Colorado

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	667	606	535	554	548
Rural	389	333	306	316	296
Urban	278	273	229	238	252
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	1.45	1.26	1.10	1.14
Rural	2.61	2.23	1.98	2.02
Urban	0.90	0.83	0.69	0.72
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	492	444	368	367	378
Restrained	209	188	139	161	184
Unrestrained	275	250	226	193	173
Unknown	8	6	3	13	21
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	200	206	179	167	173
Speeding-Related Fatalities	255	204	182	224	210
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	81	87	74	90	98
Helmeted	19	4	13	33	30
Unhelmeted	62	83	61	57	68
Unknown	0	0	0	0	0
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	951	847	721	789	712
Aged Under 15	1	1	2	2	1
Aged 15-20	157	107	97	85	86
Aged Under 21	158	108	99	87	87
Aged 21 and Over	777	727	614	696	617
Unknown Age	16	12	8	6	8
Pedestrian Fatalities	70	48	59	58	44

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Colorado	667	45,891	1.45	4,600,050	14.50
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Colorado	606	47,962	1.26	4,662,734	13.00
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Colorado	535	48,641	1.10	4,751,474	11.26
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Colorado	554	48,713	1.14	4,842,770	11.44
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Colorado	548			4,939,456	11.09
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	Colorado	667	265	40	228	34	0.50
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Colorado	606	252	42	222	37	0.46
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Colorado	535	227	42	193	36	0.40
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Colorado	554	224	40	195	35	0.40
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Colorado	548	218	40	189	34
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	Colorado	667	200	30	0.44
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Colorado	606	206	34	0.43
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Colorado	535	179	33	0.37
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Colorado	554	167	30	0.34
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Colorado	548	173	32
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	Colorado	551	83	15	400	251	63	951	334	35
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Colorado	453	32	7	394	259	66	847	291	34
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Colorado	384	55	14	337	243	72	721	298	41
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Colorado	437	37	8	352	308	88	789	345	44
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Colorado	351	36	10	361	278	77	712	314	44
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	Colorado	58	79
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Colorado	55	79
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Colorado	47	80
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Colorado	59	81
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Colorado	62	82
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	480	200	272	8	42	232	96
2005	433	179	248	6	42	216	87
2006	362	134	225	3	37	168	74
2007	364	159	192	13	45	201	82
2008	371	181	171	19	51	233	88

Year	Fatalities Age 4 and Under*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	11	8	3	0	73	9
2005	10	9	1	0	90	10
2006	6	5	1	0	83	8
2007	3	2	1	0	67	2
2008	7	3	2	2	60	4

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	81	19	62	23	11	23
2005	87	4	83	5	2	31
2006	74	13	61	18	8	23
2007	90	33	57	37	20	21
2008	98	30	68	31	18	26

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	277	42	252	42	180	34	189	34	178	32
Light Truck - Pickup	97	15	85	14	83	16	73	13	80	15
Light Truck - Utility	95	14	89	15	79	15	84	15	88	16
Light Truck - Van	21	3	18	3	25	5	21	4	32	6
Light Truck - Other	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Large Truck	10	1	16	3	19	4	22	4	10	2
Other/Unknown Occupants	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
Total Occupants	505	76	462	76	389	73	390	70	388	71
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	81	12	87	14	74	14	90	16	98	18
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	70	10	48	8	59	11	58	10	44	8
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	11	2	8	1	10	2	11	2	12	2
��Total Nonoccupants	81	12	57	9	72	13	74	13	62	11
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	1	6	1
Total	Total	667	100	606	100	535	100	554	100	548	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	667	606	535	554	548
- (1) Single Vehicle	347	346	315	306	314
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	69	68	67	82	68
- (3) Involving Speeding	255	204	182	224	210
- (4) Involving a Rollover	258	256	227	225	204
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	388	364	306	307	323
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	162	149	119	149	125

Year	Age	Total
2004	4	18	14	19	22	4	81
2005	2	18	19	18	21	9	87
2006	3	13	13	25	13	7	74
2007	4	15	15	27	18	11	90
2008	5	25	17	22	19	10	98

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	81	8,411	963.0
2005	87	117,159	74.26
2006	74	117,159	63.16
2007	90	111,468	80.74
2008	98

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	135	103	87	92
White Non-Hispanic	405	417	334	357
Black, Non-Hispanic	13	16	18	24
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	7	4	8	3
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	1	0
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	0	0
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	9	7	12	4
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	12	2	3	0
Total	586	549	463	480
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	22	14	25	22
White Non-Hispanic	49	35	43	46
Black, Non-Hispanic	4	5	2	4
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	2	2	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	1	0	0	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	3	1	0	0
Total	81	57	72	74
Total	Hispanic	157	117	112	114
White Non-Hispanic	454	452	377	403
Black, Non-Hispanic	17	21	20	28
American Indian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	9	6	10	3
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	1	0
Pacific Islander, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	0	0
Multiple Races, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	1	0	0	0
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	10	7	12	6
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	15	3	3	0
Total	667	606	535	554

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	El Paso County	58	47	31	39	47	9	8	6	7	9
2	Denver County	60	53	35	39	46	9	9	7	7	8
3	Weld County	89	46	38	47	45	13	8	7	9	8
4	Arapahoe County	30	35	40	36	44	5	6	7	7	8
5	Adams County	48	54	38	39	39	7	9	7	7	7
6	Jefferson County	34	47	45	39	39	5	8	8	7	7
7	Larimer County	30	27	28	25	26	5	4	5	5	5
8	Pueblo County	27	16	15	23	26	4	3	3	4	5
9	Boulder County	21	23	18	15	23	3	4	3	3	4
10	Douglas County	27	23	21	14	21	4	4	4	3	4
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	424	374	318	332	356	64	62	59	60	65
Sub Total 2.**	All Other Counties	239	230	217	218	190	36	38	41	40	35
Total	All Counties	663	604	535	550	546	100	100	100	100	100

1

El Paso County

58

47

31

39

47

9

8

6

7

9

2

Denver County

60

53

35

39

46

9

7

8

3

Weld County

89

46

38

47

45

13

8

7

9

8

4

Arapahoe County

30

35

40

36

44

5

6

7

8

5

Adams County

48

54

38

39

7

9

7

6

Jefferson County

34

47

45

39

5

8

7

Larimer County

30

27

28

25

26

5

4

5

8

Pueblo County

27

16

15

23

26

4

3

4

5

9

Boulder County

21

23

18

15

23

3

4

3

4

10

Douglas County

27

23

21

14

21

4

3

4

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

424

374

318

332

356

64

62

59

60

65

Sub Total 2.**

All Other Counties

239

230

217

218

190

36

38

41

40

35

Total

All Counties

663

604

535

550

546

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Kiowa County	143.47	72.20	146.09	150.15	302.80
2	Jackson County	409.56	70.22	0.00	145.35	222.88
3	San Juan County	0.00	353.98	174.52	355.87	181.16
4	Baca County	49.33	125.53	204.55	25.88	130.41
5	Mineral County	0.00	650.05	0.00	208.33	103.95
6	Rio Blanco County	67.49	102.77	115.89	16.08	94.64
7	Lincoln County	71.06	72.89	18.65	18.83	94.59
8	Costilla County	114.61	59.51	0.00	30.38	92.82
9	San Miguel County	84.14	13.86	27.69	13.32	52.97
10	Huerfano County	51.79	51.45	76.71	63.99	50.39
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	99.70	119.35	110.04	89.74	93.84
Sub Rate 2.**	All Other Counties	13.57	12.39	10.26	10.99	10.52
Total Rate	All Counties	14.56	13.09	11.38	11.48	11.18

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	Colorado	667	265	40	228	34	0.50
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Colorado	606	252	42	222	37	0.46
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Colorado	535	227	42	193	36	0.40
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Colorado	554	224	40	195	35	0.40
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Colorado	548	218	40	189	34
	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	Colorado	551	83	15	400	251	63	951	334	35
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Colorado	453	32	7	394	259	66	847	291	34
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Colorado	384	55	14	337	243	72	721	298	41
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Colorado	437	37	8	352	308	88	789	345	44
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Colorado	351	36	10	361	278	77	712	314	44
	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	277	42	252	42	180	34	189	34	178	32
	Light Truck - Pickup	97	15	85	14	83	16	73	13	80	15
	Light Truck - Utility	95	14	89	15	79	15	84	15	88	16
	Light Truck - Van	21	3	18	3	25	5	21	4	32	6
	Light Truck - Other	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Large Truck	10	1	16	3	19	4	22	4	10	2
	Other/Unknown Occupants	3	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0
	Total Occupants	505	76	462	76	389	73	390	70	388	71
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	81	12	87	14	74	14	90	16	98	18
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	70	10	48	8	59	11	58	10	44	8
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	11	2	8	1	10	2	11	2	12	2
	��Total Nonoccupants	81	12	57	9	72	13	74	13	62	11
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	1	0	3	1	5	1	6	1
Total	Total	667	100	606	100	535	100	554	100	548	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	4	18	14	19	22	4	81
2005	2	18	19	18	21	9	87
2006	3	13	13	25	13	7	74
2007	4	15	15	27	18	11	90
2008	5	25	17	22	19	10	98