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Tennessee
2007-2011

Data Source: FARS 2007 - 2010 Final and Fars 2011 ARF

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Traffic Safety Performance (Core Outcome) Measures* For Tennessee

Core Outcome Measures		Year
Core Outcome Measures		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Traffic Fatalities	Total	1,211	1,043	986	1,032	946
	Rural	699	603	574	606	548
	Urban	512	440	412	426	398
	Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.70	1.50	1.40	1.47
	Rural	2.40	2.15	2.04	2.13
	Urban	1.22	1.06	0.98	1.01
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	928	783	745	768	710
	Restrained	336	267	286	304	284
	Unrestrained	535	459	420	417	372
	Unknown	57	57	39	47	54
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***		377	306	299	288	257
Speeding-Related Fatalities		269	244	212	229	215
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	149	146	122	137	115
	Helmeted	129	125	94	126	97
	Unhelmeted	19	16	24	11	18
	Unknown	1	5	4	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,641	1,398	1,302	1,382	1,332
	Aged Under 15	8	3	2	2	3
	Aged 15-20	225	171	147	139	139
	Aged Under 21	233	174	149	141	142
	Aged 21 and Over	1,390	1,217	1,145	1,231	1,181
	Unknown Age	18	7	8	10	9
Pedestrian Fatalities		69	60	71	87	80

*These Performance Measures Were Developed By The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
and the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) (See Publication: DOT HS 811 025)
**2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available
***Based on the BAC of All Involved Drivers and Motorcycle Riders Only

Fatality Rates: Tennessee , U.S. and Best State

Year		Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2007	Tennessee	1,211	71,179	1.70	6,175,727	19.61
	US	41,259	3,031,124	1.36	301,231,207	13.70
	Best State*			0.79		6.53
2008	Tennessee	1,043	69,469	1.50	6,247,411	16.69
	US	37,423	2,976,528	1.26	304,093,966	12.31
	Best State*			0.67		5.63
2009	Tennessee	986	70,226	1.40	6,306,019	15.64
	US	33,883	2,956,764	1.15	306,771,529	11.05
	Best State*			0.62		4.90
2010	Tennessee	1,032	70,439	1.47	6,357,436	16.23
	US	32,999	2,966,506	1.11	309,330,219	10.67
	Best State*			0.64		3.97
2011	Tennessee	946			6,403,353	14.77
	US	32,367	2,930,654	1.10	311,591,917	10.39
	Best State*					4.37

*State (or States) With Lowest Rates: Lowest VMT and Population Rates Could Be in Different States
2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

Fatalities By The Highest Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash**:
Tennessee , U.S. and Best State

(Old Definition)

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Highest BAC level in the Crash
			BAC = .01+			BAC = .08+
			Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2007	Tennessee	1,211	468	39	0.66	398	33	0.56
	US	41,259	17,158	42	0.57	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24	0.27		21	0.23
2008	Tennessee	1,043	396	38	0.57	324	31	0.47
	US	37,423	15,449	41	0.52	13,258	35	0.45
	Best State*			21	0.21		16	0.16
2009	Tennessee	986	380	39	0.54	329	33	0.47
	US	33,883	14,179	42	0.48	12,149	36	0.41
	Best State*			25	0.24		18	0.17
2010	Tennessee	1,032	379	37	0.54	319	31	0.45
	US	32,999	13,323	40	0.45	11,462	35	0.39
	Best State*			23	0.21		20	0.19
2011	Tennessee	946	345	36		291	31
	US	32,367	13,155	41	0.45	11,397	35	0.39
	Best State*			28			18

*State (or States) With Lowest Percents: Lowest Percents Could Be in Different States
**Based on the BAC of All Involved Drivers, Motorcycle Riders, Pedalcyclists and Pedestrians
2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities**:
Tennessee , U.S. and Best State

(New Definition)

Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC = .08+)
Year		Total Fatalities in all Crashes	Number	Percent	Per 100 Million VMT
2007	Tennessee	1,211	377	31	0.53
	US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
	Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Tennessee	1,043	306	29	0.44
	US	37,423	11,711	31	0.39
	Best State*			16	0.16
2009	Tennessee	986	299	30	0.43
	US	33,883	10,759	32	0.36
	Best State*			17	0.16
2010	Tennessee	1,032	288	28	0.41
	US	32,999	10,136	31	0.34
	Best State*			18	0.17
2011	Tennessee	946	257	27
	US	32,367	9,878	31	0.34
	Best State*			17

*State (or States) With Lowest Percents: Lowest Percents Could Be in Different States
**Based on the BAC of All Involved Drivers and Motorcycle Riders Only
2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

       Fatalities per 100 Million VMT

Plot of STATE_TOT_RATE * YEAR

       Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities
       per 100 Million VMT

Plot of STATE_ALC_RATE * YEAR

2011 National VMT is a Preliminary Estimate and Subject to Change
2011 State Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Data is Not Yet Available

Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Reporting Rates
For Drivers/Motorcycle Rider (Operators)
Involved in Fatal Crashes:
Tennessee , U.S. and Best State

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
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	623	239	38	775	355	46	1,398	594	42
	US	26,162	7,656	29	24,254	18,415	76	50,416	26,071	52
	Best State*			81			99			85
2009	Tennessee	625	279	45	677	374	55	1,302	653	50
	US	23,502	7,188	31	21,835	16,753	77	45,337	23,941	53
	Best State*			86			100			90
2010	Tennessee	646	345	53	736	431	59	1,382	776	56
	US	23,527	7,927	34	21,072	16,405	78	44,599	24,332	55
	Best State*			92			100			91
2011	Tennessee	658	313	48	674	367	54	1,332	680	51
	US	22,915	6,864	30	20,753	15,025	72	43,668	21,889	50
	Best State*			88			96			93

*State (or States) With Highest Percents: Highest Percents Could Be in Different States

Daytime Front Seat (Outboard Only) Passenger Vehicle Occupants, Aged 5 and Over, by Restraint Use:
Fatalities and Observed
Tennessee , U.S. and Best State

Year		Fatalities - Restrained**	Observed - Restrained***
Year		Percent	Percent
2007	Tennessee	48	80
	US	57	82
	Best State*	82	98
2008	Tennessee	45	82
	US	56	83
	Best State*	78	97
2009	Tennessee	49	81
	US	58	84
	Best State*	77	98
2010	Tennessee	48	87
	US	59	85
	Best State*	100	98
2011	Tennessee	56	87
	US	59	84
	Best State*	80	98

*State With Highest Percent. Fatal Crash and Observed Percents Can Be Different States
**Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
***USA Data: National Occupant Protection Use Survey. Tennessee Data: State Survey
Note: The Purpose of this Table is to Compare (as closely as possible) the Use of Restraint Systems
by Fatally Injured Occupants with Occupants in all Driving Situations

       Daytime Front Seat (Outboard Only)
       Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities
       Aged 5 and Over, by Percent Restraint Use*

Plot of STATE_BELT_RATE * YEAR

       Daytime Front Seat (Outboard Only)
       Passenger Vehicle Occupants Observed
       Aged 5 and Over, by Percent Restraint Use**

Plot of STATE_NOPUS_RATE * YEAR

*Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
**USA Data: National Occupant Protection Use Survey. Tennessee Data: State Survey

Tennessee Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities Age 5 and Above
by Restraint Use and Lives Saved Estimates

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*					Lives Saved Estimates**
Year	Total	Restrained	Unrestrained	Unknown Restraint Use	Percent Known Restrained*	Lives Saved at Current Belt Use	Potential Additional Lives Savable at 100% Usage
2007	917	327	533	57	38	395	196
2008	772	261	454	57	37	344	150
2009	736	281	416	39	40	351	152
2010	758	296	415	47	42	369	122
2011	700	278	370	52	43	345	122

*Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
**Lives Saved Estimates (Sum of columns may not equal other published numbers due to rounding)

Tennessee Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities Age 4 and Under
by Restraint Use and Lives Saved Estimates

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*					Lives Saved Estimates**
Year	Total	Restrained	Unrestrained	Unknown Restraint Use	Percent Known Restrained*	Lives Saved at Current Seat Belt and Child Safety Seat Usage
2007	11	9	2	0	82	11
2008	11	6	5	0	55	9
2009	9	5	4	0	56	6
2010	10	8	2	0	80	14
2011	10	6	2	2	75	11

*Percent Based Only Where Restraint Use Was Known
**Lives Saved Estimates

Tennessee Motorcyclist Fatalities
by Helmet Use and Lives Saved Estimates

Year	Fatalities					Lives Saved Estimates**
Year	Total	Helmeted	Unhelmeted	Unknown Helmet Use	Percent Known Helmeted*	Lives Saved at Current Helmet Use	Additional Lives Savable at 100% Helmet Usage
2007	149	129	19	1	87	77	7
2008	146	125	16	5	89	77	6
2009	122	94	24	4	80	57	9
2010	137	126	11	0	92	77	3
2011	115	97	18	0	84	62	3

*Percent Based Only Where Helmet Use Was Known
**Lives Saved Estimates (Sum of columns may not equal other published numbers due to rounding)

Tennessee Fatalities by Person Type

Person Type		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011
Person Type		Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
Occupants	Passenger Car	520	43	449	43	406	41	402	39	400	42
	Light Truck - Pickup	217	18	177	17	181	18	176	17	159	17
	Light Truck - Utility	148	12	113	11	122	12	143	14	129	14
	Light Truck - Van	43	4	44	4	35	4	46	4	22	2
	Large Truck	35	3	19	2	20	2	21	2	16	2
	Bus	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	17	1	24	2	16	2	12	1	17	2
	Total Occupants	981	81	826	79	781	79	801	78	743	79
	Light Truck - Other	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	149	12	146	14	122	12	137	13	115	12
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	69	6	60	6	71	7	87	8	80	8
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	6	0	7	1	9	1	4	0	5	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	6	0	4	0	3	0	3	0	3	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	81	7	71	7	83	8	94	9	88	9
Total	Total	1,211	100	1,043	100	986	100	1,032	100	946	100

*Sum of Percents May Not = 100 Due to Individual Cell Rounding

Tennessee Fatalities by Crash Type

Crash Type	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	1,211	1,043	986	1,032	946
- (1) Single Vehicle	698	606	615	612	555
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	149	95	92	92	97
- (3) Involving Speeding	269	244	212	229	215
- (4) Involving a Rollover	414	330	293	319	277
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	784	652	656	677	559
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	198	191	156	187	182

(1) Crash Involved Only One Coded Vehicle
(2) Crash Involved at Least One Large Truck
(3) Crash Involved at Least One Vehicle Speeding
(4) Crash Involved at Least One Vehicle That Rolled Over
(5) Crash Involved at Least One Vehicle That Departed the Roadway (FHWA Definition)
(6) Crash Occured Within an Intersection or Within the Approach to an Intersection
*A Fatality Can Be in More Than One Category. Therefore Sum of the Individual Cells Will Not Equal the Total Due to Double Counting

Tennessee Motorcyclist Fatalities by Age

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2007	11	28	28	36	32	14	149
2008	7	27	29	37	26	20	146
2009	6	33	20	28	25	10	122
2010	7	24	23	27	29	27	137
2011	7	21	20	29	16	22	115

Tennessee Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Registered Motorcycles

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2007	149	144,069	103.4
2008	146	151,627	96.29
2009	122	162,494	75.08
2010	137	162,807	84.15
2011	115

*Data Source: FHWA
*2011 Motorcycle Registrations are Not Yet Available

Tennessee Fatalities by Person Type and Race/Hispanic Origin

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin		2007	2008	2009	2010
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	45	28	34	22
	White Non-Hispanic	948	813	746	794
	Black, Non-Hispanic	129	124	112	108
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	2	1
	Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	2	5	8
	Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
	All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	5	2	3	4
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	1	1	1
	Total	1,130	972	903	938
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	4	2	2	8
	White Non-Hispanic	53	46	55	68
	Black, Non-Hispanic	21	19	22	16
	Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	1	2
	All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	2	1	0
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	0	2	0
	Total	81	71	83	94
Total	Hispanic	49	30	36	30
	White Non-Hispanic	1,001	859	801	862
	Black, Non-Hispanic	150	143	134	124
	American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	2	1
	Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	4	6	10
	Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	0
	All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	7	4	4	4
	Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	1	1	3	1
	Total	1,211	1,043	986	1,032

2011 Race/Hispanic Origin Data is Not Yet Complete

5 Year Trend For The Top 10 Counties of 2011 - Fatalities

Tennessee Counties by 2011 Ranking		Fatalities					Percent of Total
Tennessee Counties by 2011 Ranking		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Shelby County	123	108	112	91	94	10	10	11	9	10
2	Davidson County	74	74	70	76	74	6	7	7	7	8
3	Knox County	61	50	59	59	53	5	5	6	6	6
4	Hamilton County	43	43	47	42	36	4	4	5	4	4
5	Madison County	25	19	12	12	22	2	2	1	1	2
6	Rutherford County	33	30	28	20	21	3	3	3	2	2
7	Sumner County	18	16	16	27	21	1	2	2	3	2
8	Wilson County	17	17	18	15	21	1	2	2	1	2
9	Greene County	17	14	19	19	20	1	1	2	2	2
10	Montgomery County	32	13	23	25	19	3	1	2	2	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	463	400	409	409	381	38	38	41	40	40
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	748	643	577	623	565	62	62	59	60	60
Total	All Counties	1,211	1,043	986	1,032	946	100	100	100	100	100

*This Sub Total is the Total for the Top Ten Counties
**This Sub Total is the Total for all Counties Outside the Top Ten

5 Year Trend For The Top 10 Counties of 2011 - Fatalities Year to Year Percent Change

Tennessee Counties by 2011 Ranking		Fatalities					Percent Change From Previous Year
Tennessee Counties by 2011 Ranking		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Shelby County	123	108	112	91	94	-12	4	-19	3
2	Davidson County	74	74	70	76	74	0	-5	9	-3
3	Knox County	61	50	59	59	53	-18	18	0	-10
4	Hamilton County	43	43	47	42	36	0	9	-11	-14
5	Madison County	25	19	12	12	22	-24	-37	0	83
6	Rutherford County	33	30	28	20	21	-9	-7	-29	5
7	Sumner County	18	16	16	27	21	-11	0	69	-22
8	Wilson County	17	17	18	15	21	0	6	-17	40
9	Greene County	17	14	19	19	20	-18	36	0	5
10	Montgomery County	32	13	23	25	19	-59	77	9	-24
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	463	400	409	409	381	-14	2	0	-7
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	748	643	577	623	565	-14	-10	8	-9
Total	All Counties	1,211	1,043	986	1,032	946	-14	-5	5	-8

*This Sub Total is the Total for the Top Ten Counties
**This Sub Total is the Total for all Counties Outside the Top Ten

5 Year Trend For The Top 10 Counties of 2011 - Fatality Rates

Median Rate for all U.S. Counties: 17.02

Tennessee Counties by 2011 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Tennessee Counties by 2011 Ranking		2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
1	Trousdale County	77.98	12.86	0.00	63.53	76.77
2	Grundy County	35.59	71.62	29.03	72.94	73.83
3	Van Buren County	36.50	18.05	72.20	36.07	72.95
4	Marion County	46.31	39.09	28.43	42.42	56.69
5	Haywood County	36.57	5.26	42.42	31.97	54.14
6	Henry County	62.83	24.92	24.82	21.65	40.18
7	Clay County	88.60	12.72	25.54	12.71	38.65
8	Houston County	24.33	24.04	11.94	11.85	36.00
9	Decatur County	25.60	0.00	25.47	59.58	34.23
10	Giles County	47.47	20.20	16.84	23.81	34.03
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	60.78	46.91	47.56	52.63	48.45
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	18.57	15.79	14.86	15.23	13.89
Total Rate	All Counties	19.61	16.69	15.64	16.23	14.77