Virginia

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	922	947	962	1,027	824
Rural	529	582	564	612	479
Urban	392	363	397	414	339
Unknown	1	2	1	1	6
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.17	1.18	1.19	1.25
Rural	1.73	1.89	1.79	1.98
Urban	0.81	0.73	0.80	0.81
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	730	725	760	770	617
Restrained	285	241	273	274	223
Unrestrained	414	449	451	461	374
Unknown	31	35	36	35	20
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	288	279	298	303	294
Speeding-Related Fatalities	251	313	297	341	246
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	57	69	69	129	86
Helmeted	34	56	63	116	79
Unhelmeted	19	9	2	12	6
Unknown	4	4	4	1	1
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	1,206	1,242	1,243	1,347	1,087
Aged Under 15	0	0	1	0	0
Aged 15-20	174	155	171	167	144
Aged Under 21	174	155	172	167	144
Aged 21 and Over	1,020	1,069	1,054	1,171	926
Unknown Age	12	18	17	9	17
Pedestrian Fatalities	85	88	82	88	76

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Virginia	922	78,877	1.17	7,454,688	12.37
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Virginia	947	80,337	1.18	7,546,725	12.55
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Virginia	962	81,095	1.19	7,628,347	12.61
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Virginia	1,027	82,077	1.25	7,698,775	13.34
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Virginia	824			7,769,089	10.61
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	Virginia	922	363	39	314	34	0.40
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Virginia	947	362	38	298	31	0.37
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Virginia	962	374	39	327	34	0.40
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Virginia	1,027	400	39	331	32	0.40
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Virginia	824	394	48	321	39
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	Virginia	922	288	31	0.37
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Virginia	947	279	29	0.35
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Virginia	962	298	31	0.37
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Virginia	1,027	303	30	0.37
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Virginia	824	294	36
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	Virginia	600	9	2	606	310	51	1,206	319	26
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Virginia	599	1	0	643	387	60	1,242	388	31
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Virginia	597	4	1	646	493	76	1,243	497	40
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Virginia	642	81	13	705	477	68	1,347	558	41
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Virginia	520	3	1	567	261	46	1,087	264	24
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	Virginia	52	80
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Virginia	44	80
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Virginia	50	79
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Virginia	46	80
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Virginia	46	81
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	724	281	412	31	41	310	129
2005	717	236	446	35	35	275	132
2006	747	268	445	34	38	321	155
2007	760	269	456	35	37	320	161
2008	606	216	370	20	37	249	113

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	5	4	1	0	80	5
2005	8	5	3	0	63	0
2006	12	5	6	1	45	8
2007	8	5	3	0	63	7
2008	8	6	2	0	75	7

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	57	34	19	4	64	22	7
2005	69	56	9	4	86	35	4
2006	69	63	2	4	97	40	0
2007	129	116	12	1	91	69	4
2008	86	79	6	1	93	47	2

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	478	52	424	45	460	48	441	43	392	48
Light Truck - Pickup	94	10	135	14	128	13	143	14	112	14
Light Truck - Utility	115	12	118	12	126	13	153	15	80	10
Light Truck - Van	43	5	47	5	46	5	33	3	33	4
Large Truck	20	2	25	3	21	2	19	2	17	2
Other/Unknown Occupants	14	2	13	1	13	1	14	1	12	1
Total Occupants	764	83	766	81	795	83	803	78	648	79
Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bus	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	57	6	69	7	69	7	129	13	86	10
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	85	9	88	9	82	9	88	9	76	9
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	9	1	21	2	12	1	7	1	13	2
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
��Total Nonoccupants	101	11	112	12	98	10	95	9	90	11
Total	Total	922	100	947	100	962	100	1,027	100	824	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	922	947	962	1,027	824
- (1) Single Vehicle	546	600	597	628	526
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	99	112	107	108	78
- (3) Involving Speeding	251	313	297	341	246
- (4) Involving a Rollover	239	276	278	278	218
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	536	589	653	671	557
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	161	181	165	190	133

Year	Age	Total
2004	1	14	14	17	8	3	0	57
2005	7	22	15	13	7	5	0	69
2006	1	28	11	15	10	4	0	69
2007	4	50	22	22	20	11	0	129
2008	2	23	16	15	13	16	1	86

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	57	75,457	75.54
2005	69	77,854	88.63
2006	69	81,171	85.01
2007	129	80,393	160.5
2008	86

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	3	5	0	1
White Non-Hispanic	553	582	596	693
Black, Non-Hispanic	115	104	140	152
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	1	3
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	4	2	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	9	2	10	14
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	138	138	115	68
Total	821	835	864	932
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	2	0	0
White Non-Hispanic	52	63	53	58
Black, Non-Hispanic	24	26	26	19
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	5	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	3	2	5
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	21	13	17	13
Total	101	112	98	95
Total	Hispanic	3	7	0	1
White Non-Hispanic	605	645	649	751
Black, Non-Hispanic	139	130	166	171
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	1	3
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	4	9	2	1
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	11	5	12	19
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	159	151	132	81
Total	922	947	962	1,027

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Virginia Beach City	22	31	22	25	31	2	3	2	2	4
2	Chesterfield County	32	30	25	29	30	3	3	3	3	4
3	Fairfax County	64	62	67	54	29	7	7	7	5	4
4	Prince William County	23	28	46	28	25	2	3	5	3	3
5	Richmond City	15	9	19	29	20	2	1	2	3	2
6	Henrico County	25	21	38	25	19	3	2	4	2	2
7	Norfolk City	13	14	18	10	19	1	1	2	1	2
8	Halifax County	16	10	12	14	18	2	1	1	1	2
9	Augusta County	13	24	19	15	17	1	3	2	1	2
10	Suffolk City	16	8	12	26	17	2	1	1	3	2
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	259	272	305	284	225	28	29	32	28	27
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	663	675	657	743	599	72	71	68	72	73
Total	All Counties	922	947	962	1,027	824	100	100	100	100	100

1

Virginia Beach City

22

31

22

25

31

2

3

2

4

2

Chesterfield County

32

30

25

29

30

3

4

3

Fairfax County

64

62

67

54

29

7

5

4

Prince William County

23

28

46

28

25

2

3

5

3

5

Richmond City

15

9

19

29

20

2

1

2

3

2

6

Henrico County

25

21

38

25

19

3

2

4

2

7

Norfolk City

13

14

18

10

19

1

2

1

2

8

Halifax County

16

10

12

14

18

2

1

2

9

Augusta County

13

24

19

15

17

1

3

2

1

2

10

Suffolk City

16

8

12

26

17

2

1

3

2

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

259

272

305

284

225

28

29

32

28

27

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

663

675

657

743

599

72

71

68

72

73

Total

All Counties

922

947

962

1,027

824

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Sussex County	50.26	67.58	107.68	107.33	90.55
2	Amelia County	84.50	57.89	40.36	39.56	70.27
3	Halifax County	44.61	28.06	33.70	39.49	50.83
4	Dinwiddie County	35.98	35.76	39.39	42.81	49.84
5	Lunenburg County	38.73	15.42	30.76	53.97	46.36
6	Wythe County	21.60	28.45	24.73	28.04	45.19
7	Northampton County	53.16	30.14	37.37	37.40	44.73
8	Carroll County	23.94	37.79	30.86	44.64	44.58
9	Bath County	20.55	0.00	0.00	21.62	44.01
10	King And Queen County	44.82	44.56	14.64	43.71	43.92
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	58.17	64.16	62.44	67.85	51.62
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	11.25	11.73	11.80	12.50	9.62
Total Rate	All Counties	12.37	12.55	12.61	13.34	10.61

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	Virginia	922	363	39	314	34	0.40
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Virginia	947	362	38	298	31	0.37
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Virginia	962	374	39	327	34	0.40
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Virginia	1,027	400	39	331	32	0.40
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Virginia	824	394	48	321	39
	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	Virginia	600	9	2	606	310	51	1,206	319	26
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Virginia	599	1	0	643	387	60	1,242	388	31
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Virginia	597	4	1	646	493	76	1,243	497	40
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Virginia	642	81	13	705	477	68	1,347	558	41
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Virginia	520	3	1	567	261	46	1,087	264	24
	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	478	52	424	45	460	48	441	43	392	48
	Light Truck - Pickup	94	10	135	14	128	13	143	14	112	14
	Light Truck - Utility	115	12	118	12	126	13	153	15	80	10
	Light Truck - Van	43	5	47	5	46	5	33	3	33	4
	Large Truck	20	2	25	3	21	2	19	2	17	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	14	2	13	1	13	1	14	1	12	1
	Total Occupants	764	83	766	81	795	83	803	78	648	79
	Light Truck - Other	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Bus	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	57	6	69	7	69	7	129	13	86	10
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	85	9	88	9	82	9	88	9	76	9
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	9	1	21	2	12	1	7	1	13	2
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	7	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	1	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	101	11	112	12	98	10	95	9	90	11
Total	Total	922	100	947	100	962	100	1,027	100	824	100

Year	Age							Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Unknown	Total
2004	1	14	14	17	8	3	0	57
2005	7	22	15	13	7	5	0	69
2006	1	28	11	15	10	4	0	69
2007	4	50	22	22	20	11	0	129
2008	2	23	16	15	13	16	1	86