Role Traffic Fatality California 1991-2007

Traffic Fatality Trends in California 1991-2007
By Role (Driver, Passenger, Pedestrian, Bicyclist)

By Role

By Role and Gender
By Role, Percent Alcohol, and Gender

Findings:

+ Pedestrian Deaths went from 736 in 2006 to 666 in 2007, a reduction of nearly 10%.
+ Pedestrian Deaths, 666 in 2007, are at the lowest in the last 17 years.


		Role in Crash					Total
		Driver	Passenger	Ped	Bicyclist	Other	Total
Year of Crash	1991	2357	1278	888	115	8	4646
	1992	2133	1149	773	122	4	4181
	1993	2040	1118	862	131	3	4154
	1994	2084	1153	853	120	0	4210
	1995	2037	1153	834	139	1	4164
	1996	1995	1053	795	125	4	3972
	1997	1772	1001	782	113	2	3670
	1998	1680	972	698	107	2	3459
	1999	1794	950	688	117	5	3554
	2000	1924	993	689	116	6	3728
	2001	2037	1050	721	116	2	3926
	2002	2199	1053	702	120	15	4089
	2003	2252	1130	712	124	7	4225
	2004	2255	1011	694	123	11	4094
	2005	2275	1143	748	131	7	4304
	2006	2292	1011	736	154	4	4197
	2007	2208	966	666	123	4	3967
Total		35334	18184	12841	2096	85	68540

+ All the different types of roles in a crash went down in 2007 compared to 2006, except for 'Other' which stayed the same.

+ Bicycle Deaths went from 154 in 2006 to 123 in 2007, a reduction of 20%

+ Pedestrian Deaths went from 736 in 2006 to 666 in 2007, a reduction of nearly 10%.

+ Pedestrian Deaths, 666 in 2007, are at the lowest in the last 17 years.

+ The number of drivers deaths have gone up dramatically since 1998, while other roles in crashes stayed about the same.

+ Driver deaths comprise the largest number of deaths by far in every year.

+ In 2006 pedestrian and passenger deaths went down slightly.


SEX			Role in Crash					Total
SEX			Driver	Passenger	Ped	Bicyclist	Other	Total
Male		1991	1872	704	617	110	1	3304
		1992	1654	627	538	105	2	2926
		1993	1568	619	607	118	0	2912
		1994	1613	566	592	111	0	2882
		1995	1523	621	561	125	0	2830
		1996	1496	533	545	106	0	2680
		1997	1314	517	507	102	1	2441
		1998	1255	513	482	92	1	2343
		1999	1354	489	478	107	2	2430
		2000	1461	537	468	102	4	2572
		2001	1530	564	497	101	0	2692
		2002	1649	586	468	103	6	2812
		2003	1699	592	481	110	1	2883
		2004	1698	503	467	111	9	2788
		2005	1752	586	492	120	5	2955
		2006	1772	527	510	132	4	2945
		2007	1719	499	454	106	2	2780
	Total		26929	9583	8764	1861	38	47175
Female		1991	485	558	271	5	6	1325
		1992	479	514	234	17	0	1244
		1993	472	485	255	13	3	1228
		1994	471	572	261	9	0	1313
		1995	514	522	273	14	1	1324
		1996	499	514	250	19	3	1285
		1997	458	479	275	11	0	1223
		1998	425	453	216	15	0	1109
		1999	440	453	210	10	2	1115
		2000	463	449	221	14	1	1148
		2001	507	479	224	15	1	1226
		2002	530	446	229	15	5	1225
		2003	547	521	229	14	4	1315
		2004	549	501	221	11	2	1284
		2005	514	544	246	11	2	1317
		2006	506	469	219	22	0	1216
		2007	478	454	202	15	0	1149
	Total		8337	8413	4036	230	30	21046

+ Number of female deaths is much lower than male deaths for all roles, although the difference for passengers is slight.

Females:
+ The number of female driver deaths and female passenger deaths are about the same.

+ Female Pedestrian and are at the lowest in the last 17 years.

Males:

+ Pedestrian Deaths for males went down 11% for males between 2006 and 2007.

+ Passenger Deaths for males have gone down 15% for males since 2005.

+ Male Pedestrian and are at the lowest in the last 17 years.

+ Overall, the number of drivers deaths have gone up dramatically since 1998, while other roles in crashes stayed about the same.

+ Driver deaths comprise the largest number of deaths by far in every year.

Percent Alcohol Involved
Sex			Role in Crash
			Driver	Passenger	Pedestrian	Bicyclist
			Percent Alcohol Involved
Male	Year of Crash	1991	51.2	49.1	47.3	21.8
		1992	49.5	52.5	43.5	28.6
		1993	43.8	41.0	40.4	28.0
		1994	41.4	39.2	41.9	23.4
		1995	37.9	37.2	32.4	22.4
		1996	34.2	37.9	35.0	25.5
		1997	34.3	34.4	35.9	27.5
		1998	33.7	36.1	39.2	21.7
		1999	38.0	34.6	45.0	23.4
		2000	36.5	38.2	43.2	25.5
		2001	38.6	34.2	39.0	25.7
		2002	38.8	39.2	45.9	28.2
		2003	39.6	37.2	45.7	21.8
		2004	42.0	35.2	44.1	31.5
		2005	40.5	40.4	42.3	33.3
		2006	41.8	43.3	45.3	31.8
		2007	41.2	38.5	46.7	31.1
Female	Year of Crash	1991	33.8	32.1	30.3	20.0
		1992	35.5	37.5	21.4	5.9
		1993	32.0	28.2	22.7	15.4
		1994	25.7	26.0	19.2	22.2
		1995	26.3	26.6	17.6	14.3
		1996	24.6	27.6	20.4	21.1
		1997	22.5	24.2	13.8	27.3
		1998	23.3	23.6	20.8	26.7
		1999	20.5	26.3	15.2	30.0
		2000	24.0	21.4	24.0	21.4
		2001	27.2	24.8	18.8	13.3
		2002	23.2	21.5	25.3	6.7
		2003	24.9	20.7	21.8	7.1
		2004	25.1	24.6	27.6	.0
		2005	28.2	25.9	28.5	9.1
		2006	27.5	28.8	27.9	22.7
		2007	29.7	28.4	26.2	33.3

+ Females are generally less likely to be in alcohol involved crashes for all roles.

+ Within gender, generally there is not a large difference in alcohol involvement by role in the crash, except for bicycles.

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