Connecticut

Core Outcome Measures	Year
Traffic Fatalities	Total	294	278	311	296	264
Rural	70	50	49	47	51
Urban	222	228	262	249	213
Unknown	2	0	0	0	0
Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Driven**	Total	0.93	0.88	0.98	0.92
Rural	1.76	1.26	1.26	1.18
Urban	0.80	0.82	0.94	0.89
Passenger Vehicle Occupant Fatalities (All Seat Positions)	Total	195	187	207	208	163
Restrained	80	75	93	97	68
Unrestrained	94	87	72	84	70
Unknown	21	25	42	27	25
Alcohol-Impaired Driving Fatalities (BAC=.08+)***	112	98	113	111	86
Speeding-Related Fatalities	99	96	95	99	83
Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total	58	43	57	43	57
Helmeted	18	14	20	15	20
Unhelmeted	39	27	36	28	36
Unknown	1	2	1	0	1
Drivers Involved in Fatal Crashes	Total	413	405	452	403	355
Aged Under 15	0	1	0	0	0
Aged 15-20	61	45	61	54	32
Aged Under 21	61	46	61	54	32
Aged 21 and Over	344	357	383	345	318
Unknown Age	8	2	8	4	5
Pedestrian Fatalities	27	34	38	32	37

Year	Fatalities	Total Vehicle Miles Traveled (Millions)	Fatalities Per 100 Million Vehicle Miles Traveled	Total Population	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
2004	Connecticut	294	31,608	0.93	3,475,351	8.46
US	42,836	2,964,788	1.44	292,892,127	14.63
Best State*			0.87		7.39
2005	Connecticut	278	31,675	0.88	3,478,714	7.99
US	43,510	2,989,430	1.46	295,560,549	14.72
Best State*			0.80		6.85
2006	Connecticut	311	31,743	0.98	3,487,896	8.92
US	42,708	3,014,371	1.42	298,362,973	14.31
Best State*			0.78		6.32
2007	Connecticut	296	32,053	0.92	3,489,868	8.48
US	41,259	3,029,822	1.36	301,290,332	13.69
Best State*			0.79		6.55
2008	Connecticut	264			3,501,252	7.54
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	Connecticut	294	131	45	119	40	0.38
US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Connecticut	278	130	47	109	39	0.34
US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Connecticut	311	138	44	122	39	0.38
US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Connecticut	296	137	46	119	40	0.37
US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Connecticut	264	112	42	94	36
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	Connecticut	294	112	38	0.35
US	42,836	13,099	31	0.44
Best State*			20	0.25
2005	Connecticut	278	98	35	0.31
US	43,510	13,582	31	0.45
Best State*			12	0.13
2006	Connecticut	311	113	36	0.36
US	42,708	13,491	32	0.45
Best State*			18	0.20
2007	Connecticut	296	111	38	0.35
US	41,259	13,041	32	0.43
Best State*			19	0.21
2008	Connecticut	264	86	33
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	Connecticut	211	43	20	202	119	59	413	162	39
US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Connecticut	225	54	24	180	126	70	405	180	44
US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Connecticut	232	62	27	220	190	86	452	252	56
US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Connecticut	210	68	32	193	171	89	403	239	59
US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Connecticut	180	38	21	175	139	79	355	177	50
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	Connecticut	61	83
US	56	80
Best State*	82	95
2005	Connecticut	57	82
US	55	82
Best State*	88	95
2006	Connecticut	61	84
US	55	81
Best State*	77	96
2007	Connecticut	59	86
US	57	82
Best State*	82	98
2008	Connecticut	71	88
US	56	83
Best State*	78	97

Year	Fatalities Age 5 and Above*	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	193	79	94	20	46	92	31
2005	185	75	86	24	47	88	31
2006	205	91	72	42	56	117	37
2007	206	97	83	26	54	101	31
2008	162	68	69	25	50	89	24

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

Year	Fatalities	Lives Saved Estimates**
2004	58	18	39	1	32	11	15
2005	43	14	27	2	34	9	10
2006	57	20	36	1	36	11	13
2007	43	15	28	0	35	8	10
2008	57	20	36	1	36	12	14

Person Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Occupants	Passenger Car	135	46	139	50	160	51	156	53	114	43
Light Truck - Pickup	24	8	20	7	16	5	16	5	12	5
Light Truck - Utility	28	10	22	8	20	6	30	10	25	9
Light Truck - Van	8	3	6	2	11	4	6	2	12	5
Large Truck	4	1	6	2	2	1	5	2	2	1
Other/Unknown Occupants	5	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	0	0
Total Occupants	204	69	196	71	211	68	215	73	165	63
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	58	20	43	15	57	18	43	15	57	22
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	27	9	34	12	38	12	32	11	37	14
Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	5	2	3	1	5	2	5	2	5	2
��Total Nonoccupants	32	11	39	14	43	14	38	13	42	16
Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	Total	294	100	278	100	311	100	296	100	264	100

Crash Type	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total Fatalities (All Crashes)*	294	278	311	296	264
- (1) Single Vehicle	173	171	176	165	166
- (2) Involving a Large Truck	25	21	29	28	22
- (3) Involving Speeding	99	96	95	99	83
- (4) Involving a Rollover	68	75	58	63	56
- (5) Involving a Roadway Departure	176	148	158	157	145
- (6) Involving an Intersection (or Intersection Related)	57	50	73	63	52

Year	Age	Total
2004	5	19	13	15	4	2	58
2005	1	9	8	17	6	2	43
2006	3	23	9	11	8	3	57
2007	2	10	9	13	7	2	43
2008	2	20	12	11	10	2	57

Year	Motorcyclist Fatalities	Total Motorcycle Registrations*	Motorcyclist Fatalities Per 100,000 Motorcycle Registrations
2004	58	64,754	89.57
2005	43	65,110	66.04
2006	57	64,959	87.75
2007	43	64,848	66.31
2008	57

Person Type by Race/Hispanic Origin	2004	2005	2006	2007
Occupants (All Vehicle Types)	Hispanic	17	6	29	13
White Non-Hispanic	208	182	204	204
Black, Non-Hispanic	16	23	19	21
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	2	2
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	1	2	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	17	27	12	16
Total	262	239	268	258
Non-Occupants (Pedestrians, Pedalcyclists and Other/Unknown NonOccupants)	Hispanic	2	3	2	2
White Non-Hispanic	23	30	31	20
Black, Non-Hispanic	1	3	7	7
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	0	0	1	1
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	6	3	2	8
Total	32	39	43	38
Total	Hispanic	19	9	31	15
White Non-Hispanic	231	212	235	224
Black, Non-Hispanic	17	26	26	28
Asian, Non-Hispanic/Unknown	2	0	3	3
All Other Non-Hispanic or Race	2	1	2	2
Unknown Race and Unknown Hispanic	23	30	14	24
Total	294	278	311	296

Counties by 2008 Ranking	Fatalities	Percent of Total
1	New Haven County	54	69	65	75	76	18	25	21	25	29
2	Hartford County	57	53	83	66	60	19	19	27	22	23
3	Fairfield County	53	56	58	53	46	18	20	19	18	17
4	Windham County	20	13	23	13	23	7	5	7	4	9
5	New London County	48	25	40	39	18	16	9	13	13	7
6	Litchfield County	28	20	17	19	15	10	7	5	6	6
7	Tolland County	16	22	8	16	14	5	8	3	5	5
8	Middlesex County	18	20	17	15	12	6	7	5	5	5
Sub Total 1.*	Top Ten Counties	294	278	311	296	264	100	100	100	100	100
Total	All Counties	294	278	311	296	264	100	100	100	100	100

1

New Haven County

54

69

65

75

76

18

25

21

25

29

2

Hartford County

57

53

83

66

60

19

27

22

23

3

Fairfield County

53

56

58

53

46

18

20

19

18

17

4

Windham County

20

13

23

13

23

7

5

7

4

9

5

New London County

48

25

40

39

18

16

9

13

7

6

Litchfield County

28

20

17

19

15

10

7

5

6

7

Tolland County

16

22

8

16

14

5

8

3

5

8

Middlesex County

18

20

17

15

12

6

7

5

Sub Total 1.*

Top Ten Counties

294

278

311

296

264

100

Total

All Counties

294

278

311

296

264

100

Counties by 2008 Ranking		Fatalities Per 100,000 Population
Counties by 2008 Ranking		2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
1	Windham County	17.56	11.29	19.78	11.13	19.60
2	Tolland County	10.98	15.03	5.43	10.84	9.43
3	New Haven County	6.44	8.21	7.72	8.88	8.98
4	Litchfield County	14.92	10.66	9.04	10.12	7.99
5	Middlesex County	11.16	12.35	10.42	9.16	7.28
6	Hartford County	6.56	6.09	9.51	7.54	6.84
7	New London County	18.00	9.43	14.93	14.79	6.80
8	Fairfield County	5.94	6.28	6.51	5.95	5.14
Sub Rate 1.*	Top Ten Counties	8.46	7.99	8.92	8.48	7.54
Total Rate	All Counties	8.46	7.99	8.92	8.48	7.54

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	Connecticut	294	131	45	119	40	0.38
	US	42,836	16,919	39	14,593	34	0.49
	Best State*			25		21	0.27
2005	Connecticut	278	130	47	109	39	0.34
	US	43,510	17,590	40	15,102	35	0.51
	Best State*			14		12	0.14
2006	Connecticut	311	138	44	122	39	0.38
	US	42,708	17,738	42	15,144	35	0.50
	Best State*			24		20	0.22
2007	Connecticut	296	137	46	119	40	0.37
	US	41,259	17,158	42	14,603	35	0.48
	Best State*			24		21	0.23
2008	Connecticut	264	112	42	94	36
	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	Connecticut	211	43	20	202	119	59	413	162	39
	US	31,524	8,215	26	26,871	18,275	68	58,395	26,490	45
	Best State*			80			97			82
2005	Connecticut	225	54	24	180	126	70	405	180	44
	US	31,729	7,415	23	27,491	18,773	68	59,220	26,188	44
	Best State*			77			98			84
2006	Connecticut	232	62	27	220	190	86	452	252	56
	US	30,498	7,482	25	27,348	18,911	69	57,846	26,393	46
	Best State*			81			99			85
2007	Connecticut	210	68	32	193	171	89	403	239	59
	US	29,449	7,631	26	26,570	19,434	73	56,019	27,065	48
	Best State*			82			100			84
2008	Connecticut	180	38	21	175	139	79	355	177	50
	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	135	46	139	50	160	51	156	53	114	43
	Light Truck - Pickup	24	8	20	7	16	5	16	5	12	5
	Light Truck - Utility	28	10	22	8	20	6	30	10	25	9
	Light Truck - Van	8	3	6	2	11	4	6	2	12	5
	Large Truck	4	1	6	2	2	1	5	2	2	1
	Other/Unknown Occupants	5	2	3	1	2	1	2	1	0	0
	Total Occupants	204	69	196	71	211	68	215	73	165	63
Motorcyclists	Total Motorcyclists	58	20	43	15	57	18	43	15	57	22
Nonoccupants	Pedestrian	27	9	34	12	38	12	32	11	37	14
	Bicyclist and Other Cyclist	5	2	3	1	5	2	5	2	5	2
	��Total Nonoccupants	32	11	39	14	43	14	38	13	42	16
	Other/Unknown Nonoccupants	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	Total	294	100	278	100	311	100	296	100	264	100

Year	Age						Total
Year	<20	20-29	30-39	40-49	50-59	>59	Total
2004	5	19	13	15	4	2	58
2005	1	9	8	17	6	2	43
2006	3	23	9	11	8	3	57
2007	2	10	9	13	7	2	43
2008	2	20	12	11	10	2	57