West Virginia

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	410	374	410	432	380
Rural	355	300	356	363	264
Urban	55	74	54	69	112
Unknown	0	0	0	0	4
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.02	1.82	1.96	2.10
Rural	2.40	2.29	2.89	2.99
Urban	1.00	1.00	0.63	0.82
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	324	287	307	324	295
Restrained	122	104	94	114	96
Unrestrained	189	171	162	158	157
Unknown	13	12	51	52	42
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	108	110	105	138	128
Speeding-Related Fatalities	119	82	73	76	97
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	27	34	39	40	52
Helmeted	25	30	29	32	39
Unhelmeted	2	4	9	6	11
Unknown	0	0	1	2	2
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	561	497	546	545	479
Aged Under 15	2	4	1	1	1
Aged 15-20	64	50	68	59	42
Aged Under 21	66	54	69	60	43
Aged 21 and Over	491	441	474	483	430
Unknown Age	4	2	3	2	6
Pedestrian Fatalities	26	23	21	27	13

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	West Virginia	410	20,302	2.02	1,803,312	22.74
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	West Virginia	374	20,523	1.82	1,804,020	20.73
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	West Virginia	410	20,885	1.96	1,806,760	22.69
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	West Virginia	432	20,564	2.10	1,809,836	23.87
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	West Virginia	380			1,814,468	20.94
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	West Virginia	410	142	35	119	29	0.59
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	West Virginia	374	129	34	117	31	0.57
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	West Virginia	410	136	33	110	27	0.53
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	West Virginia	432	177	41	150	35	0.73
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	West Virginia	380	148	39	133	35
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	West Virginia	410	108	26	0.53
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	West Virginia	374	110	29	0.54
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	West Virginia	410	105	26	0.50
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	West Virginia	432	138	32	0.67
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	West Virginia	380	128	34
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	West Virginia	281	31	11	280	246	88	561	277	49
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	West Virginia	235	32	14	262	216	82	497	248	50
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	West Virginia	257	43	17	289	249	86	546	292	53
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	West Virginia	231	41	18	314	258	82	545	299	55
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	West Virginia	194	12	6	285	256	90	479	268	56
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	West Virginia	47	76
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	West Virginia	47	85
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	West Virginia	41
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	West Virginia	56	90
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	West Virginia	50	90
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	320	119	188	13	39	151	69
2005	285	102	171	12	37	123	44
2006	300	90	160	50	36	124	39
2007	320	111	157	52	41	163	39
2008	290	94	157	39	37	132	36

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	3	3	0	0	100	4
2005	2	2	0	0	100	3
2006	4	3	1	0	75	3
2007	3	3	0	0	100	6
2008	3	2	0	1	100	2

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	27	25	2	0	93	15	1
2005	34	30	4	0	88	18	1
2006	39	29	9	1	76	17	4
2007	40	32	6	2	84	20	2
2008	52	39	11	2	78	24	4

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	184	45	158	42	176	43	174	40	144	38
Light Truck - Pickup	76	19	74	20	69	17	73	17	70	18
Light Truck - Utility	49	12	36	10	51	12	55	13	62	16
Light Truck - Van	15	4	19	5	11	3	22	5	19	5
Large Truck	11	3	9	2	9	2	8	2	5	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	18	4	19	5	31	8	32	7	13	3
Total Occupants	353	86	315	84	347	85	364	84	313	82
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	27	7	34	9	39	10	40	9	52	14
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	26	6	23	6	21	5	27	6	13	3
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1
��Total Nonoccupants	30	7	25	7	24	6	28	6	15	4
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Total	410	100	374	100	410	100	432	100	380	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	410	374	410	432	380
- (1) Single Vehicle	243	218	230	274	241
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	64	55	48	48	47
- (3) Involving Speeding	119	82	73	76	97
- (4) Involving a Rollover	136	131	124	154	132
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	292	276	280	308	288
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	50	47	44	38	36

Year	Age	Total
2004	4	6	5	5	5	2	27
2005	2	7	6	9	6	4	34
2006	3	6	10	6	9	5	39
2007	4	12	7	3	9	5	40
2008	4	13	8	8	10	9	52

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	27	19,534	138.2
2005	34	17,702	192.1
2006	39	40,741	95.73
2007	40	45,364	88.18
2008	52

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	3	4	4	3
White Non-Hispanic	365	338	348	376
Black, Non-Hispanic	10	4	11	12
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	3	0	1
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	0	3	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	20	9
Total	380	349	386	404
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	0	0	1	0
White Non-Hispanic	29	24	20	21
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	1	0	4
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	3	1
Total	30	25	24	28
Total	Hispanic	3	4	5	3
White Non-Hispanic	394	362	368	397
Black, Non-Hispanic	11	5	11	16
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	3	0	3
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	0	2
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	0	3	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	23	10
Total	410	374	410	432

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Kanawha County	28	31	35	43	25	7	8	9	10	7
2	Raleigh County	24	15	16	25	24	6	4	4	6	6
3	Monongalia County	16	13	11	17	23	4	3	3	4	6
4	Berkeley County	20	11	23	23	21	5	3	6	5	6
5	Fayette County	13	14	10	14	17	3	4	2	3	4
6	Greenbrier County	11	5	6	6	14	3	1	1	1	4
7	Mercer County	21	22	19	20	13	5	6	5	5	3
8	Wayne County	15	11	10	17	13	4	3	2	4	3
9	Jefferson County	10	8	9	12	12	2	2	2	3	3
10	Jackson County	7	13	8	13	10	2	3	2	3	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	188	164	175	206	172	46	44	43	48	45
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	222	210	235	226	208	54	56	57	52	55
Total	All Counties	410	374	410	432	380	100	100	100	100	100

1

Kanawha County

28

31

35

43

25

7

8

9

10

7

2

Raleigh County

24

15

16

25

24

6

4

6

3

Monongalia County

16

13

11

17

23

4

3

4

6

4

Berkeley County

20

11

23

21

5

3

6

5

6

5

Fayette County

13

14

10

14

17

3

4

2

3

4

6

Greenbrier County

11

5

6

14

3

1

4

7

Mercer County

21

22

19

20

13

5

6

5

3

8

Wayne County

15

11

10

17

13

4

3

2

4

3

9

Jefferson County

10

8

9

12

2

3

10

Jackson County

7

13

8

13

10

2

3

2

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

188

164

175

206

172

46

44

43

48

45

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

222

210

235

226

208

54

56

57

52

55

Total

All Counties

410

374

410

432

380

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Pocahontas County	33.58	22.76	23.04	58.36	94.43
2	Clay County	68.03	49.32	19.89	19.78	59.55
3	Gilmer County	43.01	0.00	43.48	43.52	58.20
4	Tucker County	28.38	0.00	43.49	29.12	58.16
5	Doddridge County	41.29	0.00	0.00	27.61	55.55
6	Pendleton County	37.95	12.86	51.69	91.94	52.76
7	Braxton County	54.45	40.89	75.34	47.78	40.82
8	Lewis County	29.31	40.88	17.55	46.79	40.51
9	Greenbrier County	31.83	14.48	17.39	17.37	40.50
10	Upshur County	21.18	4.28	17.05	4.25	38.16
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	52.56	42.43	53.96	51.02	48.10
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	20.10	17.51	20.16	20.97	18.72
Total Rate	All Counties	22.74	20.73	22.69	23.87	20.94

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	West Virginia	410	142	35	119	29	0.59
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	West Virginia	374	129	34	117	31	0.57
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	West Virginia	410	136	33	110	27	0.53
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	West Virginia	432	177	41	150	35	0.73
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	West Virginia	380	148	39	133	35
	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	West Virginia	281	31	11	280	246	88	561	277	49
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	West Virginia	235	32	14	262	216	82	497	248	50
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	West Virginia	257	43	17	289	249	86	546	292	53
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	West Virginia	231	41	18	314	258	82	545	299	55
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	West Virginia	194	12	6	285	256	90	479	268	56
	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	184	45	158	42	176	43	174	40	144	38
	Light Truck - Pickup	76	19	74	20	69	17	73	17	70	18
	Light Truck - Utility	49	12	36	10	51	12	55	13	62	16
	Light Truck - Van	15	4	19	5	11	3	22	5	19	5
	Large Truck	11	3	9	2	9	2	8	2	5	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	18	4	19	5	31	8	32	7	13	3
	Total Occupants	353	86	315	84	347	85	364	84	313	82
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	27	7	34	9	39	10	40	9	52	14
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	26	6	23	6	21	5	27	6	13	3
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	1
	��Total Nonoccupants	30	7	25	7	24	6	28	6	15	4
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Total	Total	410	100	374	100	410	100	432	100	380	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	4	6	5	5	5	2	27
2005	2	7	6	9	6	4	34
2006	3	6	10	6	9	5	39
2007	4	12	7	3	9	5	40
2008	4	13	8	8	10	9	52