Washington

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	567	649	633	571	521
Rural	355	399	363	353	284
Urban	211	248	270	218	233
Unknown	1	2	0	0	4
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.02	1.17	1.12	1.00
Rural	2.19	2.46	2.20	2.11
Urban	0.54	0.63	0.68	0.54
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	414	465	456	401	351
Restrained	225	240	243	216	198
Unrestrained	163	206	198	153	126
Unknown	26	19	15	32	27
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	202	238	221	195	182
Speeding-Related Fatalities	226	247	253	227	216
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	73	74	80	69	81
Helmeted	66	72	74	59	77
Unhelmeted	6	2	6	10	4
Unknown	1	0	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	750	860	862	786	708
Aged Under 15	3	2	0	2	0
Aged 15-20	99	98	116	108	72
Aged Under 21	102	100	116	110	72
Aged 21 and Over	642	753	737	673	630
Unknown Age	6	7	9	3	6
Pedestrian Fatalities	60	72	67	60	63

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Washington	567	55,673	1.02	6,179,645	9.18
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Washington	649	55,476	1.17	6,254,579	10.38
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Washington	633	56,517	1.12	6,360,529	9.95
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Washington	571	56,939	1.00	6,449,511	8.85
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Washington	521			6,549,224	7.96
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	Washington	567	247	44	223	39	0.40
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Washington	649	302	47	254	39	0.46
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Washington	633	294	46	245	39	0.43
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Washington	571	248	43	208	36	0.37
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Washington	521	251	48	205	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	Washington	567	202	36	0.36
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Washington	649	238	37	0.43
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Washington	633	221	35	0.39
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Washington	571	195	34	0.34
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Washington	521	182	35
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	Washington	396	88	22	354	304	86	750	392	52
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Washington	458	87	19	402	370	92	860	457	53
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Washington	457	91	20	405	382	94	862	473	55
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Washington	424	100	24	362	342	94	786	442	56
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Washington	353	92	26	355	330	93	708	422	60
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	Washington	73	94
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Washington	66	95
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Washington	68	96
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Washington	71	96
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Washington	78	97
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	406	218	162	26	57	248	31
2005	452	233	201	18	54	268	30
2006	447	241	192	14	56	277	34
2007	396	211	153	32	58	264	24
2008	344	194	123	27	61	236	23

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	7	6	1	0	86	8
2005	12	7	4	1	64	13
2006	7	2	4	1	33	4
2007	5	5	0	0	100	6
2008	7	4	3	0	57	6

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	73	66	6	1	92	40	2
2005	74	72	2	0	97	43	1
2006	80	74	6	0	93	44	2
2007	69	59	10	0	86	35	4
2008	81	77	4	0	95	46	1

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	253	45	305	47	286	45	239	42	231	44
Light Truck - Pickup	66	12	85	13	74	12	72	13	55	11
Light Truck - Utility	68	12	48	7	68	11	64	11	51	10
Light Truck - Van	27	5	27	4	28	4	26	5	14	3
Large Truck	5	1	11	2	14	2	10	2	10	2
Other/Unknown Occupants	7	1	9	1	4	1	13	2	6	1
Total Occupants	426	75	485	75	474	75	425	74	367	70
Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	73	13	74	11	80	13	69	12	81	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	60	11	72	11	67	11	60	11	63	12
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	7	1	13	2	7	1	14	2	9	2
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	1	0	5	1	5	1	3	1	1	0
��Total Nonoccupants	68	12	90	14	79	12	77	13	73	14
Total	Total	567	100	649	100	633	100	571	100	521	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	567	649	633	571	521
- (1) Single Vehicle	327	369	370	336	303
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	57	69	65	79	55
- (3) Involving Speeding	226	247	253	227	216
- (4) Involving a Rollover	163	204	186	161	128
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	331	407	385	342	291
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	111	123	120	121	107

Year	Age	Total
2004	5	19	5	21	19	4	73
2005	5	22	15	15	12	5	74
2006	3	21	16	14	18	8	80
2007	4	20	10	19	12	4	69
2008	5	19	22	16	10	9	81

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	73	160,227	45.56
2005	74	172,200	42.97
2006	80	194,109	41.21
2007	69	206,712	33.38
2008	81

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	74	79	60	49
White Non-Hispanic	364	402	406	372
Black, Non-Hispanic	13	22	25	18
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	25	31	25	34
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	3	12	10	16
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	3	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	11	8	11	4
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	9	3	14	1
Total	499	559	554	494
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	10	8	8	7
White Non-Hispanic	49	67	63	56
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	5	1	3
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	4	4	1	4
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	4	3	4
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	0	1	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	2	2	2	2
Total	68	90	79	77
Total	Hispanic	84	87	68	56
White Non-Hispanic	413	469	469	428
Black, Non-Hispanic	14	27	26	21
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	29	35	26	38
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	5	16	13	20
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	3	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	11	8	12	5
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	11	5	16	3
Total	567	649	633	571

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	King County	116	130	133	91	96	20	20	21	16	18
2	Pierce County	64	54	60	59	70	11	8	9	10	13
3	Snohomish County	32	57	53	40	34	6	9	8	7	7
4	Thurston County	20	26	26	21	26	4	4	4	4	5
5	Yakima County	34	46	40	42	24	6	7	6	7	5
6	Spokane County	26	34	21	33	22	5	5	3	6	4
7	Whatcom County	12	21	16	16	21	2	3	3	3	4
8	Skagit County	24	22	21	10	20	4	3	3	2	4
9	Kitsap County	19	23	20	21	18	3	4	3	4	3
10	Grant County	15	18	20	14	17	3	3	3	2	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	373	445	417	377	348	66	69	66	66	67
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	194	204	216	194	173	34	31	34	34	33
Total	All Counties	567	649	633	571	521	100	100	100	100	100

1

King County

116

130

133

91

96

20

21

16

18

2

Pierce County

64

54

60

59

70

11

8

9

10

13

3

Snohomish County

32

57

53

40

34

6

9

8

7

4

Thurston County

20

26

21

26

4

5

Yakima County

34

46

40

42

24

6

7

6

7

5

6

Spokane County

26

34

21

33

22

5

3

6

4

7

Whatcom County

12

21

16

21

2

3

4

8

Skagit County

24

22

21

10

20

4

3

2

4

9

Kitsap County

19

23

20

21

18

3

4

3

4

3

10

Grant County

15

18

20

14

17

3

2

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

373

445

417

377

348

66

69

66

67

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

194

204

216

194

173

34

31

34

33

Total

All Counties

567

649

633

571

521

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Garfield County	0.00	0.00	0.00	48.92	97.09
2	Columbia County	0.00	0.00	0.00	25.23	50.13
3	Lincoln County	9.69	39.27	29.41	9.76	48.34
4	Adams County	24.46	60.55	24.16	17.77	40.50
5	Klickitat County	41.36	20.62	20.22	29.92	29.44
6	Skamania County	9.78	29.17	28.55	65.43	27.79
7	Ferry County	67.14	107.31	40.14	40.85	27.20
8	Wahkiakum County	0.00	130.55	50.75	24.76	24.20
9	Whitman County	17.02	12.04	26.69	14.72	24.00
10	Jefferson County	25.13	17.61	17.24	30.87	23.70
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	30.40	33.04	31.04	31.27	30.50
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	8.03	9.36	9.04	7.85	7.44
Total Rate	All Counties	9.18	10.38	9.95	8.85	7.96

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	Washington	567	247	44	223	39	0.40
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Washington	649	302	47	254	39	0.46
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Washington	633	294	46	245	39	0.43
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Washington	571	248	43	208	36	0.37
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Washington	521	251	48	205	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	Washington	396	88	22	354	304	86	750	392	52
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Washington	458	87	19	402	370	92	860	457	53
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Washington	457	91	20	405	382	94	862	473	55
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Washington	424	100	24	362	342	94	786	442	56
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Washington	353	92	26	355	330	93	708	422	60
	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	253	45	305	47	286	45	239	42	231	44
	Light Truck - Pickup	66	12	85	13	74	12	72	13	55	11
	Light Truck - Utility	68	12	48	7	68	11	64	11	51	10
	Light Truck - Van	27	5	27	4	28	4	26	5	14	3
	Large Truck	5	1	11	2	14	2	10	2	10	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	7	1	9	1	4	1	13	2	6	1
	Total Occupants	426	75	485	75	474	75	425	74	367	70
	Bus	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	73	13	74	11	80	13	69	12	81	16
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	60	11	72	11	67	11	60	11	63	12
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	7	1	13	2	7	1	14	2	9	2
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	1	0	5	1	5	1	3	1	1	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	68	12	90	14	79	12	77	13	73	14
Total	Total	567	100	649	100	633	100	571	100	521	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	5	19	5	21	19	4	73
2005	5	22	15	15	12	5	74
2006	3	21	16	14	18	8	80
2007	4	20	10	19	12	4	69
2008	5	19	22	16	10	9	81