Motorcycle By County       DUI Arrest UP!     
                               Major Violation Categories       By City   1991-2007
 Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT)          Alameda County 2006
 Iraq 2003-2006
       MotorCycle Deaths Up                (updated 6-8-09)                  

Kids -
Great Progress!!


California Traffic Death Rates and
Numbers
State Counties Cities
 

 


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Subject
State
State Trends
County
County Trends
City Trends
All Traffic Deaths


2007




1991-2007


2007
1991-2007 1991 - 2007
Alcohol Involved
2007
1991-2007

Gender and Alcohol



Age and Alcohol
2007




DUI Arrests
1991-2007



Age 0-30

1991-2007



Vehicle Miles Traveled
2005

2005

Major Violation Categories
 2007

2007

Role: Driver, Passenger, Pedestrian

2007


1991-2007

2005


Motorcycle
 2007
2002-2006
 2007


Pedestrians
2005
Children 1991 - 2006 2005 Large Counties
 1991-2005

Risk of Death Age 16-30
2005



Lifetime Risk
Lifetime Risk by Fault
2004





Median Age
2005
1991 - 2004
2005


Children
1991 - 2006


Selected Counties


Alameda 2006
Monterey County
Sonoma

Monterey County
Sonoma


Findings:

In 2007, California had a 5.5% decrease in the number of deaths compared to 2006, a total of 3967.

In 2007, California had a 7% decrease in the number of alcohol related deaths compared to 2006.

*   Since 1991, 68,540 people have died in California through traffic crashes. 

The increase in traffic fatalities since 1998 is mostly the result of an increase in alcohol fatalities.

More people die in traffic deaths every year in California then died in the 9/11 attacks.

As a percentage of all female deaths, female alcohol related deaths increased in 2007.

Children under 15 years of age have had a 60% reduction in the number of all traffic deaths between 1991 and 2006!!     
The biggest drop was in children 5 and under(See  Table)

Since 1998 there has been a 32% increase in Alcohol Related Traffic Deaths.

Overall, since 1998, there has been a 22% drop in Alcohol Arrests Per Traffic Alcohol Death


More people die in Traffic deaths every year in California then died in the 9/11 attacks.

Traffic Fatality Deaths have demonstrated a dramatic increase since 1998 in
numbers and rate.

In California, for the year 2004, the cumulative risk of a traffic death for the age 1 to 75 for males is 1.1 per hundred.  For females, the lifetime risk is half that, 1 per 200.


The increase in traffic fatalities since 1998 is mostly the result of an increase in alcohol fatalities.


*Source of  Data


  I put a lot of work into this so let me know whether you find it useful:
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Other Relevant Sites: 
                                       

Traffic Safety Among Latino Populations in California

Prevention Institute
   
National Data

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2008 Estimated National Data

Alcohol-Impaired Driving Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-985)

Overview Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-993)

Bicyclists and Other Cyclists (DOT-HS-810-986)

Children Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-987)

Large Trucks Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-989)

Motorcycles Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-990)

Occupant Protection Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-991)

Older Population Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-992)

Pedestrians Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-994)

School Transportation-Related Crashes Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-810-997)

Speeding Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-811-998) 1/9/2009

State Alcohol-Impaired Driving Estimates (DOT-HS-810-999)

State Traffic Data (DOT-HS-811-000) JUST RELEASED 03/25/09    (NEW JUST RELEASES)

Young Drivers Traffic Safety Fact Sheet (DOT-HS-811-001)

2007 Traffic Safety Annual Assessment – Highlights

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Fatal Accident Reporting System (FARS) Web-based Encyclopedia


Encouraging traffic safety and prevention through information: Using  the most recent Fatal crash data from SWITRS*, this site is to make California traffic data more accessible and valuable for prevention and safety purposes.
1. Historical Perspective - 1991 - 2005
2. California County Rates and Ranks - Allows comparison across areas and time.
3. Chart and graphs formats.                
        4.  Alcohol Data
5. Data and rates at various geographic levels of specificity:
a. Statewide              b. County

 



Source of Data:

The Traffic fatalities are based on data collected by the State of California through the California Highway Patrol in a data system named the Statewide Integrated Traffic Reporting System. SWITRS receives data from all police jurisdictions in the state on all traffic crashes.

Population Data used in making rates come from the State of California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit.

Traffic Data:      Statewide Integrated Traffic Reporting System
Population Data:  State of California Department of Finance, Demographic Research Unit.
Arrest Data:                 California DMV

This web  site is produced by Peter Roeper, an Associate Research Scientist. He has received both a Masters in Education and Masters in Public Health from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Since 1992, Mr. Roeper has worked on issues related to alcohol and drinking and driving. He played a lead role in a major grant to reduce alcohol related trauma in different communities across the country. He became an expert in using and combining health data for both health research purposes and to facilitate the activities of community based organizations. Currently, in addition to doing research on underage drinking using large health datasets, Mr. Roeper is working directly with several different California communities as a consultant to reduce drinking and driving.  He provides this as a public service.  To contact go here.


Comments and suggestions on how to make the data more useful for traffic safety and prevention purposes  are very welcome.

Last updated 08.21.2006                          

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