61

Total

All Counties

1,339

1,270

1,284

1,211

1,035

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Grundy County	48.91	41.86	49.01	35.07	70.32
2	Dekalb County	55.27	54.99	21.88	27.14	53.49
3	Henderson County	69.49	38.24	52.89	48.71	48.30
4	Scott County	27.84	18.44	32.12	31.88	45.37
5	Humphreys County	33.61	44.65	38.76	38.56	44.08
6	Cannon County	38.14	38.04	7.52	22.33	43.47
7	Benton County	42.88	36.89	18.54	49.25	43.23
8	Meigs County	52.68	17.49	8.68	43.00	42.41
9	Wayne County	53.68	29.94	11.99	6.02	42.13
10	Union County	21.53	32.18	21.33	47.78	42.09
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	65.62	57.42	57.04	61.86	47.34
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	21.33	20.31	20.10	18.65	15.75
Total Rate	All Counties	22.67	21.23	21.16	19.69	16.65

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	Tennessee	1,339	542	40	469	35	0.66
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Tennessee	1,270	473	37	400	31	0.56
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Tennessee	1,284	518	40	444	35	0.63
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Tennessee	1,211	468	39	398	33	0.56
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Tennessee	1,035	404	39	344	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	Tennessee	864	239	28	924	356	39	1,788	595	33
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Tennessee	843	167	20	904	255	28	1,747	422	24
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Tennessee	839	234	28	880	287	33	1,719	521	30
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Tennessee	739	231	31	902	353	39	1,641	584	36
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Tennessee	614	129	21	767	188	25	1,381	317	23
	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	697	52	583	46	589	46	520	43	444	43
	Light Truck - Pickup	227	17	222	17	215	17	217	18	176	17
	Light Truck - Utility	131	10	144	11	148	12	148	12	112	11
	Light Truck - Van	53	4	60	5	43	3	43	4	44	4
	Light Truck - Other	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Large Truck	18	1	29	2	30	2	35	3	19	2
	Bus	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	17	1	17	1	15	1	17	1	24	2
	Total Occupants	1,149	86	1,056	83	1,040	81	981	81	819	79
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	97	7	129	10	141	11	149	12	145	14
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	83	6	70	6	89	7	69	6	60	6
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	7	1	10	1	7	1	6	0	7	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	3	0	5	0	7	1	6	0	4	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	93	7	85	7	103	8	81	7	71	7
Total	Total	1,339	100	1,270	100	1,284	100	1,211	100	1,035	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	9	21	17	23	20	7	97
2005	6	35	21	41	17	9	129
2006	6	47	33	30	19	6	141
2007	11	28	28	36	32	14	149
2008	7	27	28	37	26	20	145