Arkansas

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	703	654	665	649	600
Rural	556	530	504	496	443
Urban	147	124	161	153	157
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	2.22	2.05	2.01	1.96
Rural	2.79	2.64	2.49	2.47
Urban	1.26	1.04	1.26	1.17
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	564	516	510	481	445
Restrained	164	149	134	159	142
Unrestrained	348	312	303	274	265
Unknown	52	55	73	48	38
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	201	180	200	181	171
Speeding-Related Fatalities	104	106	96	64	63
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	57	63	76	80	68
Helmeted	22	29	18	29	27
Unhelmeted	35	30	56	48	37
Unknown	0	4	2	3	4
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	924	891	885	857	778
Aged Under 15	1	0	5	2	1
Aged 15-20	132	115	122	118	102
Aged Under 21	133	115	127	120	103
Aged 21 and Over	784	770	754	730	664
Unknown Age	7	6	4	7	11
Pedestrian Fatalities	32	37	31	45	45

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Arkansas	703	31,648	2.22	2,740,191	25.66
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Arkansas	654	31,972	2.05	2,768,918	23.62
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Arkansas	665	33,007	2.01	2,804,199	23.71
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Arkansas	649	33,171	1.96	2,830,557	22.93
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Arkansas	600			2,855,390	21.01
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	Arkansas	703	264	38	218	31	0.69
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Arkansas	654	218	33	190	29	0.59
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Arkansas	665	254	38	205	31	0.62
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Arkansas	649	240	37	195	30	0.59
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Arkansas	600	224	37	191	32
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	Arkansas	703	201	29	0.64
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Arkansas	654	180	28	0.56
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Arkansas	665	200	30	0.61
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Arkansas	649	181	28	0.55
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Arkansas	600	171	29
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	Arkansas	452	243	54	472	365	77	924	608	66
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Arkansas	410	205	50	481	366	76	891	571	64
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Arkansas	406	204	50	479	384	80	885	588	66
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Arkansas	395	233	59	462	358	77	857	591	69
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Arkansas	347	220	63	431	344	80	778	564	72
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	Arkansas	37	64
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Arkansas	40	68
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Arkansas	44	69
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Arkansas	44	70
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Arkansas	41	70
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	551	156	345	50	31	205	163
2005	511	147	309	55	32	198	142
2006	495	126	297	72	30	174	138
2007	475	154	273	48	36	219	150
2008	439	139	262	38	35	176	125

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	13	8	3	2	73	13
2005	5	2	3	0	40	2
2006	15	8	6	1	57	14
2007	5	5	0	0	100	8
2008	6	3	3	0	50	4

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	57	22	35	0	39	13	13
2005	63	29	30	4	49	18	12
2006	76	18	56	2	24	11	22
2007	80	29	48	3	38	18	19
2008	68	27	37	4	42	17	15

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	314	45	261	40	256	38	244	38	221	37
Light Truck - Pickup	129	18	148	23	130	20	131	20	127	21
Light Truck - Utility	95	14	73	11	96	14	84	13	76	13
Light Truck - Van	26	4	34	5	28	4	22	3	21	4
Large Truck	15	2	26	4	25	4	27	4	20	3
Bus	16	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
Other/Unknown Occupants	14	2	8	1	16	2	9	1	16	3
Total Occupants	609	87	550	84	551	83	520	80	481	80
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	57	8	63	10	76	11	80	12	68	11
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	32	5	37	6	31	5	45	7	45	8
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	5	1
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	2	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	0
��Total Nonoccupants	37	5	41	6	38	6	49	8	51	9
Total	Total	703	100	654	100	665	100	649	100	600	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	703	654	665	649	600
- (1) Single Vehicle	359	352	394	362	368
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	110	115	91	114	77
- (3) Involving Speeding	104	106	96	64	63
- (4) Involving a Rollover	245	234	261	203	224
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	436	388	451	422	402
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	122	124	99	106	88

Year	Age	Total
2004	3	13	12	17	10	2	57
2005	5	8	12	14	13	11	63
2006	4	20	16	14	14	8	76
2007	6	15	16	14	20	9	80
2008	6	13	13	21	8	7	68

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	57	43,668	130.5
2005	63	50,100	125.7
2006	76	58,686	129.5
2007	80	64,154	124.7
2008	68

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	27	25	34	30
White Non-Hispanic	522	501	498	484
Black, Non-Hispanic	113	81	89	82
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	3
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	4	2	6	0
Total	666	613	627	600
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	2	2	3	0
White Non-Hispanic	23	26	28	36
Black, Non-Hispanic	12	12	7	12
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	0	1	0	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	0	1
Total	37	41	38	49
Total	Hispanic	29	27	37	30
White Non-Hispanic	545	527	526	520
Black, Non-Hispanic	125	93	96	94
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	1
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	1	0	3
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	2	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	4	3	6	0
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	0	0	0	1
Total	703	654	665	649

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	Pulaski County	57	53	66	64	67	8	8	10	10	11
2	Benton County	30	27	36	35	25	4	4	5	5	4
3	Lonoke County	25	18	12	17	19	4	3	2	3	3
4	Sebastian County	9	9	16	18	19	1	1	2	3	3
5	Craighead County	16	13	24	18	17	2	2	4	3	3
6	Garland County	24	28	21	32	17	3	4	3	5	3
7	Jefferson County	19	9	12	22	17	3	1	2	3	3
8	Washington County	32	19	28	20	17	5	3	4	3	3
9	Faulkner County	16	15	15	12	16	2	2	2	2	3
10	White County	17	16	20	23	15	2	2	3	4	3
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	272	233	266	266	229	39	36	40	41	38
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	431	421	399	383	371	61	64	60	59	62
Total	All Counties	703	654	665	649	600	100	100	100	100	100

1

Pulaski County

57

53

66

64

67

8

10

11

2

Benton County

30

27

36

35

25

4

5

4

3

Lonoke County

25

18

12

17

19

4

3

2

3

4

Sebastian County

9

16

18

19

1

2

3

5

Craighead County

16

13

24

18

17

2

4

3

6

Garland County

24

28

21

32

17

3

4

3

5

3

7

Jefferson County

19

9

12

22

17

3

1

2

3

8

Washington County

32

19

28

20

17

5

3

4

3

9

Faulkner County

16

15

12

16

2

3

10

White County

17

16

20

23

15

2

3

4

3

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

272

233

266

229

39

36

40

41

38

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

431

421

399

383

371

61

64

60

59

62

Total

All Counties

703

654

665

649

600

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Prairie County	11.06	66.99	22.61	80.21	93.24
2	Jackson County	39.81	17.13	34.70	46.58	59.05
3	Lee County	26.26	8.88	9.08	27.76	55.65
4	Montgomery County	32.98	66.23	55.24	0.00	55.27
5	Polk County	25.12	14.99	14.86	14.88	54.30
6	Woodruff County	74.14	0.00	25.52	26.21	53.77
7	Newton County	23.71	23.87	35.86	47.99	48.20
8	Monroe County	140.92	76.97	33.74	57.55	46.96
9	Scott County	36.83	45.67	0.00	17.76	44.45
10	Hot Spring County	45.72	67.71	37.98	31.40	43.87
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	62.48	66.18	58.15	63.89	53.38
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	23.20	21.16	21.82	21.08	19.43
Total Rate	All Counties	25.66	23.62	23.71	22.93	21.01

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	Arkansas	703	264	38	218	31	0.69
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Arkansas	654	218	33	190	29	0.59
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Arkansas	665	254	38	205	31	0.62
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Arkansas	649	240	37	195	30	0.59
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Arkansas	600	224	37	191	32
	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	Arkansas	452	243	54	472	365	77	924	608	66
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Arkansas	410	205	50	481	366	76	891	571	64
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Arkansas	406	204	50	479	384	80	885	588	66
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Arkansas	395	233	59	462	358	77	857	591	69
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Arkansas	347	220	63	431	344	80	778	564	72
	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	314	45	261	40	256	38	244	38	221	37
	Light Truck - Pickup	129	18	148	23	130	20	131	20	127	21
	Light Truck - Utility	95	14	73	11	96	14	84	13	76	13
	Light Truck - Van	26	4	34	5	28	4	22	3	21	4
	Large Truck	15	2	26	4	25	4	27	4	20	3
	Bus	16	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0
	Other/Unknown Occupants	14	2	8	1	16	2	9	1	16	3
	Total Occupants	609	87	550	84	551	83	520	80	481	80
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	57	8	63	10	76	11	80	12	68	11
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	32	5	37	6	31	5	45	7	45	8
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	3	0	3	0	3	0	3	0	5	1
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	2	0	1	0	4	1	1	0	1	0
	��Total Nonoccupants	37	5	41	6	38	6	49	8	51	9
Total	Total	703	100	654	100	665	100	649	100	600	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	3	13	12	17	10	2	57
2005	5	8	12	14	13	11	63
2006	4	20	16	14	14	8	76
2007	6	15	16	14	20	9	80
2008	6	13	13	21	8	7	68