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Drivers involved in fatal traffic crashes and given BAC tests, according to State and injury severity, United States, 1982–2004.


[crash06.htm, updated 11/06]

State/Year

Drivers Given BAC Tests

Dead

Alive

All

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Number

Percent

Alabama

2004

342

42.9

210

28.8

552

36.0

2003

365

52.9

66

9.7

431

31.3

2002

504

72.2

254

39.3

760

56.1

2001

405

59.5

250

36.9

656

48.2

2000

490

70.3

245

37.1

735

53.9

1999

437

57.3

231

30.8

668

44.2

1998

455

62.7

232

32.0

687

47.1

1997

520

66.8

247

29.2

767

47.1

1996

494

64.1

203

26.2

697

45.1

1995

457

61.3

191

24.9

648

42.5

1994

427

61.7

147

19.8

574

39.8

1993

394

59.9

165

23.7

559

41.2

1992

392

56.4

160

24.2

552

40.6

1991

465

64.9

183

25.5

648

44.9

1990

408

56.1

187

25.3

595

40.5

1989

531

80.2

204

30.0

736

54.5

1988

498

78.3

166

23.7

664

49.4

1987

561

77.1

177

26.4

738

52.7

1986

521

75.5

196

27.6

717

51.2

1985

353

65.2

167

27.7

520

45.4

1984

407

69.8

166

26.8

573

47.3

1983

405

73.0

182

29.8

588

50.3

1982

291

57.1

118

22.1

409

39.1

Alaska

2004

29

40.3

36

54.5

65

46.4

2003

33

50.0

27

46.6

60

48.0

2002

24

45.3

31

54.4

56

49.6

2001

43

67.2

31

49.2

74

57.4

2000

44

64.7

32

56.1

76

60.8

1999

33

63.5

32

61.5

65

62.5

1998

17

43.6

31

70.5

48

56.5

1997

30

63.8

35

79.5

65

69.9

1996

29

61.7

41

74.5

70

68.6

1995

29

58.0

33

57.9

62

57.9

1994

30

75.0

35

67.3

65

69.9

1993

35

72.9

47

63.5

82

67.2

1992

38

67.9

35

52.2

73

59.3

1991

38

76.0

43

50.6

81

60.0

1990

55

84.6

39

47.0

94

63.5

1989

44

91.7

29

40.8

73

61.3

1988

43

84.3

27

46.6

70

63.1

1987

28

75.7

35

55.6

63

63.0

1986

33

58.9

27

33.3

60

43.8

1985

28

43.8

54

52.9

82

49.1

1984

32

44.4

50

53.8

83

49.4

1983

51

55.4

43

43.9

95

49.5

1982

29

46.0

25

31.6

55

38.5

Arizona

2004

387

63.5

111

13.4

499

33.1

2003

442

71.8

94

11.8

537

36.5

2002

409

71.4

79

9.7

489

33.7

2001

396

75.7

105

12.7

501

35.5

2000

399

77.9

108

13.8

507

37.6

1999

413

78.4

93

11.5

507

36.7

1998

358

75.7

107

14.2

467

36.9

1997

304

65.9

115

16.4

419

34.0

1996

341

74.0

118

15.8

460

36.0

1995

368

76.5

118

13.9

486

35.3

1994

344

77.0

105

15.5

449

38.0

1993

244

62.9

76

12.5

320

31.4

1992

297

74.3

95

15.3

393

37.6

1991

280

66.8

85

13.4

365

33.8

1990

285

65.1

104

15.9

389

34.4

1989

294

65.9

84

12.4

378

32.5

1988

267

58.3

112

15.4

379

31.1

1987

332

68.7

118

17.9

450

38.4

1986

353

69.5

145

19.0

498

38.1

1985

335

74.0

133

19.7

468

40.4

1984

292

66.4

118

17.9

410

36.4

1983

250

67.4

109

21.3

359

39.9

1982

236

66.9

84

15.7

320

35.0

Arkansas

2004

365

77.3

241

54.3

608

65.8

2003

338

76.1

200

53.3

538

65.7

2002

314

72.9

194

51.5

508

62.6

2001

303

73.9

196

50.4

499

62.3

2000

318

72.4

220

54.1

540

63.4

1999

287

70.5

167

44.3

454

57.9

1998

280

70.4

176

40.6

456

54.8

1997

283

66.3

159

37.4

443

51.9

1996

243

58.1

115

31.0

358

45.4

1995

259

65.1

139

34.8

398

49.9

1994

257

66.2

146

34.4

403

49.5

1993

229

59.9

123

31.3

352

45.1

1992

246

70.9

140

33.7

387

50.1

1991

289

75.1

161

41.2

450

57.5

1990

267

70.6

167

43.2

435

56.6

1989

296

71.0

145

35.1

441

52.6

1988

281

69.6

133

34.1

415

51.9

1987

282

70.0

138

35.3

420

52.4

1986

235

63.7

123

31.5

358

46.9

1985

209

64.9

101

28.9

311

45.9

1984

200

61.9

114

31.8

314

45.6

1983

97

28.0

59

16.9

156

22.3

1982

38

11.7

41

11.5

79

11.6

California

2004

2,081

90.7

767

23.8

2,851

50.6

2003

2,044

90.2

797

24.2

2,847

50.1

2002

2,017

91.3

840

26.5

2,861

51.8

2001

1,900

91.6

784

25.3

2,690

50.7

2000

1,795

91.6

781

26.0

2,581

50.8

1999

1,649

91.3

719

26.9

2,371

51.7

1998

1,578

92.4

738

25.8

2,318

49.1

1997

1,633

89.9

699

23.7

2,334

48.1

1996

1,852

91.3

774

24.2

2,628

49.1

1995

1,870

89.7

787

24.1

2,659

48.7

1994

1,934

90.6

793

23.2

2,729

48.1

1993

1,863

89.9

697

21.7

2,562

47.4

1992

1,978

91.2

771

23.2

2,749

49.1

1991

2,201

91.8

853

22.9

3,055

48.7

1990

2,526

91.3

971

24.7

3,499

51.1

1989

2,683

91.6

940

22.7

3,623

50.3

1988

2,601

89.8

917

21.7

3,520

48.5

1987

2,769

89.9

987

23.8

3,759

51.1

1986

2,596

88.0

872

23.1

3,472

50.1

1985

2,464

88.7

775

21.8

3,239

49.4

1984

2,549

89.3

812

22.7

3,363

50.9

1983

2,156

86.7

751

22.3

2,910

48.2

1982

2,281

87.6

748

23.9

3,030

51.2

Colorado

2004

274

68.5

100

18.5

374

39.3

2003

356

88.8

118

25.2

474

54.1

2002

418

88.4

149

30.2

568

58.3

2001

398

89.2

151

29.0

549

55.9

2000

355

86.4

156

30.5

511

54.8

1999

330

87.5

150

33.2

480

57.2

1998

318

85.9

155

33.3

473

56.0

1997

319

85.1

144

33.6

463

57.0

1996

324

90.8

162

37.2

486

60.8

1995

348

89.5

205

45.9

553

65.6

1994

331

90.9

186

44.5

518

65.7

1993

292

86.6

163

41.4

455

61.9

1992

271

89.7

162

42.6

433

62.9

1991

303

90.7

152

45.1

455

67.3

1990

282

84.7

165

44.5

447

63.0

1989

271

87.1

196

50.9

467

66.5

1988

264

88.0

153

45.0

417

64.9

1987

278

87.7

203

48.3

481

64.9

1986

283

89.8

194

49.4

477

66.6

1985

322

87.0

204

47.7

526

65.3

1984

315

88.0

204

49.5

519

67.2

1983

309

84.7

225

52.3

534

66.3

1982

320

86.7

206

46.3

526

64.4

Connecticut

2004

124

61.4

49

24.0

173

41.9

2003

165

87.3

66

32.0

231

57.9

2002

169

87.1

65

29.8

235

56.5

2001

176

82.6

70

33.2

247

57.3

2000

190

85.2

72

30.3

262

56.2

1999

141

83.4

53

23.7

194

48.7

1998

200

90.9

64

28.1

264

58.3

1997

180

90.0

83

33.2

263

58.2

1996

177

90.3

60

26.8

237

56.0

1995

175

91.1

58

27.9

233

57.4

1994

131

80.9

57

23.7

188

46.4

1993

186

87.7

74

29.6

260

56.2

1992

162

90.0

67

30.5

229

57.0

1991

159

90.9

88

37.8

247

60.5

1990

208

90.4

63

22.7

271

53.0

1989

234

90.0

65

22.9

299

54.9

1988

250

89.0

112

30.5

362

55.4

1987

248

88.6

98

30.6

346

57.3

1986

266

96.7

101

30.7

367

60.5

1985

247

84.6

84

28.8

331

56.7

1984

255

87.3

109

32.0

364

57.4

1983

201

75.6

95

31.0

296

51.7

1982

231

74.3

99

27.2

330

48.7

Delaware

2004

59

71.1

36

33.0

95

49.2

2003

76

84.4

52

37.1

128

54.9

2002

62

86.1

58

58.6

120

69.4

2001

70

90.9

72

68.6

142

77.6

2000

55

84.6

65

58.6

120

67.0

1999

57

87.7

55

64.0

112

73.7

1998

65

82.3

45

50.0

110

64.7

1997

74

88.1

59

59.0

133

71.1

1996

55

87.3

71

59.2

126

67.4

1995

47

79.7

73

67.0

120

70.2

1994

57

85.1

65

68.4

122

73.9

1993

52

88.1

73

66.4

125

73.1

1992

81

90.0

72

72.0

153

78.9

1991

39

86.7

66

64.1

105

70.9

1990

69

88.5

65

57.0

134

69.8

1989

63

92.6

55

61.1

118

74.2

1988

89

95.7

83

61.0

172

75.1

1987

87

95.6

78

67.2

165

79.7

1986

82

98.8

79

83.2

161

90.4

1985

59

95.2

66

82.5

125

88.0

1984

68

90.7

86

86.9

154

88.5

1983

60

100.0

77

91.7

137

94.5

1982

69

92.0

72

75.8

141

82.5

District of Columbia

2004

21

84.0

15

34.9

36

52.2

2003

8

22.9

14

23.7

22

22.7

2002

1

3.6

8

19.5

9

12.5

2001

22

64.7

36

70.6

58

67.4

2000

6

27.3

17

45.9

23

37.1

1999

0

0.0

4

11.1

4

7.0

1998

8

33.3

22

45.8

30

39.0

1997

3

14.3

21

41.2

24

28.9

1996

1

4.2

16

30.8

17

20.5

1995

9

25.7

13

38.2

22

28.9

1994

1

4.0

17

33.3

18

21.7

1993

0

0.0

13

26.0

13

16.0

1992

8

34.8

9

22.5

17

25.4

1991

25

92.6

10

19.2

35

39.8

1990

20

95.2

11

30.6

32

51.6

1989

21

87.5

9

13.4

30

31.6

1988

23

100.0

16

33.3

39

52.7

1987

14

87.5

29

55.8

43

62.3

1986

13

81.3

22

47.8

35

54.7

1985

17

63.0

7

15.9

24

32.9

1984

22

95.7

19

34.5

41

51.3

1983

19

90.5

23

35.9

42

48.8

1982

14

87.5

10

31.3

24

48.0

Florida

2004

1,225

64.1

616

23.3

1,843

40.3

2003

1,202

65.4

647

25.3

1,851

41.9

2002

1,198

66.7

663

25.4

1,862

42.1

2001

1,146

67.5

648

25.0

1,795

41.7

2000

1,136

65.9

572

22.7

1,708

40.0

1999

998

62.9

486

18.8

1,485

35.3

1998

926

59.7

479

19.1

1,406

34.3

1997

874

59.1

466

19.1

1,340

33.8

1996

887

62.0

472

19.0

1,360

34.4

1995

991

68.6

541

21.7

1,532

38.5

1994

908

66.3

537

23.0

1,448

38.5

1993

988

71.8

490

21.1

1,478

39.6

1992

875

71.7

500

23.6

1,378

40.8

1991

870

69.5

471

22.5

1,342

40.0

1990

1,090

72.4

658

27.1

1,750

44.4

1989

1,165

77.2

683

26.6

1,848

45.2

1988

1,168

74.1

712

27.0

1,881

44.5

1987

1,012

69.2

701

28.3

1,713

43.0

1986

1,034

71.2

679

28.6

1,714

44.1

1985

1,227

83.4

1,273

52.8

2,500

64.3

1984

1,016

70.4

619

25.7

1,635

42.4

1983

521

37.8

565

25.1

1,086

29.8

1982

631

48.4

666

29.8

1,297

36.4

Georgia

2004

625

58.7

368

29.0

997

42.4