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ARIZONA
MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH FACTS
1997
1997 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts for Arizona
Prepared by the: Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics Unit Traffic Records Section Jim Williams,Manager Philip A. Scandura Sr., Senior Analyst Nancy Ann Crandall, Analyst Laura Bunch, Analyst Judy Ormond, Analyst
This publication is a statistical review of the motor vehicle crashes in the State of Arizona for calendar year 1997. The results are compiled from Arizona Traffic Accident Reports submitted to the Arizona Department of Transportation by state, county, city, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies. Specific inquiries regarding the data in this report or requests for additional copies should be directed to: The Arizona Department of Transportation Traffic Engineering Group Traffic Records Section 2828 N. Central Avenue, Suite 880 Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 255-6968 or (602) 255-6687 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts is an annual report published by the Traffic Engineering Group of the Arizona Department of Transportation. In order to provide the most current information, preliminary data is utilized when necessary. For this reason, previous or future reports may differ slightly and we encourage you to refer to the latest issue of Motor Vehicle Crash Facts. Cover photo taken from ADOT's Trailmaster website www.azfms.com 1998 Arizona Department of Transportation Visit ADOT's Web Site www.dot.state.az.us For further information or questions, please E-Mail azcrashfacts@dot.state.az.us
The Arizona Department of Transportation
Jane Dee Hull Governor
Mary Peters Director
State Transportation Board
Jack F. Husted Chairman John I. Hudson Vice Chairman Members Burton S. Kruglick Jerry C. Williams F. Rockne "Roc" Arnett Katie Dusenberry Ingo Radicke
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1: Highlights and Historical Trends .................................................................1
Total crashes, historical data, economic loss, victim demographics, vehicle miles traveled, fatality rates, land use, and holiday deaths.
Section 2: Geographic Location...................................................................................12
Urban and rural crashes, crashes by counties, cities, and on state highways.
Section 3: Crash Descriptions......................................................................................22
Single vehicle and multi-vehicle, lighting, road surface, weather, road grade, time, day, and month.
Section 4: Safety Devices..............................................................................................31
Use of safety devices by drivers and passengers, child restraint, seat positions. (For helmet use, see Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes)
Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics.................................................35
Crashes by vehicle type, hit and run crashes, motor vehicle registration, Licensed drivers by age, killed and injured by vehicle type, gender of drivers, residence and age of drivers, driver errors and physical condition.
Section 6: Alcohol-Related Crashes.............................................................................40
Alcohol-related crashes by severity and manner of collision, first harmful event, vehicle type, light conditions, single and multi-vehicle crashes, age, gender, safety devices, daytime, weekday, and weekend crashes, pedestrian involvement, month, time, and day of week.
Section 7: Pedestrian and Pedalcyclists.......................................................................49
Severity of injury, age, gender, history, victims' actions, physical condition, intersectionrelated, lighting, and weather conditions.
Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes .................................................................................... 55
Severity of injury, fatalities, and motorcycle registrations, fatality rate, accident type, lighting conditions, road surface, urban and rural, valid licenses, operators' age, license status, operator and passenger helmet usage, victims ages, gender, operator errors, time, weekday, weekend, and month.
Section 9: School Bus Crashes ..................................................................................... 65
History, driver errors, injuries, fatalities, time of day, weather conditions and vehicles involved.
Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ 67
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Note to all statistical users
It has been discovered that the data entry program used for the drivers and victims had a default error concerning age. All persons with an unknown date of birth had been assigned, February 14, 1912, (AZ Statehood Day), as a default date of birth. Their ages show in the statistics as being in their 80's. This error has effected our database since mid 1992. Please be aware of this when attempting age comparisons in the 1992 through 1996 crash facts. The most obvious category is the Hit and Run driver. Approximately 10,000 to 12,000 individuals were appearing in the 75 and older group when in reality they should have been distributed throughout all age brackets. Tables 1-5 (page 8) and 5-8 (page 38) are most adversely effected. Those tables have been adjusted to show the fatalities and fatal crash involvement according to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Injury and property damage only crashes will be shown as unknown or not reported in this addition. Tables 6-7 (page 43), 6-10 (page 45), 7-1 (page 50), 7-9 (page 53) and 8-5 (page 58) will show some effect but have not been adjusted.
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1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary
Section 1: Highlights and Historical Trends
TOTAL CRASHES 114,174 100.00%
FATAL CRASHES 843 .74%
INJURY CRASHES 41,802 36.61%
PROPERTY DAMAGE 71,529 62.65%
KILLED 949
INJURED 68,297
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Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends
Table 1-1 Arizona Crash Facts
Category Reported crashes Total killed Total injured Pedestrians killed Pedestrians injured Motorcyclists killed Motorcyclists injured Pedalcyclists killed Pedalcyclists injured Millions of vehicle miles traveled (VMT Deaths per 100 million VMT Injuries per 100 million VMT 1996 112,959 995 71,807 164 1,621 71 1,819 30 2,089 42,007 2.37 170.74 1997 114,174 949 68,297 153 1,624 60 1,636 31 2,067 43,543 2.18 158.85 Pct Change +1.08% -4.62% -4.89% -6.71% +0.19% -15.49% -10.06% +3.33% -1.05% +3.66% -8.02% -6.97%
1997 At a Glance
Approximately 2.6 persons were killed each day. One person was killed every 9.2 hours. There were 187.1 persons injured every day. One person was injured every 7.7 minutes. Drinking drivers were involved in 6.44% of all crashes. Drinking drivers were involved in 29.5% of all fatalities. Over 82.2% of all drinking drivers involved in crashes were males. Rural crashes accounted for 19.8% of all crashes, and over 56.4% of all fatal crashes. 79.2% of all crashes occurred during daylight. Motor vehicle crashes resulted in $2.32 billion in economic losses to Arizona. Motor vehicle crashes killed 73 children and injured 6,687 children through age 14.
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1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary
The Nation In 1997
41,967 persons were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the United States. An estimated 3,399,000 persons were injured. There were an estimated 6,726,000 crashes. The population of the United States was estimated at 264,349,000. Vehicle miles traveled totaled 2,694 billion miles.
Table 1-2 Arizona Licensed Drivers, Motor Vehicle Registration and Crash History
Calendar Year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total Crashes 76,616 88,037 92,921 99,809 99,172 96,225 92,144 91,121 85,728 89,862 97,903 106,728 113,888 112,964 114,174 Fatal Crashes 616 787 782 889 811 844 770 784 727 703 704 796 919 858 843 Injury Crashes 31,683 36,576 37,841 39,651 40,115 38,853 37,850 37,609 34,277 36,024 38,434 41,809 43,721 43,314 41,802 Property Damage Crashes 44,317 50,674 54,298 59,269 58,246 56,528 53,524 52,728 50,724 53,137 58,765 64,123 69,248 68,792 71,529 Total Persons Killed 675 869 893 1,007 939 944 879 869 816 811 801 906 1,037 995 949 Total Persons Injured 50,076 57,592 59,650 62,466 63,278 62,232 61,597 60,747 55,625 58,496 63,037 68,872 71,994 71,807 68,297 Total Licensed Drivers 2,299,798 2,526,872 2,106,559 2,186,465 2,296,741 2,375,763 2,416,057 2,480,244 2,517,836 2,653,409 2,855,184 2,631,218 2,776,877 3,127,080 3,187,150 Total Registered Vehicles 2,055,026 2,162,526 2,283,832 2,387,818 2,438,960 2,511,115 2,546,530 2,822,304 2,842,475 2,820,431 2,910,175 2,786,435 2,945,574 3,187,190 3,393,170
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Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends
Table 1-3
Historical Trends Arizona and the United States
Calendar Year 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 U.S. Fatality Rate* 11.28 7.59 6.37 5.31 5.54 4.91 3.46 3.25 3.26 3.26 3.34 3.35 3.17 2.76 2.58 2.57 2.47 2.51 2.42 2.32 2.16 2.44 1.91 1.80 1.80 1.73 1.70 1.70 1.70 Arizona Fatality Rate* 17.99 11.04 8.11 7.85 6.60 6.29 4.18 4.36 5.15 5.33 5.25 5.03 4.93 3.67 3.44 4.22 3.07 3.23 2.96 2.76 2.52 2.45 2.34 2.31 2.10 2.34 2.62 2.37 2.18 Arizona Traffic Deaths 283 325 358 513 550 762 670 737 933 1,027 1,029 947 916 724 675 869 893 1,007 939 944 879 869 816 811 801 906 1,037 995 949 Estimated Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled* 1,573 2,944 4,415 6,536 8,339 12,122 16,031 16,895 18,121 19,277 19,584 18,816 18,570 19,729 19,611 20,613 29,052 31,143 31,729 34,153 34,816 35,455 34,927 35,048 38,067 38,776 39,566 42,007 43,543 AZ Fatal Crash Rate* 9.54 6.86 9.15 5.80 5.27 3.69 3.75 4.43 4.71 4.47 4.43 4.47 3.22 3.14 3.82 2.69 2.85 2.56 2.47 2.21 2.21 2.08 2.00 1.85 2.05 2.32 2.04 1.99
*vehicle miles traveled are shown per million miles and rates per 100 million miles Due to refinements in the method used for the calculation of vehicle miles traveled and the use of preliminary data in some cases, the Arizona crash and fatality rates may differ slightly from previous reports. The most current data is always used at the time of publication, but it may change as new information is received.
During 1997, an average of 115 persons died each day in motor vehicle crashes across the United States -one every 12 minutes.
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1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary
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Statewide Economic Loss Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes In 1997, the economic impact of motor vehicle crashes accounted for $503.66 for every man, woman, and child in the state of Arizona.
Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Only TOTAL. $930,020,000. 929,163,200. 457,785,600.
$2,316,968,800.
Table 1-4 Estimated Economic Loss by County
Counties
Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai Yuma TOTALS
Fatalities
$42,140,000 21,560,000 49,980,000 25,480,000 10,780,000 1,960,000 17,640,000 392,000,000 54,880,000 36,260,000 135,240,000 63,700,000 1,960,000 50,960,000 25,480,000 $930,020,000
Cost of Traffic Crashes Injuries PDOs
$3,331,600 14,830,800 27,771,600 10,105,200 4,434,000 1,251,200 4,248,800 575,856,400 24,869,600 9,028,000 167,328,400 28,779,600 2,434,400 24,522,400 30,371,200 $929,163,200 $2,073,600 8,352,000 21,113,600 4,140,800 1,235,200 416,000 1,382,400 292,332,800 11,040,000 5,241,600 74,233,600 12,089,600 2,656,000 13,107,200 8,371,200 $457,785,600
Total
$47,545,200 44,742,800 98,865,200 39,726,000 16,449,200 3,627,200 23,271,200 1,260,189,200 90,789,600 50,529,600 376,802,000 104,569,200 7,050,400 88,589,600 64,222,400 $2,316,968,800
Cost estimates are based on the 1997 National Safety Council estimates of the average cost of motor vehicle crashes, deaths and injuries. These costs are an estimate of wage and productivity losses, medical expenses, administrative expenses, motor vehicle damage, and employer costs. Effective in 1993, new components were added and new benchmarks and inflation factors adopted. For this reason, the cost estimates for 1997 are not comparable to those published in the past. The following factors were used to approximate the value of the loss for crashes occurring in Arizona. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fatality Incapacitating Injury Non-incapacitating Injury Possible Injury Property Damage Only $980,000. 42,800. 14,400 7,200. 6,400.
Across our nation, the economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in 1997 was estimated to be $150.5 billion.
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Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends
Traffic Crashes in Arizona by Year
Figure 1-1: All Crashes
120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 97,903 85,728 89,862 113,888 106,728 112,964 114,174
Figure 1-2: Fatal Crashes
1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 727 796 701 704 919 858 843
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Figure 1-3: Injury Crashes
45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 34,277 36,024 41,809 38,434 43,721 43,314 41,802
Figure 1-4: Property Damage Only Crashes
80,000 70,000 60,000 64,123 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 50,724 53,137 58,765 69,248 68,792 71,529
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Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends
Table 1-5
Victims of Motor Vehicle Crashes*
Age of Victim 0-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 **75 & Older Age Unknown Totals Total Killed 23 23 27 76 115 180 163 107 75 73 87 0 949 Male 10 12 16 53 84 143 116 67 46 45 46 0 638 Female 13 11 11 23 31 37 47 40 29 28 41 0 311 Total Injured 1,695 2,291 2,701 9,942 9,338 13,938 11,081 7,282 3,948 3,039 unk 3,042 68,297 Male 824 1,162 1,326 4,821 4,920 7,121 5,395 3,466 1,818 1,397 unk 1,398 33,648 Female 869 1,128 1,374 5,116 4,410 6,813 5,684 3,810 2,128 1,640 unk 1,601 34,573 Sex Unk. 2 1 1 5 8 4 2 6 2 2 43 76
*Includes all reported injuries and fatalities occurring on Arizona roadways. ** See note on page I
Arizona's Estimated Population
Population Percentage Traffic Crash Fatality Percentage Population Estimate
71.61% White 18.77% Hispanic 2.86% African American 5.18% Native American 1.41% Asian 0.12% Other Total estimated 1997 population
59.9% 19.3% 3.6% 15.8% 1.2% 0.00%
3,290,748 862,552 131,428 238,040 64,795 5,519
4,595,375**
Sources: Arizona State Data Center, Arizona Department of Economic Security and The Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Public Health Statistics. Population ratios are based on 1990 U.S. Census Data. **Numbers are based on estimates and may not total to exact number.
Table 1-6
Victims of Motor Vehicle Crashes (Arizona Residents Only)***
Age of Total African Native Victim Killed Male Female White Hispanic American Asian American 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Less than 1 81 55 26 35 25 6 1 14 1-14 86 60 27 51 15 1 0 19 15-19 472 324 149 231 104 15 5 116 20-44 168 115 53 104 31 6 1 26 45-64 159 109 50 124 17 4 1 13 65+ 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 Unknown Total 972 666 306 546 194 34 8 188
Source: The Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Public Health Statistics ***includes victims of crashes occurring outside Arizona.
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Figure 1-5 Vehicle Miles Traveled
50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 In Millions 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1983 1984 1985
1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
1995 1996 1997
Figure 1-6 Arizona versus U.S. Fatality Rate
5.00
Rate per 100 Million Miles
4.00
3.00
2.00
1.00
0.00 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
U.S. Fatality Rate AZ Fatality Rate
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Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends
Figure 1-7 Traffic Fatalities by Land Use
1200 1000 Number of Fatalities 800 554 600 400 200 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Urban 1993 Rural 1994 1995 1996 1997 390 372 468 403 403 525 528 534 517 470 468
569 591 546
354
341
299
339
333
Figure 1-8 Traffic Injuries by Land Use
80.0 70.0 60.0 12.7
In Thousands
13.3 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.7 12.1
13.8
13.4
13.6
50.0 40.0 30.0 49.5 20.0 10.0 0.0 1988 1989 1990 48.7 48.1
43.1
46.4
50.3
55.6
58.1
58.4
54.7
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
Ur ban
Rural
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Table 1-7 Holiday Crash Statistics
Holidays such as Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving are regarded as a 3 or 4 day weekend holiday for statistical purposes. Holidays such as Christmas, New Years, and the Fourth of July are celebrated on specific dates; which also make the holiday period range from one to four days in length. Holiday fatality statistics are based on fatal crashes occurring between 6:00 p.m. on the last working day prior to the holiday and midnight on the last day of the holiday period. Example: Thanksgiving fatalities are counted from Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. through midnight of the following Sunday. 1997 Holidays Beginning at 6 p.m. Ending at Midnight Number of Days Fatal Crashes Persons Killed AlcoholRelated Crashes AlcoholRelated Fatalities
New Years
Tuesday 12/31/96 Friday 5/23/97 Thursday 7/03/97 Friday 8/29/97 Wednesday 11/26/97 Wednesday 12/24/97
Wednesday 1/1/97 Monday 5/26/97 Sunday 7/6/97 Monday 9/1/97 Sunday 11/30/97 Sunday 12/28/97
1
3
3
1
1
Memorial Day July 4th
3
9
12
5
8
3
9
10
1
1
Labor Day
3
22
23
6
6
Thanksgiving Day Christmas
4
11
17
2
3
4
11
17
2
3
Fatal Crashes by Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Persons Killed 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Number of Days 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
New Years
Memorial Day 6 7 10 5 9 Memorial Day 6 11 10 6 12 Memorial Day 3 3 3 3 3
July 4th
Labor Day 7 9 13 8 22 Labor Day 8 9 15 8 23 Labor Day 3 3 3 3 3
Thanksgiving 9 10 11 13 11 Thanksgiving 9 11 12 16 17 Thanksgiving 4 4 4 4 4
Christmas
Total
4 5 7 14 3 New Years 5 6 8 16 3 New Years 3 3 3 3 1
14 8 10 9 9 July 4th 21 8 11 14 10 July 4th 3 3 1 4 3
10 7 10 1 11 Christmas 11 14 14 1 17 Christmas 3 3 3 1 4
50 46 62 50 65 Total 60 59 70 61 82 Total 19 19 17 18 18 Page 11
Section 2: Geographic Location
Section 2: Geographic Location
TOTAL CRASHES 114,174 100% URBAN CRASHES 91,568 80.20% RURAL CRASHES 22,606 19.80%
FATAL CRASHES 368 .40%
INJURY CRASHES 34,050 37.19%
PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 57,150 62.41%
FATAL CRASHES 475 2.10%
INJURY CRASHES 7,752 34.29%
PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 14,379 63.61%
KILLED 403
INJURED 54,659
KILLED 546
INJURED 13,638
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1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary
Tables 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 Severity by First Harmful Event Statewide
Statewide
Total Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS 2,860 2,031 1,724 88,223 20 3,512 21 2,330 1,285 11,772 399 114,174
Number of Crashes Fatal 139 21 152 311 10 3 3 31 2 166 5 843 Injury 1,551 580 1,512 31,789 4 372 7 2,041 176 3,697 73 41,802 PDO 1,170 1,430 57 56,123 6 3,137 11 258 1107 7909 321 71,529
Number of Persons Killed 162 23 153 374 13 4 4 31 2 178 5 949 Injured 2,742 699 1,624 55,155 39 452 8 2,067 248 5,168 95 68,297
Severity by First Harmful Event in Urban Areas
Urban
Total Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS 414 775 1,504 76,295 6 3,059 16 2,191 158 7,053 97 91,568
Number of Crashes Fatal 9 9 104 154 4 2 0 24 0 61 1 368 Injury 223 290 1,350 27,730 0 324 5 1,921 27 2,146 34 34,050 PDO 182 476 50 48,411 2 2,733 11 246 131 4,846 62 57,150
Number of Persons Killed 11 9 104 181 4 3 0 24 0 66 1 403 Injured 355 319 1,447 47,241 18 392 6 1,945 42 2,847 47 54,659
Severity by First Harmful Event in Rural Areas
Rural
Total Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS 2,446 1,256 217 11,928 14 453 5 139 1,127 4,719 302 22,606
Number of Crashes Fatal 130 12 48 157 6 1 3 7 2 105 4 475 Injury 1,328 290 162 4,059 4 48 2 120 149 1,551 39 7,752 PDO 988 954 7 7,712 4 404 0 12 976 3,063 259 14,379
Number of Persons Killed 151 14 49 193 9 1 4 7 2 112 4 546 Injured 2,387 380 177 7,914 21 60 2 122 206 2,321 48 13,638
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Section 2: Geographic Location
Table 2-4 Crashes by County
Number of Crashes County Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai Yuma Total Total 473 1,865 4,514 1,031 355 106 365 73,616 2,674 1,217 19,186 2,881 546 3,145 2,200 114,174 Fatal 37 20 46 22 11 2 17 372 46 29 116 56 2 44 23 843 Injury 112 540 1,169 362 151 39 132 27,567 903 369 7,471 936 129 1,053 869 41,802 PDOs 324 1,305 3,299 647 193 65 216 45,677 1,725 819 11,599 1,889 415 2,048 1,308 71, 529 Number of Persons Fatalities 43 22 51 26 11 2 18 400 56 37 138 65 2 52 26 949 Injuries 182 894 1,974 650 260 55 232 44,801 1,533 631 12,059 1,736 188 1,670 1,432 68,297
While rural crashes in Arizona accounted for only 19.8% of all crashes, they were responsible for 56.3% of all fatal crashes occurring in 1997.
Table 2-5 Analysis by Jurisdiction
Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related
COUNTIES Cities APACHE COUNTY Eagar St. Johns Springerville State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL
Total
Fatal
Injury
Killed
Injured
Crashes
Killed
Injured
56 9 1 364 43 473
0 0 0 12 25 37
12 3 0 93 4 112
44 6 1 259 14 324
0 0 0 15 28 43
19 7 0 150 6 182
5 0 0 25 6 36
0 0 0 2 6 8
5 0 0 28 3 36
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Number of Crashes Property Damage
No. of Persons
Alcohol-Related
COUNTIES Cities COCHISE COUNTY Benson Bisbee Douglas Huachuca City Sierra Vista Tombstone Willcox State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL COCONINO COUNTY Flagstaff Fredonia Page Sedona Williams State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL GILA COUNTY Globe Hayden Miami Payson Winkelman State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL GRAHAM COUNTY Pima Safford Thatcher State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL
Total
Fatal
Injury
Killed
Injured
Crashes
Killed
Injured
23 55 339 9 552 28 58 630 171 1,865
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 7 20
7 22 54 4 174 5 11 219 44 540
16 33 285 5 377 22 46 401 120 1305
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 7 22
11 28 82 5 267 7 20 410 64 894
1 5 24 0 19 2 3 43 12 110
0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4
2 1 18 0 14 0 1 59 4 99
2,343 11 125 273 66 1,407 289 4,514
2 0 1 1 0 36 6 46
501 3 36 79 8 464 78 1,169
1,840 8 88 193 58 907 205 3,299
2 0 1 1 0 40 7 51
782 5 53 114 19 878 123 1,974
99 0 12 18 1 92 40 262
1 0 1 0 0 8 5 15
65 0 8 7 0 104 29 213
162 3 18 116 0 612 120 1,031
2 0 0 0 0 14 6 22
53 1 4 33 0 239 32 362
107 2 14 83 0 359 82 647
3 0 0 0 0 17 6 26
97 1 4 52 0 442 54 650
12 1 1 5 0 48 9 76
1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4
13 1 0 3 0 56 6 79
8 79 51 131 86 355
0 3 1 6 1 11
5 41 21 45 39 151
3 35 29 80 46 193
0 3 1 6 1 11
8 72 40 75 65 260
0 3 3 18 9 33
0 0 0 1 1 2
0 4 2 34 8 48
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Section 2: Geographic Location
Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related
COUNTIES Cities GREENLEE COUNTY Clifton Duncan State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL LA PAZ COUNTY Parker Quartzite Colo. River Resv. State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL MARICOPA COUNTY Avondale Buckeye Carefree Cave Creek Chandler El Mirage Fountain Hills Ft. McDowell Resv Gila Bend Gilbert Glendale Goodyear Guadalupe Mesa Paradise Valley Peoria Phoenix Scottsdale Surprise Tempe Tolleson Wickenburg Youngtown State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL
Total
Fatal
Injury
Killed
Injured
Crashes
Killed
Injured
24 1 79 2 106
0 0 2 0 2
10 0 28 1 39
14 1 49 1 65
0 0 2 0 2
14 0 40 1 55
3 0 12 0 15
0 0 1 0 1
2 0 14 0 16
0 21 13 320 11 365
0 0 4 12 1 17
0 5 6 117 4 132
0 16 3 191 6 216
0 0 4 13 1 18
0 6 8 213 5 232
0 2 1 24 3 30
0 0 0 2 1 3
0 0 0 27 3 30
222 3 6 5 2,553 41 19 4 6 838 3,044 135 47 10,728 187 1,002 38,211 4,401 149 6,881 113 47 1 1,798 3,175 73,616
0 1 0 0 11 0 0 3 0 5 15 2 1 31 1 2 172 19 0 17 2 0 0 39 51 372
49 1 3 2 876 15 3 0 1 283 1,263 51 15 3,395 62 313 14,985 1,533 49 2,773 36 18 1 652 1,188 27,567
173 1 3 3 1,666 26 16 1 5 550 1,766 82 31 7,302 124 687 23,054 2,849 100 4,091 75 29 0 1,107 1,936 45,677
0 1 0 0 11 0 0 4 0 5 17 4 1 32 0 2 184 19 0 19 2 0 0 43 56 400
86 2 3 5 1,388 22 5 1 5 434 2,138 87 20 5,379 106 503 24,542 2,465 74 4,190 70 30 1 1,178 2,067 44,801
29 0 1 0 173 5 1 1 0 45 201 6 4 452 14 49 2,559 235 10 428 4 4 0 139 249 4,609
0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 1 0 54 7 0 7 0 0 0 10 20 115
14 0 1 0 135 7 0 0 0 24 195 2 2 402 7 53 2,372 211 6 358 2 1 0 148 276 4,216
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Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related
COUNTIES Cities MOHAVE COUNTY Bullhead City Colorado City Kaibab-Paiute Resv. Kingman Lake Havasu City State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL NAVAJO COUNTY Holbrook Pinetop-Lakeside Show Low Snowflake Taylor Winslow State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL PIMA COUNTY Marana Oro Valley Sahuarita South Tucson Tucson State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL PINAL COUNTY Apache Junction Casa Grande Coolidge Eloy Florence Kearny Mammoth Superior State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL
Total
Fatal
Injury
Killed
Injured
Crashes
Killed
Injured
652 13 6 402 370 894 337 2,674
3 0 1 1 4 27 10 46
190 4 1 131 150 306 121 903
459 9 4 270 216 561 206 1,725
4 0 1 1 5 35 10 56
307 8 1 186 219 583 229 1,533
58 1 1 28 53 75 56 272
0 0 1 0 3 11 3 18
47 0 0 18 48 79 57 249
102 93 169 68 8 164 475 138 1,217
3 1 0 2 0 1 15 7 29
17 35 52 18 1 36 165 45 369
82 57 117 48 7 127 295 86 819
3 1 0 3 0 1 19 10 37
28 68 94 30 2 56 280 73 631
7 6 5 9 1 19 32 10 89
0 0 0 1 0 1 8 2 12
5 11 4 9 2 8 30 12 81
344 182 8 257 13,519 1,266 3,610 19,186
2 0 0 1 56 26 31 116
89 60 3 78 5,506 446 1,289 7,471
253 122 5 178 7,957 794 2290 11,599
3 0 0 1 68 32 34 138
142 97 5 141 8,730 795 2,149 12,059
13 6 0 18 728 78 281 1,124
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10 11 0 21 633 84 278 1,037
388 594 73 86 60 3 12 25 1,053 587 2,881
3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 26 20 56
130 179 24 23 8 1 4 7 373 187 936
255 412 49 61 51 2 7 18 654 380 1,889
3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 31 24 65
234 288 44 39 9 2 10 14 773 323 1,736
25 31 6 15 1 0 4 6 109 56 253
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About 59.2% of Arizona's population reside in Maricopa County, but only 44.1% of all fatal crashes occurred there in 1997.
Number of Crashes Property Damage
No. of Persons
Alcohol-Related
COUNTIES Cities SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Nogales Rio Rico State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL YAVAPAI COUNTY Camp Verde Ash Fork Cottonwood Jerome Prescott Prescott Valley State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL YUMA COUNTY San Luis Somerton Wellton Yuma State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL
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Injured
Crashes
Killed
Injured
357 1 186 2 546
1 0 1 0 2
69 1 59 0 129
287 0 126 2 406
1 0 1 0 2
101 1 86 0 188
23 0 24 0 47
0 0 0 0 0
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94 1 191 4 656 289 1,434 476 3,145
3 0 0 0 2 1 30 8 44
21 0 52 0 237 70 512 161 1,053
70 1 139 4 417 218 892 307 2,048
3 0 0 0 2 1 38 8 52
27 0 70 0 341 110 876 246 1,670
10 0 5 0 50 21 95 50 231
1 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 10
5 0 5 0 37 9 74 39 169
12 11 1 1,389 346 441 2,200
0 0 0 3 10 10 23
2 2 1 596 110 158 869
10 9 0 790 226 273 1,308
0 0 0 4 10 12 26 949
3 5 1 909 224 290 1,432 68,297
1 3 0 93 28 36 161 7,348
0 0 0 0 3 3 6 249
2 3 0 105 42 38 190 6,723
STATEWIDE 114,174 843 41,802 71,529 TOTAL Totals within city and town juristictions include all State Highways
During 1997, across the nation, 86 percent of speeding-related fatalities occurred on roads that were not Interstate Highways.
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Figure 2-1 Crash Rate per 100,000 People
National Statewide Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee L a Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal S a n t a Cruz Yavapai Yuma 0 500 1,000 1,500 1,702 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 1,502 2,214 1,916 1,364 2,430 2,002 1,090 1,194 2,071 2,706 2,173 722 1,559 3,843 2,545 2,482
Figure 2-2 Fatality Rate per 100,000 People
National Statewide Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee L a Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal S a n t a Cruz Yavapai Yuma 0 20 20 40 60 80 100 120 6 37 17 43 15 42 41 23 102 34 18 43 55 16 21 66
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Table 2-6 The State Highway System*
Number of Crashes Route I SB I SB I I I SB I SB S U S S S S S S U S S S S S S S S SB S S S S S S S S S S SA SL U UA S S U 8 8 10 10 15 17 19 19 40 40 51 60 61 64 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 89 89 89 89 90 92 93 Total 294 51 5,445 26 101 3,491 408 69 1,338 533 629 2,263 24 107 44 30 102 310 124 11 19 5 52 11 551 10 77 0 140 0 60 22 77 91 110 654 137 230 493 2 268 52 171 108 333 Fatal 16 1 46 0 3 28 2 2 29 0 3 17 0 3 2 0 5 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 4 5 4 11 3 5 4 0 8 2 1 3 8 Injury 95 17 1,551 11 28 995 143 36 452 139 170 730 6 25 20 2 36 109 55 2 6 3 19 8 181 1 27 0 44 0 18 10 27 31 47 248 52 96 163 1 96 23 65 40 123 Property Damage 183 33 3,848 15 70 2,468 263 31 857 394 456 1,516 18 79 22 28 61 200 60 8 11 2 32 2 359 9 48 0 93 0 41 11 46 55 59 395 82 129 326 1 164 27 105 65 202 Number of Persons Total Total Possible Non-Incap Killed Injured Injury Injury 18 204 48 84 1 37 17 13 51 2,864 1,415 887 0 20 3 12 4 56 19 18 34 1,553 936 502 5 218 108 95 2 55 21 25 37 792 301 367 0 236 126 103 3 246 175 59 20 1,189 636 387 0 7 2 4 3 50 12 33 2 38 14 18 0 5 1 2 6 67 27 17 1 182 102 55 10 100 39 38 1 2 1 1 2 11 7 2 0 3 1 1 1 31 6 18 1 13 3 2 12 295 150 120 0 1 0 0 2 43 15 15 0 0 0 0 3 82 35 34 0 0 0 0 1 23 10 12 1 11 7 3 4 62 21 14 6 68 21 30 8 107 50 34 17 448 194 174 4 75 23 41 5 161 73 56 4 239 140 88 0 5 0 4 10 204 81 87 2 44 15 16 1 110 38 48 3 79 24 46 10 246 98 97 Incap Injury 72 7 382 5 19 115 15 9 124 7 12 166 1 5 6 2 23 25 23 0 2 1 7 8 25 1 13 0 13 0 1 1 27 17 23 80 11 32 11 1 36 13 24 9 51
Legend: In the route column, the first letter signifies the following: I=Interstate, S=State, U=U.S. Highway. The second letter signifies: A=alternate, B=business, L=loop, S=spur, X=temporary.
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Number of Crashes Route S 95 U 95 S 96 S 97 S 98 S 99 S 101 S 143 S 153 U 160 U 163 S 169 S 170 S 177 S 179 SA 180 U 180 S 181 S 186 S 188 S 189 U 191 UB 191 UX 191 S 202 S 238 S 260 S 261 S 264 S 266 S 273 S 277 S 280 S 286 S 287 S 288 S 289 S 303 S 347 S 366 S 373 S 377 S 386 S 387 S 389 S 473 S 564 S 587 TOTAL Total 672 152 3 4 13 6 246 122 0 34 4 20 1 33 103 0 195 2 6 34 8 193 0 7 905 7 649 1 12 6 13 22 19 10 33 11 4 36 18 19 5 14 1 35 20 2 0 11 22,784 Fatals 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 316 Injury 240 56 1 2 4 2 69 40 0 6 3 9 1 16 35 0 65 1 3 10 1 63 0 3 245 2 206 0 6 4 4 5 2 1 10 7 2 17 3 6 2 2 1 11 5 0 0 4 7,126 Property Damage 424 92 2 2 8 4 176 80 0 18 1 11 0 17 66 0 129 0 3 24 6 122 0 4 657 5 432 1 1 2 9 17 17 8 23 4 2 17 14 12 3 10 0 22 14 2 0 7 15,342 Killed 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 3 0 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 369 Number of Persons Total Possible Non-Incap Injured Injury Injury 429 208 147 118 33 60 1 0 1 2 0 1 12 7 5 4 0 3 98 56 29 62 40 18 0 0 0 32 5 14 3 1 2 17 7 8 1 0 1 23 5 16 53 30 21 0 0 0 115 45 57 6 6 0 4 0 2 22 12 6 1 1 0 107 50 29 0 0 0 4 1 2 358 250 84 5 2 3 373 198 141 0 0 0 12 5 6 6 4 2 9 8 1 5 1 4 4 1 3 7 3 2 17 7 8 10 4 5 2 1 1 39 16 16 4 0 2 8 3 2 3 0 2 5 3 2 2 1 1 25 5 15 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 12,124 6,039 4,392
Incap Injury 74 25 0 1 0 1 13 4 0 13 0 2 0 2 2 0 13 0 2 4 0 28 0 1 24 0 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 7 2 3 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1,693
* This table does not include crashes on the state highway system where a local street name was used as a
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TOTAL CRASHES 114,174 100.00%
SINGLE VEHICLE 25,296 22.16%
MULTIVEHICLE 88,878 77.84%
FATAL CRASHES 492 1.94%
INJURY CRASHES 9,697 38.33%
PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 15,107 59.72% FATAL CRASHES 351 0.39% INJURY CRASHES 32,105 36.12% PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 56,422 63,49%
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Table 3-1 Manner of Collision in Multi-Vehicle Crashes
Manner of Collision Head On Rear End Side Swipe Opposite Direction Side Swipe Same Direction Left Turn Other Angle Backed Into Other TOTAL Total 584 38,027 932 10,845 11,617 21,215 1,692 3,966 88,878 Percent of All Crashes 0.66% 42.79% 1.05% 12.20% 13.07% 23.87% 1.90% 4.46% 100.00% Fatal 93 39 10 16 58 90 0 45 351 Percent of Fatal Crashes 26.50% 11.11% 2.85% 4.56% 16.52% 25.64% 0% 12.82% 100.00% Injury 388 14,036 325 1,898 5,824 8,633 142 1,128 32,374 Percent of Injury Crashes 1.20% 43.36% 1.00% 5.86% 17.99% 26.67% 0.44% 3.48% 100.00%
Table 3-2 Unusual Road Conditions
Number of Crashes Unusual Road Conditions No Unusual Condition Under Construction Thru Traffic Allowed Under Construction Traffic Detoured Under Repairs Holes,Ruts,Bumps Obstruction Protected Obstruction Unprotected Obstruction Unlighted at Night Defective Shoulders Changing Road Width Flooded Temporary Lane Closure TOTALS Total 109,810 2,968 43 106 366 34 112 48 29 296 85 377 114,174 Fatal 828 8 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 843 Injury 40,424 896 9 32 132 6 30 19 15 82 31 126 41,802 PDO 68,558 1,964 34 74 231 28 82 28 14 214 54 248 71,529 Number of Victims Killed 933 8 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 949 Injured 66,113 1,447 13 51 200 11 43 27 20 121 36 215 68,297
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Table 3-3 Weather Conditions
Weather Clear Raining Cloudy Snowing Strong Wind Dust Fog Not Reported TOTALS Total 93,598 6,119 12,387 1,034 465 80 54 437 114,174 Number of Crashes Fatal Injury 626 30 91 4 3 0 0 89 843 34,533 2,136 4,614 195 160 33 19 112 41,802 PDO 58,439 3,953 7,682 835 302 47 35 236 71,529 Number of Persons Killed Injured 692 32 111 4 3 0 0 107 949 56,353 3,567 7,484 295 267 101 48 182 68,297
Table 3-4 Lighting Conditions
Lighting Daylight Dawn or Dusk Darkness Not Reported TOTALS Total 82,656 5,288 26,045 185 114,174 Number of Crashes Fatal Injury 399 52 392 0 843 29,945 1,933 9,874 50 41,802 PDO 52,312 3,303 15,779 135 71,529 Number of Persons Killed Injured 448 57 444 0 949 48,251 3,189 16,781 76 68,297
Table 3-5 Road Surface
Number of Crashes Surface Asphalt Concrete Gravel Dirt Other Not Reported TOTALS Total 104,089 7,881 374 1,412 63 355 114,174 Fatal 698 30 1 27 0 87 843 Injury 38,728 2,392 117 450 16 99 41,802 PDO 64,663 5,459 256 935 47 169 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 779 34 2 29 0 105 949 Injured 63,565 3,597 184 759 30 162 68,297
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Table 3-6 Road Surface Conditions
Number of Crashes Surface Dry Wet Snowy or Icy Other TOTALS Total 102,416 8,144 1,768 1,846 114,174 Fatal 778 41 7 17 843 Injury 37,974 2,845 371 612 41,802 PDO 63,664 5,258 1,390 1,217 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 880 43 7 19 949 Injured 62,096 4,692 581 928 68,297
Nationally, traffic fatalities account for more than 90 percent of transportation-related fatalities.
Table 3-7 Road Grade
Number of Crashes Road Grade Level Downgrade Upgrade Hill crest Dip Not Reported TOTALS Total 101,517 6,440 4,549 363 175 1,130 114,174 Fatal 578 103 55 5 4 98 843 Injury 37,464 2,266 1,497 147 70 358 41,802 PDO 63,475 4,071 2,997 211 101 674 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 636 119 63 8 5 118 949 Injured 61,226 3,711 2,407 263 112 578 68,297
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Figure 3-1 Crashes by Time of Day
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Figure 3-5 Crashes by Day of Week
25,000 20,548 20,000 16,772 15,000 10,834 10,000 16,635 16,974 17,620 14,791
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Figure 3-6 Fatal Crashes by Day of Week
180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun 97 94 117 95 154 147 139
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Figure 3-7 Crashes by Month
12,000 10,182 10,000 9,770 10,034 10,132 9,601 9,304 8,299 8,000 8,557 9,176 9,091 9,089 10,339
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90 80 80 70 60 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 54 75 70 66 58 67 79 78
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Table 3-9 Crashes by Hour and Day of Week
Hour Beginning Midnight 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Noon 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Not Reported TOTALS Total Crashes All Fatal 1,648 1,903 1,051 787 779 1,349 2,887 6,352 5,548 4,271 4,940 6,080 7,465 7,059 8,358 9,751 10,088 10,497 7,128 4,512 3,502 3,262 2,794 2,163 0 114,174 27 54 33 16 15 19 25 32 25 17 21 25 43 43 32 42 49 48 67 42 42 41 45 40 0 843 Monday All 177 172 94 81 85 223 527 1,138 991 666 800 933 1,101 1,016 1,276 1,546 1,514 1,659 985 568 395 365 264 196 0 16,772 Fatal 2 5 4 3 2 5 3 4 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 4 5 11 3 3 1 1 4 0 97 Tuesday All 118 133 77 74 86 199 527 1,114 1,031 689 712 853 1,090 1,018 1,291 1,465 1,533 1,662 1,063 587 453 374 275 211 0 16,635 Fatal 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 7 5 4 6 6 3 1 3 8 5 10 5 3 6 2 4 0 94 Wednesday All 167 158 90 75 83 194 488 1,223 960 666 690 938 1,120 1,042 1,168 1,486 1,565 1,753 1,078 579 446 431 315 259 0 16,974 Fatal 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 3 6 1 1 4 4 7 6 7 9 8 9 3 5 7 6 7 0 117 Thursday All 178 210 108 86 94 194 491 1,192 936 692 711 948 1,116 1,040 1,342 1,616 1,698 1,741 1,077 646 490 423 351 240 0 17,620 Fatal 0 3 1 1 2 3 0 8 1 3 2 5 5 8 4 2 4 7 7 6 7 6 8 2 0 95 Friday All 183 247 118 79 95 199 453 1,102 898 681 773 1,020 1,332 1,303 1,637 1,840 2,046 1,887 1,283 839 658 666 672 537 0 20,548 Fatal 6 4 4 4 2 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 9 7 5 5 12 6 8 12 10 7 18 10 0 147 Saturday All 412 502 274 196 170 179 237 350 461 562 758 888 1,001 975 1,007 1,045 972 944 911 747 593 585 560 462 0 14,791 Fatal 6 14 7 2 4 0 3 5 4 1 5 3 6 9 6 9 4 7 7 9 7 8 4 9 0 139 Sunday All 413 481 290 196 166 161 164 233 271 315 496 500 705 665 637 753 760 851 731 546 467 418 357 258 0 10,834 Fatal 5 21 11 4 3 7 7 5 2 2 3 0 8 4 4 8 8 10 15 4 7 6 6 4 0 154
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Section 4: Safety Devices
TOTAL IMPACTED
Unknown
Drivers 211,458
23,106
314,608
With Safety Device
Without Safety Device
174,771
82.65%
13,418
6.35%
Fatalities
Injuries
Fatalities
Injuries
114
30,529
218
5,419
Passengers
Unknown
103,150
5,899
With Safety Device
Without Safety Device
83,695
81.14%
13,556
13.14%
Fatalities
Injuries
Fatalities
Injuries
84
14,921
120
4,843
In this chart, "Unknown" represents incidents where the reporting officer could not discern whether a safety device was in use at the time of the crash. For this reason fatalities and injuries occurring where use was unknown are not included. Motorcycle operators are included in this chart under "Drivers." "Safety devices" refer to the use of helmets or safety belts depending on the mode of transportation. For a detailed analysis of motorcycle helmet use, see Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes.
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Arizona law requires young children to be restrained when riding in a motor vehicle. A.R.S. Title 28-907 states "...a parent, guardian or custodian of a child four or less years of age...shall properly secure that child in a child passenger restraint system."
Table 4-1 Child Restraint Usage (less than five years old)
Severity of Injury Restraint Percent of No Percent of Unknown Percent of Used Restraint Restraint No Unknown Used Used Restraint 10,186 799 403 6 54 11,448 88.98% 6.98% 3.52% 0.05% 0.47% 100.00% 786 128 176 10 3 1,103 71.26% 11.60% 15.96% 0.91% 0.27% 100.00% 414 31 46 2 13 506 81.82% 6.13% 9.09% 0.40% 2.57% 100.00%
No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Totals
Children in rear-facing child seats should not be placed in the front seat of cars equipped with passenger-side air bags. The impact of a deploying air bag striking a rear-facing child could result in injury to the child. NHTSA recommends that children 12 and under sit in the rear seat away from the force of a deploying air bag.
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Arizona law requires the use of seat belts. A.R.S. Title 28-909 states "...each front seat occupant of a motor vehicle.which is manufactured for the model year 1972 and thereafter...shall have the lap and shoulder belt properly adjusted and fastened while the vehicle is in motion, or if only a lap belt is installed wherethe occupant is sitting, have the lap belt properly adjusted and fastened while the vehicle is in motion."
Table 4-2 Driver Restraint Usage
Severity of Injury Restraint in Use 143,392 20,413 10,116 114 736 174,771 Percent of Restraint Used 82.05% 11.68% 5.79% 0.08% 0.42% 100.00% No Restraint Used 7,584 1,959 3,460 218 197 13,418 Percent of No Restraint 56.52% 14.60% 25.79% 1.62% 1.14% 100.00% Unknown Percent of Unknown 41.85% 5.92% 7.31% 0.40% 44.52% 100.00%
No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Total
9,671 1,367 1,688 93 10,287 23,106
Excludes all motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, and golf cart operators.
In Arizona, 82.7% of all drivers involved in crashes in 1997were reportedly wearing their safety belts. Of those drivers fatally injured, 34.3% were wearing seat belts.
Table 4-3 Front-Seat Passenger Restraint Usage
Severity of Injury Restraint in Use 40,911 6,832 3,536 67 195 51,541 Percent of Restraint Used 79.38% 13.26% 6.86% 0.13% 0.38% 100.00% No Restraint Used 3,856 1,150 1,643 73 47 6,769 Percent of No Restraint 56.97% 16.99% 24.27% 1.08% 0.69% 100.00% Unknown Percent of Unknown 69.71% 12.15% 13.12% 0.41% 4.60% 100.00%
No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Total
2,364 412 445 14 156 3,391
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NHTSA estimates that nationwide, seatbelt usage is approximately 69%.
Table 4-4 Rear-Seat Passenger Restraint Usage
Severity of Injury Restraint Used 17,267 2,236 1,115 11 77 20,706 Percent of Restraint Used 83.39% 10.80% 5.38% 0.05% 0.37% 100.00% No Restraint Used 3,868 863 883 37 33 5,684 Percent of No Restraint 68.05% 15.18% 15.53% 0.65% 0.58% 100.00% Unknown Percent of Unknown 75.17% 11.19% 10.39% 0.20% 3.05% 100.00%
No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Total
1,505 224 208 4 61 2,002
Across the nation, 10,750 lives were saved in 1997 by the use of safety belts.
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Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics
Total Crashes 114,174
Total Vehicles* 215,490
Passenger Cars 141,514 65.67%
Trucks 65,252 30.28%
Motorcycles 1,844 0.86% *Includes driverless or illegally parked
Buses 866 0.40%
Other 6,014 2.79%
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Table 5-1 Arizona Motor Vehicle Registrations
3,043,605 Privately Owned Vehicles 289,256 Commercial Vehicles 2,529 Buses and Taxis 57,531 Motorcycles 249 Mopeds Total 3,393,170 *Total does not include duplicate registrations. Data provided by, and inquiries should be directed to, Motor Vehicles Division.
Table 5-2 Motor Vehicle Accident Involvement by Vehicle Type
Motor Vehicle Type Passenger Car Passenger Car and Trailer Pickup Truck (Incl. Panel & Mini Bus) Pickup Truck With Camper Other Vehicle With Camper Truck or Truck Tractor (Excl. P/U) Truck Tractor and Semi-Trailer Other Truck Combination Farm Tractor and/or Farm Equipment Taxicab Bus School Bus Motorcycle Motor Scooter or Motor Bicycle Moped Recreational Vehicle Motor Home or House Car Vehicle With Special Controls (Dual, Etc.) Emergency Veh. (Inc. Privately Owned) Military Vehicles Other Types Of Vehicles Vehicle Type Unknown TOTALS Total 141,514 261 57,910 820 2 19 3,135 3,368 37 94 533 333 1,844 10 11 1,328 363 12 116 0 153 3,627 215,490 Percent 65.67% 0.12% 26.87% 0.38% 0% 0.01% 1.45% 1.56% 0.02% 0.04% 0.25% 0.15% 0.86% 0.01% 0.01% 0.67% 0.17% 0.01% 0.05% 0% 0.07% 1.68% 100.00% Fatal 676 3 136 27 0 1 53 21 0 3 2 2 61 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 96 1,271 Injury 54,804 77 20,666 295 0 5 817 1,033 11 39 177 88 1,510 7 9 495 89 7 43 0 60 772 81,004 PDOs 86,034 181 36,928 498 2 13 2,265 2,314 26 52 354 243 273 2 2 832 271 5 71 0 90 2,759 133,215
Table 5-3 Hit and Run Drivers
Number of Crashes Hit And Run? Yes No TOTALS Total 11,389 102,785 114,174 Fatal 7 836 843 Injury 2,853 38,949 41,802 PDOs 8,529 63,000 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 7 742 949 Injured 4,057 64,240 68,297
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Table 5-4 Gender of Drivers Involved in Crashes
Gender of Driver Male Female Not Reported TOTALS Total 127,550 80,340 7,600 215,490 Percent 59.19% 37.28% 3.53% 100.00% Fatal 859 327 85 1,271 Percent 67.58% 25.73% 6.69% 100.00% Injury 47,240 32,312 1,452 81,004 Percent 58.32% 39.89% 1.79% 100.00%
Table 5-5 Residence of Drivers Involved in Crashes
Residence of Driver Arizona Non-Resident Not Reported TOTALS Total 177,618 18,684 19,188 215,490 Percent 82.43% 8.67% 8.90% 100.00% Fatal 1,021 147 103 1,271 Percent 80.33% 11.57% 8.10% 100.00% Injury 68,197 6,826 5,981 81,004 Percent 84.19% 8.43% 7.38% 100.00% PDOs 108,400 11,711 13,104 133,215 Percent 81.37% 8.79% 9.84% 100.00%
Table 5-6 Drivers and Occupants Killed and Injured by Vehicle Type
Drivers Type of Motor Vehicle Passenger Car Passenger Car and Trailer Pickup Truck (Incl. Panel & Mini Bus) Pickup Truck With Camper Other Vehicle With Camper Truck or Truck Tractor (Excl. P/U) Truck Tractor and Semi-Trailer Other Truck Combination Farm Tractor and/or Farm Equipment Taxicab Bus School Bus Motorcycle Motor Scooter or Motor Bicycle Moped Recreational Vehicle Motor Home or House Car Vehicle With Special Controls (Dual, Etc.) Emergency Veh. (Inc. Privately Owned) Military Vehicles Other Types Of Vehicles Vehicle Type Unknown TOTALS Killed 260 0 106 11 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 51 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 39 477 Injured 29,793 41 9,154 165 0 3 228 331 2 24 32 22 1,464 6 9 251 31 2 27 0 45 55 41,685 Occupants Killed Injured 179 1 60 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 28 288 16,486 50 5,333 117 0 0 69 148 0 10 197 101 172 1 2 143 28 0 16 0 10 38 22,921
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Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics
Table 5-7 Licensed Drivers in Arizona by Age
Driver Age Group 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 & Older TOTALS Male Number 3,518 25,886 34,467 36,870 37,016 37,029 35,012 31,602 30,912 27,083 307,763 345,535 281,758 177,623 138,750 87,696 1,638,520 Percent 0.21% 1.58% 2.10% 2.25% 2.26% 2.26% 2.14% 1.93% 1.89% 1.65% 18.78% 21.09% 17.20% 10.84% 8.47% 5.35% 100.00% Female Number 3,249 24,229 32,112 34,692 34,685 35,012 32,559 28,639 27,389 23,972 274,753 324,361 263,521 173,165 141,179 95,113 1,548,630 Percent 0.21% 1.56% 2.07% 2.24% 2.24% 2.26% 2.10% 1.85% 1.77% 1.55% 17.74% 20.95% 17.02% 11.18% 9.12% 6.14% 100.00% Total Number 6,767 50,115 66,579 71,562 71,701 72,041 67,571 60,241 58,301 51,055 582,516 669,896 545,279 350,788 279,929 182,809 3,187,150 Percent 0.21% 1.57% 2.09% 2.25% 2.25% 2.26% 2.12% 1.89% 1.83% 1.60% 18.28% 21.02% 17.11% 11.01% 8.78% 5.74% 100.00% Cumulative Percent .21% 1.78% 3.87% 6.12% 8.37% 10.63% 12.75% 14.64% 16.47% 18.07% 36.35% 57.37% 74.48% 85.49% 94.27% 100.00% 100.00%
Table 5-8
Driver Involvement by Age
Driver Age Group 15 & Younger 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS Total 780 5,139 6,052 7,060 6,756 6,229 6,006 5,927 5,574 5,484 49,420 40,832 26,515 14,348 9,952 8,000 11,416 215,490 Percent 0.36% 2.38% 2.81% 3.28% 3.14% 2.89% 2.79% 2.75% 2.59% 2.54% 22.93% 18.95% 12.30% 6.66% 4.62% 8.99% 0.02% 100.00% Fatal 0 20 28 40 28 39 36 44 27 31 260 216 161 100 80 161 0 1,271 Percent 0% 1.57% 2.20% 3.15% 2.20% 3.07% 2.83% 3.46% 2.12% 2.44% 20.46% 16.99% 12.67% 7.87% 6.29% 12.67% 0% 100.00% Injury 347 1,944 2,310 2,749 2,675 2,414 2,323 2,279 2,154 2,179 19,067 15,729 9,951 5,478 3,832 5,554 19 81,004 Percent 0.43% 2.40% 2.85% 3.39% 3.30% 2.98% 2.87% 2.81% 2.66% 2.69% 23.54% 19.42% 12.28% 6.76% 4.73% 6.86% 0% 100.00% PDOs 433 3,175 3,714 4,271 4,053 3,776 3,647 3,604 3,393 3,274 30,093 24,887 16,403 8,770 6,040 13,655 27 133,215 Percent 0.33% 2.38% 2.79% 3.21% 3.04% 2.83% 2.74% 2.71% 2.55% 2.46% 22.59% 18.68% 12.31% 6.58% 4.53% 10.25% 0% 100.00%
* See note on page I
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Table 5-9
Driver Errors
Contributing Circumstances Exceeded Lawful Speed Speeding * Failed to Yield Ran Stop Sign Disregarded Signal Opposing Lane Followed too Closely Improper Turn Driver Inattention Had Been Drinking Other Improper Driving Inadequate Brakes Defective Tires Other Mech. Defects Other Non-driving Error No Improper Driving Not stated Total Drivers 925 37,730 24,517 1,310 4,700 975 3,382 3,398 62 7,454 5,749 239 556 1,122 560 96,106 26,705 Percent of Total Drivers 0.43% 17.51% 11.38% 0.61% 2.18% 0.45% 1.57% 1.58% 0.03% 3.46% 2.67% 0.11% 0.26% 0.52% 0.26% 44.60% 12.39% Fatal Drivers 37 168 88 14 20 36 0 1 1 224 48 2 2 4 7 409 210 1,271 Percent Injury Percent of Fatal Drivers of Injury Drivers Drivers 2.91% 421 0.52% 13.22% 14,185 17.51% 6.92% 10,220 12.62% 1.10% 603 0.74% 1.57% 2,473 3.05% 2.83% 377 0.47% 0% 1,042 1.29% 0.08% 842 1.04% 0.08% 24 0.03% 17.62% 3,759 4.64% 3.78% 1,601 1.98% 0.16% 76 0.09% 0.16% 181 0.22% 0.32% 227 0.28% 0.55% 243 0.30% 32.18% 37,701 46.54% 16.52% 7,029 8.68% 100.0% 81,004 100.0% PDO Drivers 467 23,377 14,209 693 2,207 562 2,340 2,555 37 3,471 4,100 161 373 891 310 57,996 19,466 133,215 Percent of PDO Drivers 0.35% 17.55% 10.67% 0.52% 1.66% 0.42% 1.76% 1.92% 0.03% 2.61% 3.08% 0.12% 0.28% 0.67% 0.23% 43.54% 14.61% 100.0%
TOTALS 215,490 1 0 0 . 0 % * Speeding too fast for conditions
Table 5-10 Driver Physical Condition
Driver Condition Total Drivers No Apparent Defects Impaired Had Been Drinking Other Bodily Defects Ill, Ability Influenced Sleepy, Fatigued Under Influence Of Narcotic Drug Not Reported TOTALS % of % of % of % of Total Fatal Fatal Injury Injury PDO PDO Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers 677 53.27% 224 17.62% 6 0.47% 2 0.16% 39 3.07% 12 0.94% 311 24.47% 1,271 100.0% 71,199 87.90% 116,527 87.47% 3,759 4.64% 3,471 2.61% 232 0.29% 286 0.21% 198 0.24% 164 0.12% 764 0.94% 750 0.56% 169 0.21% 154 0.12% 4,683 5.78% 11,863 8.91% 81,004 100.0% 133,215 100.0%
188,403 87.43% 7,454 3.46% 524 0.24% 364 0.17% 1,553 0.72% 335 0.16% 16,857 7.82% 215,490 100.0%
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Section 6: Alcohol Related Crashes
T o t a l Crashes 114,174
Alcohol-Related 7,348 6.44%
F a t a l Crashes 2 1 8 2.97%
I n j u r y Crashes 3 , 6 9 0 48.24%
P r o p e r t y Damage 3 , 4 4 0 46.82%
Killed 249
Injured 6,723
N o n - A l c o h o l Related 1 0 6 , 8 2 6 93.56%
The statistics in the Alcohol-Related section represent those crashes where the investigating officer indicated that a driver had been drinking an alcoholic beverage and may or may not be substantiated by a blood or breath test. No assumption is to be made that the person was legally intoxicated (blood alcohol content of 0.1% or higher) at the time the crash took place.
Economic Loss due to Alcohol-Related Crashes in Arizona for 1997
Fatalities Injuries Property Damage $244,020,000. 115,332,400. 22,016,000.
Total
$381,368,400.
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Table 6-1 1992 to 1997 - Alcohol-Related Crashes
Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Alcohol-Related Crashes 7,513 7,698 7,620 7,947 7,748 7,348 Percent of all Crashes 8.36% 7.86% 7.14% 6.98% 6.86% 6.44% Victims Killed 262 258 242 261 272 249 Percent of all Fatalities 32.39% 32.21% 26.71% 25.17% 27.34% 26.24%
Table 6-2 Manner of Collision in Alcohol-Related Crashes
Manner Of Collision Total Percent of all Crashes Number of Crashes Percent of Fatal Fatal Crashes 128 34 7 6 4 8 24 0 1 6 218 58.72% 15.60% 3.21% 2.75% 1.83% 3.67% 11.01% 0% 0.46% 2.75% 100.00% Injury Percent of Injury Crashes 39.81% 2.03% 24.04% 1.65% 3.85% 10.14% 15.18% 0.33% 0.81% 2.17% 100.00%
Single Vehicle Head On Rear End Sideswipe Opposite Direction Sideswipe Same Direction Left Turn Other Angle Backing Into U Turn Other TOTALS
3,174 136 1,683 138 366 596 968 58 60 169 7,348
43.20% 1.85% 22.90% 1.88% 4.98% 8.11% 13.13% 0.79% 0.82% 2.30% 100.00%
1,469 75 887 61 142 374 560 12 30 80 3,690
Table 6-3 Alcohol-Related Crashes by First Harmful Event
First Harmful Event Overturning Other Non - Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcylist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS Total 377 95 72 4,066 5 470 2 32 8 2,202 19 7,348 Number of Crashes Fatal Injury 42 5 17 79 5 1 0 5 0 61 3 7,348 245 59 55 2,165 0 129 2 27 6 994 8 3,690 PDO 90 31 0 1,822 0 340 0 0 2 1,147 8 3,440 Number of Persons Killed Injured 48 6 17 98 5 2 0 5 0 65 3 249 413 75 70 4,539 24 158 2 27 12 1,394 9 6,723
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Table 6-4 Alcohol-Related Crashes by Vehicle Type
Motor Vehicle Type Passenger Car Passenger Car and Trailer Pickup Truck (Incl. Panel & Mini Bus) Truck or Truck Tractor (Excl. P/U) Truck Tractor and Semi-Trailer Other Truck Combination Farm Tractor and/or Farm Equipment Taxicab Bus School Bus Motorcycle Motor Scooter or Motor Bicycle Other Special Vehicles Vehicle Type Not Reported TOTALS Total Number of Vehicles 4,792 5 2,326 1 10 62 1 1 0 2 149 3 67 35 7,454 Number of Vehicles Percent 64.29% 0.07% 31.20% 0.01% 0.13% 0.83% 0.01% 0.01% 0% 0.03% 2.00% 0.04% 0.90% 0.47% 100.0% Fatal 124 0 76 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 8 224 Injury 2,394 2 1,145 0 3 36 0 1 0 1 124 3 40 10 3,759 PDO 2,274 3 1,105 1 6 26 1 0 0 1 11 0 26 17 3,471
Table 6-5 Light Conditions - Alcohol-Related Crashes
Number of Crashes Light Condition Daylight Dawn or Dusk Darkness Not Reported TOTALS Total 2,084 317 4,943 4 7,348 Fatal 57 10 151 0 218 Injury 1,077 163 2,448 2 3,690 PDO 950 144 2,344 2 3,440
Table 6-6 Road Surface Conditions - Alcohol-Related Crashes
Number of Crashes Total 6,679 465 34 170 7,348 Fatal 202 9 0 7 218 Injury 3,379 223 12 76 3.690 PDO 3,098 233 22 87 3,440
Dry Wet Snowy or Icy Other TOTALS
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Table 6-7 Age of Driver - Alcohol-Related Crashes
Driver Age 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Total Drivers 16 50 102 191 216 228 337 296 302 233 2,205 1,787 808 295 151 237 Percent of all Drivers 0.21% 0.67% 1.37% 2.56% 2.90% 3.06% 4.52% 3.97% 4.05% 3.13% 59.58% 23.97% 10.84% 3.96% 2.03% 3.18% 100.00% Drivers In Fatal Crashes 0 1 7 12 7 7 10 15 8 8 63 47 20 9 1 9 224 Percent of all Fatal Drivers 0% 0.45% 3.13% 5.36% 3.13% 3.13% 4.46% 6.70% 3.57% 3.57% 28.13% 20.98% 8.93% 4.02% 0.45% 4.02% 100.00% Drivers In Injury Crashes 9 23 46 99 116 118 156 133 161 155 1,126 932 409 154 75 87 3,759 Percent of all Injury Drivers 0.24% 0.61% 1.22% 2.63% 3.09% 3.14% 4.15% 3.54% 4.28% 4.12% 29.95% 24.79% 10.88% 4.10% 2.00% 2.31% 100.00%
TOTALS 7,454 * See note on page i
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 39% of all fatal U.S. crashes involved alcohol. According to State records, alcohol was involved in 25.9% of the fatal crashes in Arizona during 1997.
Table 6-8 Driver Gender - Alcohol-Related Crashes
Driver Gender Male Female Not Reported TOTALS Total Drivers 6,127 1,264 63 7,454 Percent Drivers In Percent of Drivers in Percent of of All Fatal Fatal Injury Injury Drivers Crashes Drivers Crashes Drivers 82.20 182 81.25 3,084 82.04% 16.96 37 16.52 656 17.45% 0.84 5 2.23 19 0.51% 100.00% 224 100.00% 3,759 100.00%
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Table 6-9 Safety Restraints - Drinking Drivers
Number of Drinking Drivers Drivers No Injury Possible Injury NonIncapacitating Injury 382 448 208 1,038 Incapacitating Injury Fatal
Restraint Used No restraint Used Restraint Use Unknown TOTALS
2,554 752 1,171 4,477
339 244 168 751
127 341 146 614
17 79 11 107
According to the NHTSA, about 3 in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash as some tiome in their lives.
Table 6-10 Persons Killed and Injured in Alcohol-Related Crashes
Victims Age 0-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS Total Killed 2 1 3 28 53 59 48 26 12 9 8 0 249 Male 1 0 1 20 41 51 32 19 7 6 5 0 183 Female 1 1 2 8 12 8 16 7 5 3 3 0 66 Total Injured 129 190 177 875 1,215 1,635 1,270 654 268 129 99 82 6,723 Male 59 95 82 538 844 1,107 770 395 163 84 62 52 4,251 Female 70 95 95 337 370 528 500 259 105 45 32 24 2,460 Sex Unk. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 12
* See note on page i
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Table 6-11 When Alcohol-Related Crashes Occurred in 1997
Total Daytime*** Nighttime Total 1,979 5,369 7,348 Weekday** 1,207 2,070 3,277 Weekend 772 3,299 4,071
**Weekend begins at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and continues through 6:00 a.m. Monday. All other times and days are considered Weekdays. ***Daytime refers to the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
Table 6-12 Pedestrian vs. Vehicle Action in Alcohol-Related Crashes*
Pedestrian Action Crossing at Intersection or Crosswalk Crossing not at Intersection or Crosswalk Walking in Roadway with Traffic Walking in Roadway against Traffic Standing In Roadway Pushing or Working on Vehicle in Roadway Other Working in Roadway Playing in Roadway Other in Roadway Not in Roadway Not Reported TOTALS
*in this table, alcohol-related refers to vehicle driver only
Totals 6 21 2 1 16 4 1 0 20 17 0 88
Straight 4 21 1 0 9 1 1 0 16 11 0 64
Vehicle Action Right Left Turn Turn U-Turn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Table 6-13 Alcohol-Related Crashes Injury Severity by Hour and Day of Week
Hour Beginning Midnight 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Noon 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Not Reported TOTALS Total Crashes All Fatal 548 750 318 222 140 100 86 72 60 41 59 80 106 132 203 268 377 495 560 510 510 581 533 597 0 7,348 10 33 13 11 4 2 6 5 1 1 1 2 4 7 5 9 10 9 14 13 10 11 17 20 0 218 Monday All 46 58 19 19 5 7 6 3 11 3 10 11 17 20 22 30 47 43 63 42 42 58 38 43 0 663 Fatal 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 24 Tuesday All 28 37 16 17 9 2 6 6 3 3 6 9 8 17 28 30 49 64 60 49 50 56 38 51 0 642 Fatal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 13 Wednesday All 46 59 22 15 8 7 4 8 6 7 5 7 6 21 16 38 38 56 78 50 58 57 50 69 0 731 Fatal 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 20 Thursday All 63 83 26 20 11 7 7 8 8 3 6 7 12 13 24 33 56 58 54 60 67 78 69 62 0 835 Fatal 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 0 0 18 Friday All 64 105 39 22 17 7 17 5 6 5 10 14 16 14 34 40 57 99 112 117 102 128 152 176 0 1,358 Fatal 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 2 4 2 3 6 8 0 43 Saturday All 140 218 105 70 50 33 16 20 17 10 10 21 26 26 51 55 69 94 104 115 108 126 121 132 0 1,737 Fatal 3 8 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 5 0 45 Sunday All 161 190 91 59 40 37 30 22 9 10 12 11 21 21 28 42 61 81 89 77 83 78 65 64 0 1,382 Fatal 3 14 5 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 0 4 2 0 55
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Section 7: Pedestrian and Pedalcyclist Crashes
Total Crashes 114,174
Pedestrian Crashes 1,721 1.51% All Other Crashes 110,123 96.45%
Pedalcyclists Crashes 2,330 2.04%
Fatal Crashes 152 8.83%
Injury Crashes 1,572 87.86%
Property Damage Only 57 3.31%
Fatal Crashes 31 1.33%
Injury Crashes 2,066 87.36%
Property Damage Only 258 11.37%
Killed 153
Injured 1,624
Killed 31
Injured 2,067
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Table 7-1
Pedestrians By Age and Gender
Age Group 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported Total Total Persons Killed Male Female 4 7 5 5 5 34 30 25 14 13 11 0 153 2 4 4 4 4 26 24 18 13 11 7 0 117 2 3 1 1 1 8 6 7 1 2 4 0 36 Total 82 168 183 202 117 229 232 150 66 65 126 4 1,624 Persons Injured Male Female 46 110 109 116 73 152 153 106 42 35 76 2 1,020 36 58 74 86 44 77 78 44 24 30 48 2 601 Not Reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3
* See note on page i
Nationally, on average, a pedestrian is killed in a motor vehicle crash every 99 minutes, and one is injured every 7 minutes.
Table 7-2 Pedestrian Crashes
Statewide
Number of Crashes Persons Killed Persons Injured Property Damage Only
Total
1,721 153 1,624 57
Urban
1,504 104 1,447 50
Rural
217 49 177 7
Table 7-3 Pedestrian Crash History
Number of Pedestrians
Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Fatal 164 130 137 121 141 140 151 179 165 153 Injury 1,459 1,332 1,444 1,369 1,420 1,445 1,593 1,634 1,621 1,624
Across the U.S., 77,000 pedestrianswere injured and 5,307 were killedin traffic crashes, representing2 percent of all the people injuredand 13 percent of all traffic fatalities.
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Table 7-4 Pedestrians Killed
Pedestrian Action Crossing At Intersection Or Crosswalk Crossing Other Than Crosswalk Walking In Roadway With Traffic Walking In Roadway Against Traffic Standing In Roadway Pushing or Working On Veh. In Roadway Other Working In Roadway Playing In Roadway Lying In Roadway Getting On or Off Veh. In Roadway Other In Actions In Roadway Not In Roadway Not Reported TOTALS Total 12 70 7 3 6 0 1 0 5 0 13 12 24 153 0-4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5-9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 10-14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 15-19 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 20-24 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 25-44 4 28 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 5 5 12 64 45-64 5 15 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 5 39 65 & Older 1 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 24 Not Reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Table 7-5 Pedestrians Injured
Pedestrian Action Crossing At Intersection Or Crosswalk Crossing Other Than Crosswalk Walking In Roadway With Traffic Walking In Roadway Against Traffic Standing In Roadway Pushing or Working On Veh. In Roadway Other Working In Roadway Playing In Roadway Lying In Roadway Getting On or Off Veh. In Roadway Other In Actions In Roadway Not In Roadway Not Reported TOTALS Total 316 665 56 54 82 26 9 0 9 14 211 101 81 1,624 0-4 8 45 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 5 5 82 5-9 19 113 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 21 3 4 168 10-14 28 88 2 8 6 2 0 0 0 3 25 10 11 183 15-19 54 72 10 4 6 5 0 0 2 2 31 8 8 202 20-24 20 35 6 1 7 5 2 0 2 1 15 14 9 117 25-44 93 159 21 21 36 10 7 0 4 3 57 29 21 461 45-64 51 84 7 10 13 2 0 0 1 0 20 16 12 216 65& Older 44 68 6 6 7 2 0 0 0 1 31 15 11 191 Not Reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Table 7-6 Pedestrian Physical Condition
Pedestrian Condition Total 1,090 274 27 4 2 17 309 % of Total Peds 63.26% 15.90% 1.57% 0.23% 0.12% 0.99% 17.93% Fatal 43 51 3 0 0 3 52 % of % of Fatal Injury Peds Injury Peds 28.29% 1,014 67.11% 33.55% 218 14.43% 1.97% 21 1.39% 0% 4 0.26% 0% 2 0.13% 1.97% 13 0.86% 34.21% 239 15.82% 1,511 100.0% PDO 33 5 3 0 0 1 18 % of PDO Peds 55.00% 8.33% 5.00% 0% 0% 1.67% 30.00%
No Apparent Defects Impaired Had Been Drinking Other Bodily Defects Ill, Ability Influenced Sleepy, Fatigued Under Influence Of Narcotic Drug Not Reported TOTALS
1,723 100.0%
152 100.0%
60 100.0%
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Table 7-7 Lighting Conditions - Pedestrian Crashes
Number of Pedestrian Crashes Lighting Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs
Daylight Darkness Dawn or Dusk Not Reported TOTALS
994 634 93 0 1,721
36 107 9 0 152
915 514 83 0 1,512
43 13 1 0 57
Table 7-8 Weather Conditions - Pedestrian Crashes
Number of Pedestrian Crashes Weather Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs
Clear Raining Cloudy Snowing Strong wind Dust Fog Other Not Reported TOTALS
1,467 55 174 6 3 0 0 0 16 1,721
118 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 16 152
1,297 48 156 5 3 0 0 0 3 1,512
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Table 7-9 Pedalcyclists by Age and Gender
Persons Killed Age Group 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS *See note on page i Total 1 1 2 3 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 0 31 Male 1 1 2 3 1 6 6 4 2 1 2 0 29 Female 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Total 13 134 347 292 254 411 290 148 47 38 93 0 2,067 Persons Injured Male 10 100 284 229 199 325 232 123 41 26 79 0 1,648 Female 3 34 63 63 55 85 57 25 6 12 13 0 416 Not Reported 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Table 7-10 Pedalcycle Crashes
Statewide
Number Of Crashes Persons Killed Persons Injured Property Damage Only
Total
2,330 31 2,067 258
Urban
2,191 24 1,945 246
Rural
139 7 122 12
Table 7-11 Pedalcycle Crash History
NUMBER OF PEDALCYCLISTS Total Killed 35 30 28 30 18 24 21 31 30 31 Total Injured 1,862 1,864 2,055 2,121 2,091 2,162 2,271 2,308 2,089 2,067
Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
In 1997, 58,000 pedalcyclists were injured and 813 werekilled in traffic crashesacross the country. Thisrepresented 2 percent of all injuries and 2 percent of all fatalities from traffic crashes.
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Table 7-12 Lighting Conditions - Pedalcyclist Crashes
Number of Pedalcyclist Crashes Lighting Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs
Daylight Darkness Dawn or Dusk Not Reported TOTALS
1,795 400 135 0 2,330
13 5 13 0 31
1,576 114 351 0 2,041
206 16 36 0 258
Table 7-13 Weather Conditions - Pedalcyclist Crashes
Number of Pedalcyclist Crashes Weather Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs
Clear Raining Cloudy Snowing Strong wind Dust Fog Other Not Reported TOTALS
2,026 42 243 0 7 1 0 0 11 2,330
28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
1,768 38 218 0 6 1 0 0 10 2,041
230 4 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 258
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Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes
Total Crashes 114,178
Motorcycle Crashes 1.59% 1,820
All Other Crashes 112,354 98.41%
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Fatal Crashes 3.19%
Injury Crashes 1,490 81.87%
Property Damage Only 272 14.95%
Killed 60
Injured 1,636
Includes motorcycle drivers and/or motorcycle passengers only
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Figure 8-1 Motorcycle Fatalities by Year
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Figure 8-2 Motorcycle Registrations in Arizona
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Figure 8-3 Motorcycle Fatality Rate per Registered Motorcycles
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Table 8-1 Motorcycle Crashes by Type
Number of Crashes Non-Fatal Injury 0 5 0 34 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 58 18 337 11 843 0 12 0 11 27 220 11 1,490 Property Damage Only 2 35 0 205 0 6 0 0 1 21 2 272
Accident Type Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Vehicle In Transport Motor Vehicle On Other Roadway Parked Motor Vehicle Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS
Total 20 377 11 1,082 0 18 0 11 29 258 14 1,820
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Table 8-2 Motorcycle Crashes - Lighting Conditions
Number of Crashes Lighting Condition Daylight Dawn or Dusk Darkness Not Reported Totals Total 1,196 98 523 3 1,820 Fatal 26 2 30 0 58 Injury 969 86 432 3 1,490
Table 8-3 Motorcycle Crashes - Road Surface
Number of Crashes Road Surface Dry Wet Snowy/icy Other Not Reported Totals
Total 1,661 58 0 101 0 1,820
Fatal 54 1 0 3 0 58
Injury 1,350 51 0 89 0 1,490
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Table 8-4 Motorcycle Crashes - Land Use
Number of Crashes and % of Total Total Crashes Fatalities Injuries 1,820 60 1,636 Rural 475 24 443 % of Total 26.10% 40.00% 27.08% Urban 1,345 36 1,193 % of Total 73.90% 60.00% 72.92
Table 8-5 Operators' Age - Motorcycle Crashes
Number of operators Total No. of Operators 31 13 22 119 329 492 436 232 78 29 62 1 1,844 Percent of Total 1.68 0.70 1.19 6.45 17.84 26.68 23.64 12.58 4.23 1.57 3.36 0.05 100.00% Fatal Crashes 0 0 0 1 10 21 12 10 6 1 0 0 61 Injury Crashes 27 12 20 99 270 406 366 195 61 23 30 1 1,510
Age of Operator 15 & Younger 16 17 18-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported
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Table 8-6 Alcohol-Related Motorcycle Crashes Total number of impaired operators Total number of fatal crashes Total number of injury crashes
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Table 8-7 Motorcycle Operators Involved in Fatal Crashes by License Status*
License Status 1995 1996 1997 Total Fatal Percent of Total Fatal Percent of Total Fatal Percent of Crashes Fatal Crashes Fatal Crashes Fatal Crashes Crashes Crashes 2 3.45% 4 5.97% 4 6.67% 31 53.45% 25 37.31% 18 30.00% 24 41.38% 34 50.75% 37 61.67% 1 1.72% 4 5.97% 1 1.67% 100.00% 58 67 100.00% 60 100.00%
*Note: includes only motorcycle operators involved in fatal crashes.
No license Invalid Valid Unknown TOTALS
Table 8-8 Motorcycle Operator's Helmet Use
Number of Motorcycle Crashes Severity of Injury No injury Possible injury Non-incapacitating Incapacitating Fatality Unknown TOTALS Helmet Used 76 99 222 110 12 3 522 % of Total 14.56% 18.97% 42.53% 21.07% 2.30% 0.57% 100.00% No Helmet 124 169 326 228 31 10 888 % of Unknown Total 13.96% 87 19.03% 110 36.71% 138 25.68% 62 3.49% 8 1.13% 29 100.00% 434 % of Total 20.05% 25.35% 31.80% 14.29% 1.84% 6.68% 100.00% Total 287 378 686 400 51 42 1,844 % of Total 15.56% 20.50% 37.20% 21.69% 2.77% 2.28% 100.00%
Table 8-9 Motorcycle Passenger Helmet Use
Number of Motorcycle Crashes Severity of Injury No injury Possible injury Non-incapacitating Incapacitating Fatality Unknown TOTALS Helmet Used 9 10 25 10 1 0 55 % of Total 16.36% 18.18% 45.45% 18.18% 1.82% 0% 100.00% No Helmet 15 22 47 37 8 0 129 % of Use Total Unknown 11.63% 9 17.05% 10 36.43% 7 28.68% 4 6.20% 0 0% 2 100.00% 32 % of Total 28.13% 31.25% 21.88% 12.50% 0% 6.25% 100.00% Total 33 42 79 51 9 2 216 % of Total 15.28% 19.44% 36.57% 23.61% 4.17% 0.93% 100.00%
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Table 8-10 Motorcycle Operators and Passengers Killed and Injured
Age of Victims Total 0-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS 0 0 0 3 9 19 14 9 6 0 0 0 60 Number Killed Male 0 0 0 1 9 19 9 7 5 0 0 0 50 Female 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 10 Total 2 8 26 155 288 441 383 213 63 25 24 8 1,636 Number Injured Male 1 5 21 142 262 392 331 183 59 24 21 3 1,444 Female 1 3 5 13 26 49 52 30 4 1 2 5 191 Unk. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Table 8-11 Motorcycle Operator Errors
ALL CRASHES Number Contributing Circumstances Of Cases Exceeding lawful speed limit Speed too fast for conditions Failed to yield Passed stop sign Disregarded traffic signal Drove left of center Followed too closely Made improper turn Driver inattention Had been drinking Other improper driving Inadequate brakes Defective tires Other No improper driving Not Reported TOTALS 29 407 65 14 14 11 32 15 1 149 85 6 11 21 752 232 1,844 Percent Of Units 1.57% 22.07% 3.52% 0.76% .0.76% 0.60% 1.74% 0.81% 0.05% 8.08% 4.61% 0.33% 0.60% 1.14% 40.78% 12.58% 100.00% FATAL CRASHES Number Of Cases 1 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 2 0 1 1 17 6 61 Percent Of Units 1.64% 22.95% 3.28% 0% 1.64% 3.28% 0% 0% 0% 22.95% 3.28% 0% 1.64% 1.64% 27.87% 9.84% 100.00% INJURY CRASHES Number Of Cases 25 332 45 11 12 9 21 12 1 124 71 5 9 17 626 190 1,510 Percent Of Units 1.66% 21.99% 2.98% 0.73% 0.79% 0.58% 1.39% 0.79% 0.07% 8.21% 4.70% 0.33% 0.58% 1.13% 41.46% 12.58% 100.00%
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Section 9: School Bus Crashes
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No Improper Driving Speed not Reasonable & Proper Failed to Yield Following too Closely Improper Turn Drove in Opposing Lane Other Unknown Inattention No Passing Zone Unsafe Lane Change TOTAL DRIVERS
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Table 9-2 School Bus Crash History
92/93 Injuries and Fatalities Pupils Killed Injured Bus Drivers Killed Injured Property Damage Only Crashes Crash by Time of Day A.M. P.M. Weather Conditions: Not Reported Clear and Dry Rain Snow or Ice Dusty or Windy Fog Cloudy 0 15 204 0 18 202 0 15 216 0 19 173 0 25 213 0 120 1 92 0 117 1 142 0 131 93/94 School Year 94/95 95/96 96/97
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Acknowledgements
The Crash Analysis Unit of the Arizona Department of Transportation would not be able to produce this report without the fine work of the following individuals who were responsible for the coding and keying-in of all our accident data for this publication. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to each of you and keep up the good work!
Coders and Keyers
Debora Bauer Rosemary Bernardino Alicia Brooks Jessica Fernandez Pat Geans Willie Gilder Mary Hedrich Diane Lovell Kathleen Mullins Pamela Pelech Victoria Riddle Natalie Vidaure
Additional Key Staff
Margaret Muniz Dave Gibson Ellie Castner
Special gratitude to our other providers of data and information including: The National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Research and Development The Arizona State Data Center, Arizona Department of Economic Security The Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Public Health Statistics, Arizona Department of Health Services The Technical Information Resources Group, Arizona Department of Transportation Photogrammetry and Mapping, Arizona Department of Transportation The National Safety Council Motor Vehicle Department, Arizona Department of Transportation
In addition, we wish to acknowledge the men and women working in law enforcement and public safety agencies that are responsible for the production of all crash data in the field. We rely on their accurate completion of crash reports and without their attention to detail we would be unable to maintain a meaningful database. Thanks!!
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| Full Text | ARIZONA MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH FACTS 1997 1997 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts for Arizona Prepared by the: Motor Vehicle Crash Statistics Unit Traffic Records Section Jim Williams,Manager Philip A. Scandura Sr., Senior Analyst Nancy Ann Crandall, Analyst Laura Bunch, Analyst Judy Ormond, Analyst This publication is a statistical review of the motor vehicle crashes in the State of Arizona for calendar year 1997. The results are compiled from Arizona Traffic Accident Reports submitted to the Arizona Department of Transportation by state, county, city, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies. Specific inquiries regarding the data in this report or requests for additional copies should be directed to: The Arizona Department of Transportation Traffic Engineering Group Traffic Records Section 2828 N. Central Avenue, Suite 880 Phoenix, AZ 85004 (602) 255-6968 or (602) 255-6687 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts is an annual report published by the Traffic Engineering Group of the Arizona Department of Transportation. In order to provide the most current information, preliminary data is utilized when necessary. For this reason, previous or future reports may differ slightly and we encourage you to refer to the latest issue of Motor Vehicle Crash Facts. Cover photo taken from ADOT's Trailmaster website www.azfms.com 1998 Arizona Department of Transportation Visit ADOT's Web Site www.dot.state.az.us For further information or questions, please E-Mail azcrashfacts@dot.state.az.us The Arizona Department of Transportation Jane Dee Hull Governor Mary Peters Director State Transportation Board Jack F. Husted Chairman John I. Hudson Vice Chairman Members Burton S. Kruglick Jerry C. Williams F. Rockne "Roc" Arnett Katie Dusenberry Ingo Radicke TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1: Highlights and Historical Trends .................................................................1 Total crashes, historical data, economic loss, victim demographics, vehicle miles traveled, fatality rates, land use, and holiday deaths. Section 2: Geographic Location...................................................................................12 Urban and rural crashes, crashes by counties, cities, and on state highways. Section 3: Crash Descriptions......................................................................................22 Single vehicle and multi-vehicle, lighting, road surface, weather, road grade, time, day, and month. Section 4: Safety Devices..............................................................................................31 Use of safety devices by drivers and passengers, child restraint, seat positions. (For helmet use, see Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes) Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics.................................................35 Crashes by vehicle type, hit and run crashes, motor vehicle registration, Licensed drivers by age, killed and injured by vehicle type, gender of drivers, residence and age of drivers, driver errors and physical condition. Section 6: Alcohol-Related Crashes.............................................................................40 Alcohol-related crashes by severity and manner of collision, first harmful event, vehicle type, light conditions, single and multi-vehicle crashes, age, gender, safety devices, daytime, weekday, and weekend crashes, pedestrian involvement, month, time, and day of week. Section 7: Pedestrian and Pedalcyclists.......................................................................49 Severity of injury, age, gender, history, victims' actions, physical condition, intersectionrelated, lighting, and weather conditions. Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes .................................................................................... 55 Severity of injury, fatalities, and motorcycle registrations, fatality rate, accident type, lighting conditions, road surface, urban and rural, valid licenses, operators' age, license status, operator and passenger helmet usage, victims ages, gender, operator errors, time, weekday, weekend, and month. Section 9: School Bus Crashes ..................................................................................... 65 History, driver errors, injuries, fatalities, time of day, weather conditions and vehicles involved. Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................ 67 . Note to all statistical users It has been discovered that the data entry program used for the drivers and victims had a default error concerning age. All persons with an unknown date of birth had been assigned, February 14, 1912, (AZ Statehood Day), as a default date of birth. Their ages show in the statistics as being in their 80's. This error has effected our database since mid 1992. Please be aware of this when attempting age comparisons in the 1992 through 1996 crash facts. The most obvious category is the Hit and Run driver. Approximately 10,000 to 12,000 individuals were appearing in the 75 and older group when in reality they should have been distributed throughout all age brackets. Tables 1-5 (page 8) and 5-8 (page 38) are most adversely effected. Those tables have been adjusted to show the fatalities and fatal crash involvement according to the Fatality Analysis Reporting System. Injury and property damage only crashes will be shown as unknown or not reported in this addition. Tables 6-7 (page 43), 6-10 (page 45), 7-1 (page 50), 7-9 (page 53) and 8-5 (page 58) will show some effect but have not been adjusted. Page i 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Section 1: Highlights and Historical Trends TOTAL CRASHES 114,174 100.00% FATAL CRASHES 843 .74% INJURY CRASHES 41,802 36.61% PROPERTY DAMAGE 71,529 62.65% KILLED 949 INJURED 68,297 Page 1 Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends Table 1-1 Arizona Crash Facts Category Reported crashes Total killed Total injured Pedestrians killed Pedestrians injured Motorcyclists killed Motorcyclists injured Pedalcyclists killed Pedalcyclists injured Millions of vehicle miles traveled (VMT Deaths per 100 million VMT Injuries per 100 million VMT 1996 112,959 995 71,807 164 1,621 71 1,819 30 2,089 42,007 2.37 170.74 1997 114,174 949 68,297 153 1,624 60 1,636 31 2,067 43,543 2.18 158.85 Pct Change +1.08% -4.62% -4.89% -6.71% +0.19% -15.49% -10.06% +3.33% -1.05% +3.66% -8.02% -6.97% 1997 At a Glance Approximately 2.6 persons were killed each day. One person was killed every 9.2 hours. There were 187.1 persons injured every day. One person was injured every 7.7 minutes. Drinking drivers were involved in 6.44% of all crashes. Drinking drivers were involved in 29.5% of all fatalities. Over 82.2% of all drinking drivers involved in crashes were males. Rural crashes accounted for 19.8% of all crashes, and over 56.4% of all fatal crashes. 79.2% of all crashes occurred during daylight. Motor vehicle crashes resulted in $2.32 billion in economic losses to Arizona. Motor vehicle crashes killed 73 children and injured 6,687 children through age 14. Page 2 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary The Nation In 1997 41,967 persons were killed in motor vehicle crashes in the United States. An estimated 3,399,000 persons were injured. There were an estimated 6,726,000 crashes. The population of the United States was estimated at 264,349,000. Vehicle miles traveled totaled 2,694 billion miles. Table 1-2 Arizona Licensed Drivers, Motor Vehicle Registration and Crash History Calendar Year 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Total Crashes 76,616 88,037 92,921 99,809 99,172 96,225 92,144 91,121 85,728 89,862 97,903 106,728 113,888 112,964 114,174 Fatal Crashes 616 787 782 889 811 844 770 784 727 703 704 796 919 858 843 Injury Crashes 31,683 36,576 37,841 39,651 40,115 38,853 37,850 37,609 34,277 36,024 38,434 41,809 43,721 43,314 41,802 Property Damage Crashes 44,317 50,674 54,298 59,269 58,246 56,528 53,524 52,728 50,724 53,137 58,765 64,123 69,248 68,792 71,529 Total Persons Killed 675 869 893 1,007 939 944 879 869 816 811 801 906 1,037 995 949 Total Persons Injured 50,076 57,592 59,650 62,466 63,278 62,232 61,597 60,747 55,625 58,496 63,037 68,872 71,994 71,807 68,297 Total Licensed Drivers 2,299,798 2,526,872 2,106,559 2,186,465 2,296,741 2,375,763 2,416,057 2,480,244 2,517,836 2,653,409 2,855,184 2,631,218 2,776,877 3,127,080 3,187,150 Total Registered Vehicles 2,055,026 2,162,526 2,283,832 2,387,818 2,438,960 2,511,115 2,546,530 2,822,304 2,842,475 2,820,431 2,910,175 2,786,435 2,945,574 3,187,190 3,393,170 Page 3 Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends Table 1-3 Historical Trends Arizona and the United States Calendar Year 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 U.S. Fatality Rate* 11.28 7.59 6.37 5.31 5.54 4.91 3.46 3.25 3.26 3.26 3.34 3.35 3.17 2.76 2.58 2.57 2.47 2.51 2.42 2.32 2.16 2.44 1.91 1.80 1.80 1.73 1.70 1.70 1.70 Arizona Fatality Rate* 17.99 11.04 8.11 7.85 6.60 6.29 4.18 4.36 5.15 5.33 5.25 5.03 4.93 3.67 3.44 4.22 3.07 3.23 2.96 2.76 2.52 2.45 2.34 2.31 2.10 2.34 2.62 2.37 2.18 Arizona Traffic Deaths 283 325 358 513 550 762 670 737 933 1,027 1,029 947 916 724 675 869 893 1,007 939 944 879 869 816 811 801 906 1,037 995 949 Estimated Motor Vehicle Miles Traveled* 1,573 2,944 4,415 6,536 8,339 12,122 16,031 16,895 18,121 19,277 19,584 18,816 18,570 19,729 19,611 20,613 29,052 31,143 31,729 34,153 34,816 35,455 34,927 35,048 38,067 38,776 39,566 42,007 43,543 AZ Fatal Crash Rate* 9.54 6.86 9.15 5.80 5.27 3.69 3.75 4.43 4.71 4.47 4.43 4.47 3.22 3.14 3.82 2.69 2.85 2.56 2.47 2.21 2.21 2.08 2.00 1.85 2.05 2.32 2.04 1.99 *vehicle miles traveled are shown per million miles and rates per 100 million miles Due to refinements in the method used for the calculation of vehicle miles traveled and the use of preliminary data in some cases, the Arizona crash and fatality rates may differ slightly from previous reports. The most current data is always used at the time of publication, but it may change as new information is received. During 1997, an average of 115 persons died each day in motor vehicle crashes across the United States -one every 12 minutes. Page 4 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary , Statewide Economic Loss Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes In 1997, the economic impact of motor vehicle crashes accounted for $503.66 for every man, woman, and child in the state of Arizona. Fatalities Injuries Property Damage Only TOTAL. $930,020,000. 929,163,200. 457,785,600. $2,316,968,800. Table 1-4 Estimated Economic Loss by County Counties Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai Yuma TOTALS Fatalities $42,140,000 21,560,000 49,980,000 25,480,000 10,780,000 1,960,000 17,640,000 392,000,000 54,880,000 36,260,000 135,240,000 63,700,000 1,960,000 50,960,000 25,480,000 $930,020,000 Cost of Traffic Crashes Injuries PDOs $3,331,600 14,830,800 27,771,600 10,105,200 4,434,000 1,251,200 4,248,800 575,856,400 24,869,600 9,028,000 167,328,400 28,779,600 2,434,400 24,522,400 30,371,200 $929,163,200 $2,073,600 8,352,000 21,113,600 4,140,800 1,235,200 416,000 1,382,400 292,332,800 11,040,000 5,241,600 74,233,600 12,089,600 2,656,000 13,107,200 8,371,200 $457,785,600 Total $47,545,200 44,742,800 98,865,200 39,726,000 16,449,200 3,627,200 23,271,200 1,260,189,200 90,789,600 50,529,600 376,802,000 104,569,200 7,050,400 88,589,600 64,222,400 $2,316,968,800 Cost estimates are based on the 1997 National Safety Council estimates of the average cost of motor vehicle crashes, deaths and injuries. These costs are an estimate of wage and productivity losses, medical expenses, administrative expenses, motor vehicle damage, and employer costs. Effective in 1993, new components were added and new benchmarks and inflation factors adopted. For this reason, the cost estimates for 1997 are not comparable to those published in the past. The following factors were used to approximate the value of the loss for crashes occurring in Arizona. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Fatality Incapacitating Injury Non-incapacitating Injury Possible Injury Property Damage Only $980,000. 42,800. 14,400 7,200. 6,400. Across our nation, the economic cost of motor vehicle crashes in 1997 was estimated to be $150.5 billion. . Page 5 Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends Traffic Crashes in Arizona by Year Figure 1-1: All Crashes 120,000 100,000 80,000 60,000 40,000 20,000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 97,903 85,728 89,862 113,888 106,728 112,964 114,174 Figure 1-2: Fatal Crashes 1000 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 727 796 701 704 919 858 843 Page 6 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Figure 1-3: Injury Crashes 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 34,277 36,024 41,809 38,434 43,721 43,314 41,802 Figure 1-4: Property Damage Only Crashes 80,000 70,000 60,000 64,123 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0 1991 1992 1993 1994 Year 1995 1996 1997 50,724 53,137 58,765 69,248 68,792 71,529 Page 7 Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends Table 1-5 Victims of Motor Vehicle Crashes* Age of Victim 0-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 **75 & Older Age Unknown Totals Total Killed 23 23 27 76 115 180 163 107 75 73 87 0 949 Male 10 12 16 53 84 143 116 67 46 45 46 0 638 Female 13 11 11 23 31 37 47 40 29 28 41 0 311 Total Injured 1,695 2,291 2,701 9,942 9,338 13,938 11,081 7,282 3,948 3,039 unk 3,042 68,297 Male 824 1,162 1,326 4,821 4,920 7,121 5,395 3,466 1,818 1,397 unk 1,398 33,648 Female 869 1,128 1,374 5,116 4,410 6,813 5,684 3,810 2,128 1,640 unk 1,601 34,573 Sex Unk. 2 1 1 5 8 4 2 6 2 2 43 76 *Includes all reported injuries and fatalities occurring on Arizona roadways. ** See note on page I Arizona's Estimated Population Population Percentage Traffic Crash Fatality Percentage Population Estimate 71.61% White 18.77% Hispanic 2.86% African American 5.18% Native American 1.41% Asian 0.12% Other Total estimated 1997 population 59.9% 19.3% 3.6% 15.8% 1.2% 0.00% 3,290,748 862,552 131,428 238,040 64,795 5,519 4,595,375** Sources: Arizona State Data Center, Arizona Department of Economic Security and The Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Public Health Statistics. Population ratios are based on 1990 U.S. Census Data. **Numbers are based on estimates and may not total to exact number. Table 1-6 Victims of Motor Vehicle Crashes (Arizona Residents Only)*** Age of Total African Native Victim Killed Male Female White Hispanic American Asian American 3 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 Less than 1 81 55 26 35 25 6 1 14 1-14 86 60 27 51 15 1 0 19 15-19 472 324 149 231 104 15 5 116 20-44 168 115 53 104 31 6 1 26 45-64 159 109 50 124 17 4 1 13 65+ 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 Unknown Total 972 666 306 546 194 34 8 188 Source: The Arizona Department of Health Services, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Public Health Statistics ***includes victims of crashes occurring outside Arizona. Page 8 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Figure 1-5 Vehicle Miles Traveled 50,000 45,000 40,000 35,000 In Millions 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Figure 1-6 Arizona versus U.S. Fatality Rate 5.00 Rate per 100 Million Miles 4.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 0.00 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 U.S. Fatality Rate AZ Fatality Rate Page 9 Section 1: Hightlights and Historical Trends Figure 1-7 Traffic Fatalities by Land Use 1200 1000 Number of Fatalities 800 554 600 400 200 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Urban 1993 Rural 1994 1995 1996 1997 390 372 468 403 403 525 528 534 517 470 468 569 591 546 354 341 299 339 333 Figure 1-8 Traffic Injuries by Land Use 80.0 70.0 60.0 12.7 In Thousands 13.3 12.9 12.6 12.5 12.7 12.1 13.8 13.4 13.6 50.0 40.0 30.0 49.5 20.0 10.0 0.0 1988 1989 1990 48.7 48.1 43.1 46.4 50.3 55.6 58.1 58.4 54.7 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Ur ban Rural Page 10 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 1-7 Holiday Crash Statistics Holidays such as Memorial Day, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving are regarded as a 3 or 4 day weekend holiday for statistical purposes. Holidays such as Christmas, New Years, and the Fourth of July are celebrated on specific dates; which also make the holiday period range from one to four days in length. Holiday fatality statistics are based on fatal crashes occurring between 6:00 p.m. on the last working day prior to the holiday and midnight on the last day of the holiday period. Example: Thanksgiving fatalities are counted from Wednesday evening at 6:00 p.m. through midnight of the following Sunday. 1997 Holidays Beginning at 6 p.m. Ending at Midnight Number of Days Fatal Crashes Persons Killed AlcoholRelated Crashes AlcoholRelated Fatalities New Years Tuesday 12/31/96 Friday 5/23/97 Thursday 7/03/97 Friday 8/29/97 Wednesday 11/26/97 Wednesday 12/24/97 Wednesday 1/1/97 Monday 5/26/97 Sunday 7/6/97 Monday 9/1/97 Sunday 11/30/97 Sunday 12/28/97 1 3 3 1 1 Memorial Day July 4th 3 9 12 5 8 3 9 10 1 1 Labor Day 3 22 23 6 6 Thanksgiving Day Christmas 4 11 17 2 3 4 11 17 2 3 Fatal Crashes by Year 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Persons Killed 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Number of Days 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 New Years Memorial Day 6 7 10 5 9 Memorial Day 6 11 10 6 12 Memorial Day 3 3 3 3 3 July 4th Labor Day 7 9 13 8 22 Labor Day 8 9 15 8 23 Labor Day 3 3 3 3 3 Thanksgiving 9 10 11 13 11 Thanksgiving 9 11 12 16 17 Thanksgiving 4 4 4 4 4 Christmas Total 4 5 7 14 3 New Years 5 6 8 16 3 New Years 3 3 3 3 1 14 8 10 9 9 July 4th 21 8 11 14 10 July 4th 3 3 1 4 3 10 7 10 1 11 Christmas 11 14 14 1 17 Christmas 3 3 3 1 4 50 46 62 50 65 Total 60 59 70 61 82 Total 19 19 17 18 18 Page 11 Section 2: Geographic Location Section 2: Geographic Location TOTAL CRASHES 114,174 100% URBAN CRASHES 91,568 80.20% RURAL CRASHES 22,606 19.80% FATAL CRASHES 368 .40% INJURY CRASHES 34,050 37.19% PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 57,150 62.41% FATAL CRASHES 475 2.10% INJURY CRASHES 7,752 34.29% PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 14,379 63.61% KILLED 403 INJURED 54,659 KILLED 546 INJURED 13,638 Page 12 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Tables 2-1, 2-2, and 2-3 Severity by First Harmful Event Statewide Statewide Total Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS 2,860 2,031 1,724 88,223 20 3,512 21 2,330 1,285 11,772 399 114,174 Number of Crashes Fatal 139 21 152 311 10 3 3 31 2 166 5 843 Injury 1,551 580 1,512 31,789 4 372 7 2,041 176 3,697 73 41,802 PDO 1,170 1,430 57 56,123 6 3,137 11 258 1107 7909 321 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 162 23 153 374 13 4 4 31 2 178 5 949 Injured 2,742 699 1,624 55,155 39 452 8 2,067 248 5,168 95 68,297 Severity by First Harmful Event in Urban Areas Urban Total Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS 414 775 1,504 76,295 6 3,059 16 2,191 158 7,053 97 91,568 Number of Crashes Fatal 9 9 104 154 4 2 0 24 0 61 1 368 Injury 223 290 1,350 27,730 0 324 5 1,921 27 2,146 34 34,050 PDO 182 476 50 48,411 2 2,733 11 246 131 4,846 62 57,150 Number of Persons Killed 11 9 104 181 4 3 0 24 0 66 1 403 Injured 355 319 1,447 47,241 18 392 6 1,945 42 2,847 47 54,659 Severity by First Harmful Event in Rural Areas Rural Total Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS 2,446 1,256 217 11,928 14 453 5 139 1,127 4,719 302 22,606 Number of Crashes Fatal 130 12 48 157 6 1 3 7 2 105 4 475 Injury 1,328 290 162 4,059 4 48 2 120 149 1,551 39 7,752 PDO 988 954 7 7,712 4 404 0 12 976 3,063 259 14,379 Number of Persons Killed 151 14 49 193 9 1 4 7 2 112 4 546 Injured 2,387 380 177 7,914 21 60 2 122 206 2,321 48 13,638 Page 13 Section 2: Geographic Location Table 2-4 Crashes by County Number of Crashes County Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee La Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal Santa Cruz Yavapai Yuma Total Total 473 1,865 4,514 1,031 355 106 365 73,616 2,674 1,217 19,186 2,881 546 3,145 2,200 114,174 Fatal 37 20 46 22 11 2 17 372 46 29 116 56 2 44 23 843 Injury 112 540 1,169 362 151 39 132 27,567 903 369 7,471 936 129 1,053 869 41,802 PDOs 324 1,305 3,299 647 193 65 216 45,677 1,725 819 11,599 1,889 415 2,048 1,308 71, 529 Number of Persons Fatalities 43 22 51 26 11 2 18 400 56 37 138 65 2 52 26 949 Injuries 182 894 1,974 650 260 55 232 44,801 1,533 631 12,059 1,736 188 1,670 1,432 68,297 While rural crashes in Arizona accounted for only 19.8% of all crashes, they were responsible for 56.3% of all fatal crashes occurring in 1997. Table 2-5 Analysis by Jurisdiction Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related COUNTIES Cities APACHE COUNTY Eagar St. Johns Springerville State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL Total Fatal Injury Killed Injured Crashes Killed Injured 56 9 1 364 43 473 0 0 0 12 25 37 12 3 0 93 4 112 44 6 1 259 14 324 0 0 0 15 28 43 19 7 0 150 6 182 5 0 0 25 6 36 0 0 0 2 6 8 5 0 0 28 3 36 Page 14 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related COUNTIES Cities COCHISE COUNTY Benson Bisbee Douglas Huachuca City Sierra Vista Tombstone Willcox State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL COCONINO COUNTY Flagstaff Fredonia Page Sedona Williams State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL GILA COUNTY Globe Hayden Miami Payson Winkelman State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL GRAHAM COUNTY Pima Safford Thatcher State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL Total Fatal Injury Killed Injured Crashes Killed Injured 23 55 339 9 552 28 58 630 171 1,865 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 10 7 20 7 22 54 4 174 5 11 219 44 540 16 33 285 5 377 22 46 401 120 1305 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 12 7 22 11 28 82 5 267 7 20 410 64 894 1 5 24 0 19 2 3 43 12 110 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 2 1 18 0 14 0 1 59 4 99 2,343 11 125 273 66 1,407 289 4,514 2 0 1 1 0 36 6 46 501 3 36 79 8 464 78 1,169 1,840 8 88 193 58 907 205 3,299 2 0 1 1 0 40 7 51 782 5 53 114 19 878 123 1,974 99 0 12 18 1 92 40 262 1 0 1 0 0 8 5 15 65 0 8 7 0 104 29 213 162 3 18 116 0 612 120 1,031 2 0 0 0 0 14 6 22 53 1 4 33 0 239 32 362 107 2 14 83 0 359 82 647 3 0 0 0 0 17 6 26 97 1 4 52 0 442 54 650 12 1 1 5 0 48 9 76 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 13 1 0 3 0 56 6 79 8 79 51 131 86 355 0 3 1 6 1 11 5 41 21 45 39 151 3 35 29 80 46 193 0 3 1 6 1 11 8 72 40 75 65 260 0 3 3 18 9 33 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 34 8 48 Page 15 Section 2: Geographic Location Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related COUNTIES Cities GREENLEE COUNTY Clifton Duncan State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL LA PAZ COUNTY Parker Quartzite Colo. River Resv. State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL MARICOPA COUNTY Avondale Buckeye Carefree Cave Creek Chandler El Mirage Fountain Hills Ft. McDowell Resv Gila Bend Gilbert Glendale Goodyear Guadalupe Mesa Paradise Valley Peoria Phoenix Scottsdale Surprise Tempe Tolleson Wickenburg Youngtown State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL Total Fatal Injury Killed Injured Crashes Killed Injured 24 1 79 2 106 0 0 2 0 2 10 0 28 1 39 14 1 49 1 65 0 0 2 0 2 14 0 40 1 55 3 0 12 0 15 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 14 0 16 0 21 13 320 11 365 0 0 4 12 1 17 0 5 6 117 4 132 0 16 3 191 6 216 0 0 4 13 1 18 0 6 8 213 5 232 0 2 1 24 3 30 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 27 3 30 222 3 6 5 2,553 41 19 4 6 838 3,044 135 47 10,728 187 1,002 38,211 4,401 149 6,881 113 47 1 1,798 3,175 73,616 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 3 0 5 15 2 1 31 1 2 172 19 0 17 2 0 0 39 51 372 49 1 3 2 876 15 3 0 1 283 1,263 51 15 3,395 62 313 14,985 1,533 49 2,773 36 18 1 652 1,188 27,567 173 1 3 3 1,666 26 16 1 5 550 1,766 82 31 7,302 124 687 23,054 2,849 100 4,091 75 29 0 1,107 1,936 45,677 0 1 0 0 11 0 0 4 0 5 17 4 1 32 0 2 184 19 0 19 2 0 0 43 56 400 86 2 3 5 1,388 22 5 1 5 434 2,138 87 20 5,379 106 503 24,542 2,465 74 4,190 70 30 1 1,178 2,067 44,801 29 0 1 0 173 5 1 1 0 45 201 6 4 452 14 49 2,559 235 10 428 4 4 0 139 249 4,609 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 1 0 54 7 0 7 0 0 0 10 20 115 14 0 1 0 135 7 0 0 0 24 195 2 2 402 7 53 2,372 211 6 358 2 1 0 148 276 4,216 Page 16 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related COUNTIES Cities MOHAVE COUNTY Bullhead City Colorado City Kaibab-Paiute Resv. Kingman Lake Havasu City State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL NAVAJO COUNTY Holbrook Pinetop-Lakeside Show Low Snowflake Taylor Winslow State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL PIMA COUNTY Marana Oro Valley Sahuarita South Tucson Tucson State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL PINAL COUNTY Apache Junction Casa Grande Coolidge Eloy Florence Kearny Mammoth Superior State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL Total Fatal Injury Killed Injured Crashes Killed Injured 652 13 6 402 370 894 337 2,674 3 0 1 1 4 27 10 46 190 4 1 131 150 306 121 903 459 9 4 270 216 561 206 1,725 4 0 1 1 5 35 10 56 307 8 1 186 219 583 229 1,533 58 1 1 28 53 75 56 272 0 0 1 0 3 11 3 18 47 0 0 18 48 79 57 249 102 93 169 68 8 164 475 138 1,217 3 1 0 2 0 1 15 7 29 17 35 52 18 1 36 165 45 369 82 57 117 48 7 127 295 86 819 3 1 0 3 0 1 19 10 37 28 68 94 30 2 56 280 73 631 7 6 5 9 1 19 32 10 89 0 0 0 1 0 1 8 2 12 5 11 4 9 2 8 30 12 81 344 182 8 257 13,519 1,266 3,610 19,186 2 0 0 1 56 26 31 116 89 60 3 78 5,506 446 1,289 7,471 253 122 5 178 7,957 794 2290 11,599 3 0 0 1 68 32 34 138 142 97 5 141 8,730 795 2,149 12,059 13 6 0 18 728 78 281 1,124 0 0 0 0 18 4 12 34 10 11 0 21 633 84 278 1,037 388 594 73 86 60 3 12 25 1,053 587 2,881 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 26 20 56 130 179 24 23 8 1 4 7 373 187 936 255 412 49 61 51 2 7 18 654 380 1,889 3 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 31 24 65 234 288 44 39 9 2 10 14 773 323 1,736 25 31 6 15 1 0 4 6 109 56 253 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 9 4 17 18 21 4 10 0 0 6 10 114 49 232 Page 17 Section 2: Geographic Location About 59.2% of Arizona's population reside in Maricopa County, but only 44.1% of all fatal crashes occurred there in 1997. Number of Crashes Property Damage No. of Persons Alcohol-Related COUNTIES Cities SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Nogales Rio Rico State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL YAVAPAI COUNTY Camp Verde Ash Fork Cottonwood Jerome Prescott Prescott Valley State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL YUMA COUNTY San Luis Somerton Wellton Yuma State Rural Roads Other Rural Roads TOTAL Total Fatal Injury Killed Injured Crashes Killed Injured 357 1 186 2 546 1 0 1 0 2 69 1 59 0 129 287 0 126 2 406 1 0 1 0 2 101 1 86 0 188 23 0 24 0 47 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 18 0 28 94 1 191 4 656 289 1,434 476 3,145 3 0 0 0 2 1 30 8 44 21 0 52 0 237 70 512 161 1,053 70 1 139 4 417 218 892 307 2,048 3 0 0 0 2 1 38 8 52 27 0 70 0 341 110 876 246 1,670 10 0 5 0 50 21 95 50 231 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 10 5 0 5 0 37 9 74 39 169 12 11 1 1,389 346 441 2,200 0 0 0 3 10 10 23 2 2 1 596 110 158 869 10 9 0 790 226 273 1,308 0 0 0 4 10 12 26 949 3 5 1 909 224 290 1,432 68,297 1 3 0 93 28 36 161 7,348 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 249 2 3 0 105 42 38 190 6,723 STATEWIDE 114,174 843 41,802 71,529 TOTAL Totals within city and town juristictions include all State Highways During 1997, across the nation, 86 percent of speeding-related fatalities occurred on roads that were not Interstate Highways. Page 18 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Figure 2-1 Crash Rate per 100,000 People National Statewide Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee L a Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal S a n t a Cruz Yavapai Yuma 0 500 1,000 1,500 1,702 2,000 2,500 3,000 3,500 4,000 4,500 1,502 2,214 1,916 1,364 2,430 2,002 1,090 1,194 2,071 2,706 2,173 722 1,559 3,843 2,545 2,482 Figure 2-2 Fatality Rate per 100,000 People National Statewide Apache Cochise Coconino Gila Graham Greenlee L a Paz Maricopa Mohave Navajo Pima Pinal S a n t a Cruz Yavapai Yuma 0 20 20 40 60 80 100 120 6 37 17 43 15 42 41 23 102 34 18 43 55 16 21 66 Page 19 Section 2: Geographic Location Table 2-6 The State Highway System* Number of Crashes Route I SB I SB I I I SB I SB S U S S S S S S U S S S S S S S S SB S S S S S S S S S S SA SL U UA S S U 8 8 10 10 15 17 19 19 40 40 51 60 61 64 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 77 78 79 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 89 89 89 89 90 92 93 Total 294 51 5,445 26 101 3,491 408 69 1,338 533 629 2,263 24 107 44 30 102 310 124 11 19 5 52 11 551 10 77 0 140 0 60 22 77 91 110 654 137 230 493 2 268 52 171 108 333 Fatal 16 1 46 0 3 28 2 2 29 0 3 17 0 3 2 0 5 1 9 1 0 0 1 1 11 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 4 5 4 11 3 5 4 0 8 2 1 3 8 Injury 95 17 1,551 11 28 995 143 36 452 139 170 730 6 25 20 2 36 109 55 2 6 3 19 8 181 1 27 0 44 0 18 10 27 31 47 248 52 96 163 1 96 23 65 40 123 Property Damage 183 33 3,848 15 70 2,468 263 31 857 394 456 1,516 18 79 22 28 61 200 60 8 11 2 32 2 359 9 48 0 93 0 41 11 46 55 59 395 82 129 326 1 164 27 105 65 202 Number of Persons Total Total Possible Non-Incap Killed Injured Injury Injury 18 204 48 84 1 37 17 13 51 2,864 1,415 887 0 20 3 12 4 56 19 18 34 1,553 936 502 5 218 108 95 2 55 21 25 37 792 301 367 0 236 126 103 3 246 175 59 20 1,189 636 387 0 7 2 4 3 50 12 33 2 38 14 18 0 5 1 2 6 67 27 17 1 182 102 55 10 100 39 38 1 2 1 1 2 11 7 2 0 3 1 1 1 31 6 18 1 13 3 2 12 295 150 120 0 1 0 0 2 43 15 15 0 0 0 0 3 82 35 34 0 0 0 0 1 23 10 12 1 11 7 3 4 62 21 14 6 68 21 30 8 107 50 34 17 448 194 174 4 75 23 41 5 161 73 56 4 239 140 88 0 5 0 4 10 204 81 87 2 44 15 16 1 110 38 48 3 79 24 46 10 246 98 97 Incap Injury 72 7 382 5 19 115 15 9 124 7 12 166 1 5 6 2 23 25 23 0 2 1 7 8 25 1 13 0 13 0 1 1 27 17 23 80 11 32 11 1 36 13 24 9 51 Legend: In the route column, the first letter signifies the following: I=Interstate, S=State, U=U.S. Highway. The second letter signifies: A=alternate, B=business, L=loop, S=spur, X=temporary. Page 20 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Number of Crashes Route S 95 U 95 S 96 S 97 S 98 S 99 S 101 S 143 S 153 U 160 U 163 S 169 S 170 S 177 S 179 SA 180 U 180 S 181 S 186 S 188 S 189 U 191 UB 191 UX 191 S 202 S 238 S 260 S 261 S 264 S 266 S 273 S 277 S 280 S 286 S 287 S 288 S 289 S 303 S 347 S 366 S 373 S 377 S 386 S 387 S 389 S 473 S 564 S 587 TOTAL Total 672 152 3 4 13 6 246 122 0 34 4 20 1 33 103 0 195 2 6 34 8 193 0 7 905 7 649 1 12 6 13 22 19 10 33 11 4 36 18 19 5 14 1 35 20 2 0 11 22,784 Fatals 8 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 0 11 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 316 Injury 240 56 1 2 4 2 69 40 0 6 3 9 1 16 35 0 65 1 3 10 1 63 0 3 245 2 206 0 6 4 4 5 2 1 10 7 2 17 3 6 2 2 1 11 5 0 0 4 7,126 Property Damage 424 92 2 2 8 4 176 80 0 18 1 11 0 17 66 0 129 0 3 24 6 122 0 4 657 5 432 1 1 2 9 17 17 8 23 4 2 17 14 12 3 10 0 22 14 2 0 7 15,342 Killed 9 4 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 3 0 11 0 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 369 Number of Persons Total Possible Non-Incap Injured Injury Injury 429 208 147 118 33 60 1 0 1 2 0 1 12 7 5 4 0 3 98 56 29 62 40 18 0 0 0 32 5 14 3 1 2 17 7 8 1 0 1 23 5 16 53 30 21 0 0 0 115 45 57 6 6 0 4 0 2 22 12 6 1 1 0 107 50 29 0 0 0 4 1 2 358 250 84 5 2 3 373 198 141 0 0 0 12 5 6 6 4 2 9 8 1 5 1 4 4 1 3 7 3 2 17 7 8 10 4 5 2 1 1 39 16 16 4 0 2 8 3 2 3 0 2 5 3 2 2 1 1 25 5 15 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 3 12,124 6,039 4,392 Incap Injury 74 25 0 1 0 1 13 4 0 13 0 2 0 2 2 0 13 0 2 4 0 28 0 1 24 0 34 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 7 2 3 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1,693 * This table does not include crashes on the state highway system where a local street name was used as a reference on the police accident report form. Page 21 Section 3: Crash Descriptions Section 3: Crash Descriptions TOTAL CRASHES 114,174 100.00% SINGLE VEHICLE 25,296 22.16% MULTIVEHICLE 88,878 77.84% FATAL CRASHES 492 1.94% INJURY CRASHES 9,697 38.33% PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 15,107 59.72% FATAL CRASHES 351 0.39% INJURY CRASHES 32,105 36.12% PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY 56,422 63,49% Page 22 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 3-1 Manner of Collision in Multi-Vehicle Crashes Manner of Collision Head On Rear End Side Swipe Opposite Direction Side Swipe Same Direction Left Turn Other Angle Backed Into Other TOTAL Total 584 38,027 932 10,845 11,617 21,215 1,692 3,966 88,878 Percent of All Crashes 0.66% 42.79% 1.05% 12.20% 13.07% 23.87% 1.90% 4.46% 100.00% Fatal 93 39 10 16 58 90 0 45 351 Percent of Fatal Crashes 26.50% 11.11% 2.85% 4.56% 16.52% 25.64% 0% 12.82% 100.00% Injury 388 14,036 325 1,898 5,824 8,633 142 1,128 32,374 Percent of Injury Crashes 1.20% 43.36% 1.00% 5.86% 17.99% 26.67% 0.44% 3.48% 100.00% Table 3-2 Unusual Road Conditions Number of Crashes Unusual Road Conditions No Unusual Condition Under Construction Thru Traffic Allowed Under Construction Traffic Detoured Under Repairs Holes,Ruts,Bumps Obstruction Protected Obstruction Unprotected Obstruction Unlighted at Night Defective Shoulders Changing Road Width Flooded Temporary Lane Closure TOTALS Total 109,810 2,968 43 106 366 34 112 48 29 296 85 377 114,174 Fatal 828 8 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 843 Injury 40,424 896 9 32 132 6 30 19 15 82 31 126 41,802 PDO 68,558 1,964 34 74 231 28 82 28 14 214 54 248 71,529 Number of Victims Killed 933 8 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 949 Injured 66,113 1,447 13 51 200 11 43 27 20 121 36 215 68,297 Page 23 Section 3: Crash Descriptions Table 3-3 Weather Conditions Weather Clear Raining Cloudy Snowing Strong Wind Dust Fog Not Reported TOTALS Total 93,598 6,119 12,387 1,034 465 80 54 437 114,174 Number of Crashes Fatal Injury 626 30 91 4 3 0 0 89 843 34,533 2,136 4,614 195 160 33 19 112 41,802 PDO 58,439 3,953 7,682 835 302 47 35 236 71,529 Number of Persons Killed Injured 692 32 111 4 3 0 0 107 949 56,353 3,567 7,484 295 267 101 48 182 68,297 Table 3-4 Lighting Conditions Lighting Daylight Dawn or Dusk Darkness Not Reported TOTALS Total 82,656 5,288 26,045 185 114,174 Number of Crashes Fatal Injury 399 52 392 0 843 29,945 1,933 9,874 50 41,802 PDO 52,312 3,303 15,779 135 71,529 Number of Persons Killed Injured 448 57 444 0 949 48,251 3,189 16,781 76 68,297 Table 3-5 Road Surface Number of Crashes Surface Asphalt Concrete Gravel Dirt Other Not Reported TOTALS Total 104,089 7,881 374 1,412 63 355 114,174 Fatal 698 30 1 27 0 87 843 Injury 38,728 2,392 117 450 16 99 41,802 PDO 64,663 5,459 256 935 47 169 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 779 34 2 29 0 105 949 Injured 63,565 3,597 184 759 30 162 68,297 Page 24 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 3-6 Road Surface Conditions Number of Crashes Surface Dry Wet Snowy or Icy Other TOTALS Total 102,416 8,144 1,768 1,846 114,174 Fatal 778 41 7 17 843 Injury 37,974 2,845 371 612 41,802 PDO 63,664 5,258 1,390 1,217 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 880 43 7 19 949 Injured 62,096 4,692 581 928 68,297 Nationally, traffic fatalities account for more than 90 percent of transportation-related fatalities. Table 3-7 Road Grade Number of Crashes Road Grade Level Downgrade Upgrade Hill crest Dip Not Reported TOTALS Total 101,517 6,440 4,549 363 175 1,130 114,174 Fatal 578 103 55 5 4 98 843 Injury 37,464 2,266 1,497 147 70 358 41,802 PDO 63,475 4,071 2,997 211 101 674 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 636 119 63 8 5 118 949 Injured 61,226 3,711 2,407 263 112 578 68,297 Page 25 Number of Crashes Number of Crashes Page 26 10000 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 8000 9000 0 1000 1200 1400 1600 1800 2000 800 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 200 400 600 0 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM Section 3: Crash Descriptions 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM Weekends Weekdays 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Figure 3-2 Crashes by Time of Day Figure 3-1 Crashes by Time of Day 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM Number of Crashes Number of Crashes 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 0 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 5 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Figure 3-4 Fatal Crashes by Time of Day Weekends Figure 3-3 Fatal Crashes by Time of Day Weekdays 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page 27 Section 3: Crash Descriptions Figure 3-5 Crashes by Day of Week 25,000 20,548 20,000 16,772 15,000 10,834 10,000 16,635 16,974 17,620 14,791 5,000 0 Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun Figure 3-6 Fatal Crashes by Day of Week 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun 97 94 117 95 154 147 139 Page 28 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Figure 3-7 Crashes by Month 12,000 10,182 10,000 9,770 10,034 10,132 9,601 9,304 8,299 8,000 8,557 9,176 9,091 9,089 10,339 6,000 4,000 2,000 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Figure 3-8 Fatal Crashes by Month 90 80 80 70 60 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct 54 75 70 66 58 67 79 78 82 74 Nov Dec Page 29 Table 3-9 Crashes by Hour and Day of Week Hour Beginning Midnight 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Noon 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Not Reported TOTALS Total Crashes All Fatal 1,648 1,903 1,051 787 779 1,349 2,887 6,352 5,548 4,271 4,940 6,080 7,465 7,059 8,358 9,751 10,088 10,497 7,128 4,512 3,502 3,262 2,794 2,163 0 114,174 27 54 33 16 15 19 25 32 25 17 21 25 43 43 32 42 49 48 67 42 42 41 45 40 0 843 Monday All 177 172 94 81 85 223 527 1,138 991 666 800 933 1,101 1,016 1,276 1,546 1,514 1,659 985 568 395 365 264 196 0 16,772 Fatal 2 5 4 3 2 5 3 4 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 8 4 5 11 3 3 1 1 4 0 97 Tuesday All 118 133 77 74 86 199 527 1,114 1,031 689 712 853 1,090 1,018 1,291 1,465 1,533 1,662 1,063 587 453 374 275 211 0 16,635 Fatal 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 2 7 5 4 6 6 3 1 3 8 5 10 5 3 6 2 4 0 94 Wednesday All 167 158 90 75 83 194 488 1,223 960 666 690 938 1,120 1,042 1,168 1,486 1,565 1,753 1,078 579 446 431 315 259 0 16,974 Fatal 5 5 4 1 1 2 6 3 6 1 1 4 4 7 6 7 9 8 9 3 5 7 6 7 0 117 Thursday All 178 210 108 86 94 194 491 1,192 936 692 711 948 1,116 1,040 1,342 1,616 1,698 1,741 1,077 646 490 423 351 240 0 17,620 Fatal 0 3 1 1 2 3 0 8 1 3 2 5 5 8 4 2 4 7 7 6 7 6 8 2 0 95 Friday All 183 247 118 79 95 199 453 1,102 898 681 773 1,020 1,332 1,303 1,637 1,840 2,046 1,887 1,283 839 658 666 672 537 0 20,548 Fatal 6 4 4 4 2 1 2 5 3 2 2 3 9 7 5 5 12 6 8 12 10 7 18 10 0 147 Saturday All 412 502 274 196 170 179 237 350 461 562 758 888 1,001 975 1,007 1,045 972 944 911 747 593 585 560 462 0 14,791 Fatal 6 14 7 2 4 0 3 5 4 1 5 3 6 9 6 9 4 7 7 9 7 8 4 9 0 139 Sunday All 413 481 290 196 166 161 164 233 271 315 496 500 705 665 637 753 760 851 731 546 467 418 357 258 0 10,834 Fatal 5 21 11 4 3 7 7 5 2 2 3 0 8 4 4 8 8 10 15 4 7 6 6 4 0 154 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Section 4: Safety Devices TOTAL IMPACTED Unknown Drivers 211,458 23,106 314,608 With Safety Device Without Safety Device 174,771 82.65% 13,418 6.35% Fatalities Injuries Fatalities Injuries 114 30,529 218 5,419 Passengers Unknown 103,150 5,899 With Safety Device Without Safety Device 83,695 81.14% 13,556 13.14% Fatalities Injuries Fatalities Injuries 84 14,921 120 4,843 In this chart, "Unknown" represents incidents where the reporting officer could not discern whether a safety device was in use at the time of the crash. For this reason fatalities and injuries occurring where use was unknown are not included. Motorcycle operators are included in this chart under "Drivers." "Safety devices" refer to the use of helmets or safety belts depending on the mode of transportation. For a detailed analysis of motorcycle helmet use, see Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes. Page 31 Section 4: Safety Devices Arizona law requires young children to be restrained when riding in a motor vehicle. A.R.S. Title 28-907 states "...a parent, guardian or custodian of a child four or less years of age...shall properly secure that child in a child passenger restraint system." Table 4-1 Child Restraint Usage (less than five years old) Severity of Injury Restraint Percent of No Percent of Unknown Percent of Used Restraint Restraint No Unknown Used Used Restraint 10,186 799 403 6 54 11,448 88.98% 6.98% 3.52% 0.05% 0.47% 100.00% 786 128 176 10 3 1,103 71.26% 11.60% 15.96% 0.91% 0.27% 100.00% 414 31 46 2 13 506 81.82% 6.13% 9.09% 0.40% 2.57% 100.00% No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Totals Children in rear-facing child seats should not be placed in the front seat of cars equipped with passenger-side air bags. The impact of a deploying air bag striking a rear-facing child could result in injury to the child. NHTSA recommends that children 12 and under sit in the rear seat away from the force of a deploying air bag. Page 32 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Arizona law requires the use of seat belts. A.R.S. Title 28-909 states "...each front seat occupant of a motor vehicle.which is manufactured for the model year 1972 and thereafter...shall have the lap and shoulder belt properly adjusted and fastened while the vehicle is in motion, or if only a lap belt is installed wherethe occupant is sitting, have the lap belt properly adjusted and fastened while the vehicle is in motion." Table 4-2 Driver Restraint Usage Severity of Injury Restraint in Use 143,392 20,413 10,116 114 736 174,771 Percent of Restraint Used 82.05% 11.68% 5.79% 0.08% 0.42% 100.00% No Restraint Used 7,584 1,959 3,460 218 197 13,418 Percent of No Restraint 56.52% 14.60% 25.79% 1.62% 1.14% 100.00% Unknown Percent of Unknown 41.85% 5.92% 7.31% 0.40% 44.52% 100.00% No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Total 9,671 1,367 1,688 93 10,287 23,106 Excludes all motorcycle, motor scooter, moped, and golf cart operators. In Arizona, 82.7% of all drivers involved in crashes in 1997were reportedly wearing their safety belts. Of those drivers fatally injured, 34.3% were wearing seat belts. Table 4-3 Front-Seat Passenger Restraint Usage Severity of Injury Restraint in Use 40,911 6,832 3,536 67 195 51,541 Percent of Restraint Used 79.38% 13.26% 6.86% 0.13% 0.38% 100.00% No Restraint Used 3,856 1,150 1,643 73 47 6,769 Percent of No Restraint 56.97% 16.99% 24.27% 1.08% 0.69% 100.00% Unknown Percent of Unknown 69.71% 12.15% 13.12% 0.41% 4.60% 100.00% No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Total 2,364 412 445 14 156 3,391 Page 33 Section 4: Safety Devices NHTSA estimates that nationwide, seatbelt usage is approximately 69%. Table 4-4 Rear-Seat Passenger Restraint Usage Severity of Injury Restraint Used 17,267 2,236 1,115 11 77 20,706 Percent of Restraint Used 83.39% 10.80% 5.38% 0.05% 0.37% 100.00% No Restraint Used 3,868 863 883 37 33 5,684 Percent of No Restraint 68.05% 15.18% 15.53% 0.65% 0.58% 100.00% Unknown Percent of Unknown 75.17% 11.19% 10.39% 0.20% 3.05% 100.00% No injury Possible injury Injury Fatality Unknown Total 1,505 224 208 4 61 2,002 Across the nation, 10,750 lives were saved in 1997 by the use of safety belts. Page 34 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics Total Crashes 114,174 Total Vehicles* 215,490 Passenger Cars 141,514 65.67% Trucks 65,252 30.28% Motorcycles 1,844 0.86% *Includes driverless or illegally parked Buses 866 0.40% Other 6,014 2.79% Page 35 Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics Table 5-1 Arizona Motor Vehicle Registrations 3,043,605 Privately Owned Vehicles 289,256 Commercial Vehicles 2,529 Buses and Taxis 57,531 Motorcycles 249 Mopeds Total 3,393,170 *Total does not include duplicate registrations. Data provided by, and inquiries should be directed to, Motor Vehicles Division. Table 5-2 Motor Vehicle Accident Involvement by Vehicle Type Motor Vehicle Type Passenger Car Passenger Car and Trailer Pickup Truck (Incl. Panel & Mini Bus) Pickup Truck With Camper Other Vehicle With Camper Truck or Truck Tractor (Excl. P/U) Truck Tractor and Semi-Trailer Other Truck Combination Farm Tractor and/or Farm Equipment Taxicab Bus School Bus Motorcycle Motor Scooter or Motor Bicycle Moped Recreational Vehicle Motor Home or House Car Vehicle With Special Controls (Dual, Etc.) Emergency Veh. (Inc. Privately Owned) Military Vehicles Other Types Of Vehicles Vehicle Type Unknown TOTALS Total 141,514 261 57,910 820 2 19 3,135 3,368 37 94 533 333 1,844 10 11 1,328 363 12 116 0 153 3,627 215,490 Percent 65.67% 0.12% 26.87% 0.38% 0% 0.01% 1.45% 1.56% 0.02% 0.04% 0.25% 0.15% 0.86% 0.01% 0.01% 0.67% 0.17% 0.01% 0.05% 0% 0.07% 1.68% 100.00% Fatal 676 3 136 27 0 1 53 21 0 3 2 2 61 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 3 96 1,271 Injury 54,804 77 20,666 295 0 5 817 1,033 11 39 177 88 1,510 7 9 495 89 7 43 0 60 772 81,004 PDOs 86,034 181 36,928 498 2 13 2,265 2,314 26 52 354 243 273 2 2 832 271 5 71 0 90 2,759 133,215 Table 5-3 Hit and Run Drivers Number of Crashes Hit And Run? Yes No TOTALS Total 11,389 102,785 114,174 Fatal 7 836 843 Injury 2,853 38,949 41,802 PDOs 8,529 63,000 71,529 Number of Persons Killed 7 742 949 Injured 4,057 64,240 68,297 Page 36 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 5-4 Gender of Drivers Involved in Crashes Gender of Driver Male Female Not Reported TOTALS Total 127,550 80,340 7,600 215,490 Percent 59.19% 37.28% 3.53% 100.00% Fatal 859 327 85 1,271 Percent 67.58% 25.73% 6.69% 100.00% Injury 47,240 32,312 1,452 81,004 Percent 58.32% 39.89% 1.79% 100.00% Table 5-5 Residence of Drivers Involved in Crashes Residence of Driver Arizona Non-Resident Not Reported TOTALS Total 177,618 18,684 19,188 215,490 Percent 82.43% 8.67% 8.90% 100.00% Fatal 1,021 147 103 1,271 Percent 80.33% 11.57% 8.10% 100.00% Injury 68,197 6,826 5,981 81,004 Percent 84.19% 8.43% 7.38% 100.00% PDOs 108,400 11,711 13,104 133,215 Percent 81.37% 8.79% 9.84% 100.00% Table 5-6 Drivers and Occupants Killed and Injured by Vehicle Type Drivers Type of Motor Vehicle Passenger Car Passenger Car and Trailer Pickup Truck (Incl. Panel & Mini Bus) Pickup Truck With Camper Other Vehicle With Camper Truck or Truck Tractor (Excl. P/U) Truck Tractor and Semi-Trailer Other Truck Combination Farm Tractor and/or Farm Equipment Taxicab Bus School Bus Motorcycle Motor Scooter or Motor Bicycle Moped Recreational Vehicle Motor Home or House Car Vehicle With Special Controls (Dual, Etc.) Emergency Veh. (Inc. Privately Owned) Military Vehicles Other Types Of Vehicles Vehicle Type Unknown TOTALS Killed 260 0 106 11 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 51 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 39 477 Injured 29,793 41 9,154 165 0 3 228 331 2 24 32 22 1,464 6 9 251 31 2 27 0 45 55 41,685 Occupants Killed Injured 179 1 60 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 28 288 16,486 50 5,333 117 0 0 69 148 0 10 197 101 172 1 2 143 28 0 16 0 10 38 22,921 Page 37 Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Characteristics Table 5-7 Licensed Drivers in Arizona by Age Driver Age Group 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75 & Older TOTALS Male Number 3,518 25,886 34,467 36,870 37,016 37,029 35,012 31,602 30,912 27,083 307,763 345,535 281,758 177,623 138,750 87,696 1,638,520 Percent 0.21% 1.58% 2.10% 2.25% 2.26% 2.26% 2.14% 1.93% 1.89% 1.65% 18.78% 21.09% 17.20% 10.84% 8.47% 5.35% 100.00% Female Number 3,249 24,229 32,112 34,692 34,685 35,012 32,559 28,639 27,389 23,972 274,753 324,361 263,521 173,165 141,179 95,113 1,548,630 Percent 0.21% 1.56% 2.07% 2.24% 2.24% 2.26% 2.10% 1.85% 1.77% 1.55% 17.74% 20.95% 17.02% 11.18% 9.12% 6.14% 100.00% Total Number 6,767 50,115 66,579 71,562 71,701 72,041 67,571 60,241 58,301 51,055 582,516 669,896 545,279 350,788 279,929 182,809 3,187,150 Percent 0.21% 1.57% 2.09% 2.25% 2.25% 2.26% 2.12% 1.89% 1.83% 1.60% 18.28% 21.02% 17.11% 11.01% 8.78% 5.74% 100.00% Cumulative Percent .21% 1.78% 3.87% 6.12% 8.37% 10.63% 12.75% 14.64% 16.47% 18.07% 36.35% 57.37% 74.48% 85.49% 94.27% 100.00% 100.00% Table 5-8 Driver Involvement by Age Driver Age Group 15 & Younger 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS Total 780 5,139 6,052 7,060 6,756 6,229 6,006 5,927 5,574 5,484 49,420 40,832 26,515 14,348 9,952 8,000 11,416 215,490 Percent 0.36% 2.38% 2.81% 3.28% 3.14% 2.89% 2.79% 2.75% 2.59% 2.54% 22.93% 18.95% 12.30% 6.66% 4.62% 8.99% 0.02% 100.00% Fatal 0 20 28 40 28 39 36 44 27 31 260 216 161 100 80 161 0 1,271 Percent 0% 1.57% 2.20% 3.15% 2.20% 3.07% 2.83% 3.46% 2.12% 2.44% 20.46% 16.99% 12.67% 7.87% 6.29% 12.67% 0% 100.00% Injury 347 1,944 2,310 2,749 2,675 2,414 2,323 2,279 2,154 2,179 19,067 15,729 9,951 5,478 3,832 5,554 19 81,004 Percent 0.43% 2.40% 2.85% 3.39% 3.30% 2.98% 2.87% 2.81% 2.66% 2.69% 23.54% 19.42% 12.28% 6.76% 4.73% 6.86% 0% 100.00% PDOs 433 3,175 3,714 4,271 4,053 3,776 3,647 3,604 3,393 3,274 30,093 24,887 16,403 8,770 6,040 13,655 27 133,215 Percent 0.33% 2.38% 2.79% 3.21% 3.04% 2.83% 2.74% 2.71% 2.55% 2.46% 22.59% 18.68% 12.31% 6.58% 4.53% 10.25% 0% 100.00% * See note on page I Page 38 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 5-9 Driver Errors Contributing Circumstances Exceeded Lawful Speed Speeding * Failed to Yield Ran Stop Sign Disregarded Signal Opposing Lane Followed too Closely Improper Turn Driver Inattention Had Been Drinking Other Improper Driving Inadequate Brakes Defective Tires Other Mech. Defects Other Non-driving Error No Improper Driving Not stated Total Drivers 925 37,730 24,517 1,310 4,700 975 3,382 3,398 62 7,454 5,749 239 556 1,122 560 96,106 26,705 Percent of Total Drivers 0.43% 17.51% 11.38% 0.61% 2.18% 0.45% 1.57% 1.58% 0.03% 3.46% 2.67% 0.11% 0.26% 0.52% 0.26% 44.60% 12.39% Fatal Drivers 37 168 88 14 20 36 0 1 1 224 48 2 2 4 7 409 210 1,271 Percent Injury Percent of Fatal Drivers of Injury Drivers Drivers 2.91% 421 0.52% 13.22% 14,185 17.51% 6.92% 10,220 12.62% 1.10% 603 0.74% 1.57% 2,473 3.05% 2.83% 377 0.47% 0% 1,042 1.29% 0.08% 842 1.04% 0.08% 24 0.03% 17.62% 3,759 4.64% 3.78% 1,601 1.98% 0.16% 76 0.09% 0.16% 181 0.22% 0.32% 227 0.28% 0.55% 243 0.30% 32.18% 37,701 46.54% 16.52% 7,029 8.68% 100.0% 81,004 100.0% PDO Drivers 467 23,377 14,209 693 2,207 562 2,340 2,555 37 3,471 4,100 161 373 891 310 57,996 19,466 133,215 Percent of PDO Drivers 0.35% 17.55% 10.67% 0.52% 1.66% 0.42% 1.76% 1.92% 0.03% 2.61% 3.08% 0.12% 0.28% 0.67% 0.23% 43.54% 14.61% 100.0% TOTALS 215,490 1 0 0 . 0 % * Speeding too fast for conditions Table 5-10 Driver Physical Condition Driver Condition Total Drivers No Apparent Defects Impaired Had Been Drinking Other Bodily Defects Ill, Ability Influenced Sleepy, Fatigued Under Influence Of Narcotic Drug Not Reported TOTALS % of % of % of % of Total Fatal Fatal Injury Injury PDO PDO Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers Drivers 677 53.27% 224 17.62% 6 0.47% 2 0.16% 39 3.07% 12 0.94% 311 24.47% 1,271 100.0% 71,199 87.90% 116,527 87.47% 3,759 4.64% 3,471 2.61% 232 0.29% 286 0.21% 198 0.24% 164 0.12% 764 0.94% 750 0.56% 169 0.21% 154 0.12% 4,683 5.78% 11,863 8.91% 81,004 100.0% 133,215 100.0% 188,403 87.43% 7,454 3.46% 524 0.24% 364 0.17% 1,553 0.72% 335 0.16% 16,857 7.82% 215,490 100.0% Page 39 Section 6: Alcohol-Related Crashes Section 6: Alcohol Related Crashes T o t a l Crashes 114,174 Alcohol-Related 7,348 6.44% F a t a l Crashes 2 1 8 2.97% I n j u r y Crashes 3 , 6 9 0 48.24% P r o p e r t y Damage 3 , 4 4 0 46.82% Killed 249 Injured 6,723 N o n - A l c o h o l Related 1 0 6 , 8 2 6 93.56% The statistics in the Alcohol-Related section represent those crashes where the investigating officer indicated that a driver had been drinking an alcoholic beverage and may or may not be substantiated by a blood or breath test. No assumption is to be made that the person was legally intoxicated (blood alcohol content of 0.1% or higher) at the time the crash took place. Economic Loss due to Alcohol-Related Crashes in Arizona for 1997 Fatalities Injuries Property Damage $244,020,000. 115,332,400. 22,016,000. Total $381,368,400. Page 40 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 6-1 1992 to 1997 - Alcohol-Related Crashes Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Alcohol-Related Crashes 7,513 7,698 7,620 7,947 7,748 7,348 Percent of all Crashes 8.36% 7.86% 7.14% 6.98% 6.86% 6.44% Victims Killed 262 258 242 261 272 249 Percent of all Fatalities 32.39% 32.21% 26.71% 25.17% 27.34% 26.24% Table 6-2 Manner of Collision in Alcohol-Related Crashes Manner Of Collision Total Percent of all Crashes Number of Crashes Percent of Fatal Fatal Crashes 128 34 7 6 4 8 24 0 1 6 218 58.72% 15.60% 3.21% 2.75% 1.83% 3.67% 11.01% 0% 0.46% 2.75% 100.00% Injury Percent of Injury Crashes 39.81% 2.03% 24.04% 1.65% 3.85% 10.14% 15.18% 0.33% 0.81% 2.17% 100.00% Single Vehicle Head On Rear End Sideswipe Opposite Direction Sideswipe Same Direction Left Turn Other Angle Backing Into U Turn Other TOTALS 3,174 136 1,683 138 366 596 968 58 60 169 7,348 43.20% 1.85% 22.90% 1.88% 4.98% 8.11% 13.13% 0.79% 0.82% 2.30% 100.00% 1,469 75 887 61 142 374 560 12 30 80 3,690 Table 6-3 Alcohol-Related Crashes by First Harmful Event First Harmful Event Overturning Other Non - Collision Pedestrian Motor Veh. In Transit Motor Veh. Other Roadway Parked Motor Veh. Railway Train Pedalcylist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS Total 377 95 72 4,066 5 470 2 32 8 2,202 19 7,348 Number of Crashes Fatal Injury 42 5 17 79 5 1 0 5 0 61 3 7,348 245 59 55 2,165 0 129 2 27 6 994 8 3,690 PDO 90 31 0 1,822 0 340 0 0 2 1,147 8 3,440 Number of Persons Killed Injured 48 6 17 98 5 2 0 5 0 65 3 249 413 75 70 4,539 24 158 2 27 12 1,394 9 6,723 Page 41 Section 6: Alcohol-Related Crashes Table 6-4 Alcohol-Related Crashes by Vehicle Type Motor Vehicle Type Passenger Car Passenger Car and Trailer Pickup Truck (Incl. Panel & Mini Bus) Truck or Truck Tractor (Excl. P/U) Truck Tractor and Semi-Trailer Other Truck Combination Farm Tractor and/or Farm Equipment Taxicab Bus School Bus Motorcycle Motor Scooter or Motor Bicycle Other Special Vehicles Vehicle Type Not Reported TOTALS Total Number of Vehicles 4,792 5 2,326 1 10 62 1 1 0 2 149 3 67 35 7,454 Number of Vehicles Percent 64.29% 0.07% 31.20% 0.01% 0.13% 0.83% 0.01% 0.01% 0% 0.03% 2.00% 0.04% 0.90% 0.47% 100.0% Fatal 124 0 76 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 1 8 224 Injury 2,394 2 1,145 0 3 36 0 1 0 1 124 3 40 10 3,759 PDO 2,274 3 1,105 1 6 26 1 0 0 1 11 0 26 17 3,471 Table 6-5 Light Conditions - Alcohol-Related Crashes Number of Crashes Light Condition Daylight Dawn or Dusk Darkness Not Reported TOTALS Total 2,084 317 4,943 4 7,348 Fatal 57 10 151 0 218 Injury 1,077 163 2,448 2 3,690 PDO 950 144 2,344 2 3,440 Table 6-6 Road Surface Conditions - Alcohol-Related Crashes Number of Crashes Total 6,679 465 34 170 7,348 Fatal 202 9 0 7 218 Injury 3,379 223 12 76 3.690 PDO 3,098 233 22 87 3,440 Dry Wet Snowy or Icy Other TOTALS Page 42 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 6-7 Age of Driver - Alcohol-Related Crashes Driver Age 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Total Drivers 16 50 102 191 216 228 337 296 302 233 2,205 1,787 808 295 151 237 Percent of all Drivers 0.21% 0.67% 1.37% 2.56% 2.90% 3.06% 4.52% 3.97% 4.05% 3.13% 59.58% 23.97% 10.84% 3.96% 2.03% 3.18% 100.00% Drivers In Fatal Crashes 0 1 7 12 7 7 10 15 8 8 63 47 20 9 1 9 224 Percent of all Fatal Drivers 0% 0.45% 3.13% 5.36% 3.13% 3.13% 4.46% 6.70% 3.57% 3.57% 28.13% 20.98% 8.93% 4.02% 0.45% 4.02% 100.00% Drivers In Injury Crashes 9 23 46 99 116 118 156 133 161 155 1,126 932 409 154 75 87 3,759 Percent of all Injury Drivers 0.24% 0.61% 1.22% 2.63% 3.09% 3.14% 4.15% 3.54% 4.28% 4.12% 29.95% 24.79% 10.88% 4.10% 2.00% 2.31% 100.00% TOTALS 7,454 * See note on page i The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that 39% of all fatal U.S. crashes involved alcohol. According to State records, alcohol was involved in 25.9% of the fatal crashes in Arizona during 1997. Table 6-8 Driver Gender - Alcohol-Related Crashes Driver Gender Male Female Not Reported TOTALS Total Drivers 6,127 1,264 63 7,454 Percent Drivers In Percent of Drivers in Percent of of All Fatal Fatal Injury Injury Drivers Crashes Drivers Crashes Drivers 82.20 182 81.25 3,084 82.04% 16.96 37 16.52 656 17.45% 0.84 5 2.23 19 0.51% 100.00% 224 100.00% 3,759 100.00% Page 43 Section 6: Alcohol-Related Crashes Table 6-9 Safety Restraints - Drinking Drivers Number of Drinking Drivers Drivers No Injury Possible Injury NonIncapacitating Injury 382 448 208 1,038 Incapacitating Injury Fatal Restraint Used No restraint Used Restraint Use Unknown TOTALS 2,554 752 1,171 4,477 339 244 168 751 127 341 146 614 17 79 11 107 According to the NHTSA, about 3 in every 10 Americans will be involved in an alcohol-related crash as some tiome in their lives. Table 6-10 Persons Killed and Injured in Alcohol-Related Crashes Victims Age 0-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS Total Killed 2 1 3 28 53 59 48 26 12 9 8 0 249 Male 1 0 1 20 41 51 32 19 7 6 5 0 183 Female 1 1 2 8 12 8 16 7 5 3 3 0 66 Total Injured 129 190 177 875 1,215 1,635 1,270 654 268 129 99 82 6,723 Male 59 95 82 538 844 1,107 770 395 163 84 62 52 4,251 Female 70 95 95 337 370 528 500 259 105 45 32 24 2,460 Sex Unk. 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 12 * See note on page i Page 44 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 6-11 When Alcohol-Related Crashes Occurred in 1997 Total Daytime*** Nighttime Total 1,979 5,369 7,348 Weekday** 1,207 2,070 3,277 Weekend 772 3,299 4,071 **Weekend begins at 6:00 p.m. on Friday and continues through 6:00 a.m. Monday. All other times and days are considered Weekdays. ***Daytime refers to the hours between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Table 6-12 Pedestrian vs. Vehicle Action in Alcohol-Related Crashes* Pedestrian Action Crossing at Intersection or Crosswalk Crossing not at Intersection or Crosswalk Walking in Roadway with Traffic Walking in Roadway against Traffic Standing In Roadway Pushing or Working on Vehicle in Roadway Other Working in Roadway Playing in Roadway Other in Roadway Not in Roadway Not Reported TOTALS *in this table, alcohol-related refers to vehicle driver only Totals 6 21 2 1 16 4 1 0 20 17 0 88 Straight 4 21 1 0 9 1 1 0 16 11 0 64 Vehicle Action Right Left Turn Turn U-Turn 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Others 0 0 1 1 7 3 0 0 4 4 0 20 Page 45 Page 46 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 50 0 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 50 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 0 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM Section 6: Alcohol-Related Crashes 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM Weekends Weekdays 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Figures 6-1 and 6-2 Alcohol-Related Crashes 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 10 15 20 25 0 5 10 12 14 0 2 4 6 8 Midnight Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM Weekends Weekdays 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM Figures 6-3 and 6-4 Fatal Alcohol-Related Crashes 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page 47 Table 6-13 Alcohol-Related Crashes Injury Severity by Hour and Day of Week Hour Beginning Midnight 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Noon 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00 5:00 6:00 7:00 8:00 9:00 10:00 11:00 Not Reported TOTALS Total Crashes All Fatal 548 750 318 222 140 100 86 72 60 41 59 80 106 132 203 268 377 495 560 510 510 581 533 597 0 7,348 10 33 13 11 4 2 6 5 1 1 1 2 4 7 5 9 10 9 14 13 10 11 17 20 0 218 Monday All 46 58 19 19 5 7 6 3 11 3 10 11 17 20 22 30 47 43 63 42 42 58 38 43 0 663 Fatal 2 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 24 Tuesday All 28 37 16 17 9 2 6 6 3 3 6 9 8 17 28 30 49 64 60 49 50 56 38 51 0 642 Fatal 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 0 13 Wednesday All 46 59 22 15 8 7 4 8 6 7 5 7 6 21 16 38 38 56 78 50 58 57 50 69 0 731 Fatal 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 2 0 20 Thursday All 63 83 26 20 11 7 7 8 8 3 6 7 12 13 24 33 56 58 54 60 67 78 69 62 0 835 Fatal 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 4 0 0 18 Friday All 64 105 39 22 17 7 17 5 6 5 10 14 16 14 34 40 57 99 112 117 102 128 152 176 0 1,358 Fatal 0 3 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 2 3 2 4 2 3 6 8 0 43 Saturday All 140 218 105 70 50 33 16 20 17 10 10 21 26 26 51 55 69 94 104 115 108 126 121 132 0 1,737 Fatal 3 8 3 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 3 1 1 0 5 0 45 Sunday All 161 190 91 59 40 37 30 22 9 10 12 11 21 21 28 42 61 81 89 77 83 78 65 64 0 1,382 Fatal 3 14 5 3 0 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 1 4 1 2 0 4 2 0 55 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Section 7: Pedestrian and Pedalcyclist Crashes Total Crashes 114,174 Pedestrian Crashes 1,721 1.51% All Other Crashes 110,123 96.45% Pedalcyclists Crashes 2,330 2.04% Fatal Crashes 152 8.83% Injury Crashes 1,572 87.86% Property Damage Only 57 3.31% Fatal Crashes 31 1.33% Injury Crashes 2,066 87.36% Property Damage Only 258 11.37% Killed 153 Injured 1,624 Killed 31 Injured 2,067 Page 49 Section 7: Pedestrain and Pedalcyclist Crashes Table 7-1 Pedestrians By Age and Gender Age Group 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported Total Total Persons Killed Male Female 4 7 5 5 5 34 30 25 14 13 11 0 153 2 4 4 4 4 26 24 18 13 11 7 0 117 2 3 1 1 1 8 6 7 1 2 4 0 36 Total 82 168 183 202 117 229 232 150 66 65 126 4 1,624 Persons Injured Male Female 46 110 109 116 73 152 153 106 42 35 76 2 1,020 36 58 74 86 44 77 78 44 24 30 48 2 601 Not Reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 * See note on page i Nationally, on average, a pedestrian is killed in a motor vehicle crash every 99 minutes, and one is injured every 7 minutes. Table 7-2 Pedestrian Crashes Statewide Number of Crashes Persons Killed Persons Injured Property Damage Only Total 1,721 153 1,624 57 Urban 1,504 104 1,447 50 Rural 217 49 177 7 Table 7-3 Pedestrian Crash History Number of Pedestrians Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Fatal 164 130 137 121 141 140 151 179 165 153 Injury 1,459 1,332 1,444 1,369 1,420 1,445 1,593 1,634 1,621 1,624 Across the U.S., 77,000 pedestrianswere injured and 5,307 were killedin traffic crashes, representing2 percent of all the people injuredand 13 percent of all traffic fatalities. Page 50 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 7-4 Pedestrians Killed Pedestrian Action Crossing At Intersection Or Crosswalk Crossing Other Than Crosswalk Walking In Roadway With Traffic Walking In Roadway Against Traffic Standing In Roadway Pushing or Working On Veh. In Roadway Other Working In Roadway Playing In Roadway Lying In Roadway Getting On or Off Veh. In Roadway Other In Actions In Roadway Not In Roadway Not Reported TOTALS Total 12 70 7 3 6 0 1 0 5 0 13 12 24 153 0-4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5-9 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 10-14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 15-19 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 20-24 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 25-44 4 28 4 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 5 5 12 64 45-64 5 15 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 5 39 65 & Older 1 13 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 24 Not Reported 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Table 7-5 Pedestrians Injured Pedestrian Action Crossing At Intersection Or Crosswalk Crossing Other Than Crosswalk Walking In Roadway With Traffic Walking In Roadway Against Traffic Standing In Roadway Pushing or Working On Veh. In Roadway Other Working In Roadway Playing In Roadway Lying In Roadway Getting On or Off Veh. In Roadway Other In Actions In Roadway Not In Roadway Not Reported TOTALS Total 316 665 56 54 82 26 9 0 9 14 211 101 81 1,624 0-4 8 45 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 2 11 5 5 82 5-9 19 113 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 21 3 4 168 10-14 28 88 2 8 6 2 0 0 0 3 25 10 11 183 15-19 54 72 10 4 6 5 0 0 2 2 31 8 8 202 20-24 20 35 6 1 7 5 2 0 2 1 15 14 9 117 25-44 93 159 21 21 36 10 7 0 4 3 57 29 21 461 45-64 51 84 7 10 13 2 0 0 1 0 20 16 12 216 65& Older 44 68 6 6 7 2 0 0 0 1 31 15 11 191 Not Reported 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 Table 7-6 Pedestrian Physical Condition Pedestrian Condition Total 1,090 274 27 4 2 17 309 % of Total Peds 63.26% 15.90% 1.57% 0.23% 0.12% 0.99% 17.93% Fatal 43 51 3 0 0 3 52 % of % of Fatal Injury Peds Injury Peds 28.29% 1,014 67.11% 33.55% 218 14.43% 1.97% 21 1.39% 0% 4 0.26% 0% 2 0.13% 1.97% 13 0.86% 34.21% 239 15.82% 1,511 100.0% PDO 33 5 3 0 0 1 18 % of PDO Peds 55.00% 8.33% 5.00% 0% 0% 1.67% 30.00% No Apparent Defects Impaired Had Been Drinking Other Bodily Defects Ill, Ability Influenced Sleepy, Fatigued Under Influence Of Narcotic Drug Not Reported TOTALS 1,723 100.0% 152 100.0% 60 100.0% Page 51 Section 7: Pedestrain and Pedalcyclist Crashes Table 7-7 Lighting Conditions - Pedestrian Crashes Number of Pedestrian Crashes Lighting Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs Daylight Darkness Dawn or Dusk Not Reported TOTALS 994 634 93 0 1,721 36 107 9 0 152 915 514 83 0 1,512 43 13 1 0 57 Table 7-8 Weather Conditions - Pedestrian Crashes Number of Pedestrian Crashes Weather Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs Clear Raining Cloudy Snowing Strong wind Dust Fog Other Not Reported TOTALS 1,467 55 174 6 3 0 0 0 16 1,721 118 4 14 0 0 0 0 0 16 152 1,297 48 156 5 3 0 0 0 3 1,512 49 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 57 Page 52 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 7-9 Pedalcyclists by Age and Gender Persons Killed Age Group 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS *See note on page i Total 1 1 2 3 2 6 7 4 2 1 2 0 31 Male 1 1 2 3 1 6 6 4 2 1 2 0 29 Female 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 Total 13 134 347 292 254 411 290 148 47 38 93 0 2,067 Persons Injured Male 10 100 284 229 199 325 232 123 41 26 79 0 1,648 Female 3 34 63 63 55 85 57 25 6 12 13 0 416 Not Reported 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 Table 7-10 Pedalcycle Crashes Statewide Number Of Crashes Persons Killed Persons Injured Property Damage Only Total 2,330 31 2,067 258 Urban 2,191 24 1,945 246 Rural 139 7 122 12 Table 7-11 Pedalcycle Crash History NUMBER OF PEDALCYCLISTS Total Killed 35 30 28 30 18 24 21 31 30 31 Total Injured 1,862 1,864 2,055 2,121 2,091 2,162 2,271 2,308 2,089 2,067 Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 In 1997, 58,000 pedalcyclists were injured and 813 werekilled in traffic crashesacross the country. Thisrepresented 2 percent of all injuries and 2 percent of all fatalities from traffic crashes. Page 53 Section 7: Pedestrain and Pedalcyclist Crashes Table 7-12 Lighting Conditions - Pedalcyclist Crashes Number of Pedalcyclist Crashes Lighting Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs Daylight Darkness Dawn or Dusk Not Reported TOTALS 1,795 400 135 0 2,330 13 5 13 0 31 1,576 114 351 0 2,041 206 16 36 0 258 Table 7-13 Weather Conditions - Pedalcyclist Crashes Number of Pedalcyclist Crashes Weather Conditions Total Fatal Injury PDOs Clear Raining Cloudy Snowing Strong wind Dust Fog Other Not Reported TOTALS 2,026 42 243 0 7 1 0 0 11 2,330 28 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 1,768 38 218 0 6 1 0 0 10 2,041 230 4 22 0 1 0 0 0 1 258 Page 54 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Section 8: Motorcycle Crashes Total Crashes 114,178 Motorcycle Crashes 1.59% 1,820 All Other Crashes 112,354 98.41% 58 Fatal Crashes 3.19% Injury Crashes 1,490 81.87% Property Damage Only 272 14.95% Killed 60 Injured 1,636 Includes motorcycle drivers and/or motorcycle passengers only Page 55 Section 8: MotorcycleCrashes Figure 8-1 Motorcycle Fatalities by Year 120 100 80 60 97 40 20 0 1988 78 78 62 68 66 68 65 71 61 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 In 1997, 2,106 motorcyclists were killed in traffic crashes in the United States, 71 of these occurred on Arizona roadways. Figure 8-2 Motorcycle Registrations in Arizona 90000 80000 70000 60000 50000 7 40000 30000 20000 10000 0 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 4 6 8 8 7 2 2 4 9 7 7 3 9 8 7 8 6 5 1 7 7 3 8 1 7 1 3 3 1 6 7 6 5 9 7 0 0 6 7 7 0 2 3 1 5 9 7 0 0 1997 Total includes motorcycles only. Prior years included golf carts, atv's, etc. Source: The Motor Vehicle Division of the Arizona Department of Transportation Page 56 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Figure 8-3 Motorcycle Fatality Rate per Registered Motorcycles 1.40 1.30 Per 1,000 Motorcycle Registr4ations 1.20 1.08 1.00 0.80 0.60 0.40 0.20 0.00 1988 1.01 0.88 0.79 0.93 1.00 1.07 0.92 0.95 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Figure 8-4 Percent of Motorcycle Crashes to All Crashes 3.50% 3.32% 3.11% 2.97% 2.87% 2.46% 3.00% 2.50% 2.31% 2.00% 1.87% 1.73% 1.59% 2.00% 1.50% 1.00% 0.50% 0.00% 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 Page 57 Section 8: MotorcycleCrashes Table 8-1 Motorcycle Crashes by Type Number of Crashes Non-Fatal Injury 0 5 0 34 0 0 0 0 1 17 1 58 18 337 11 843 0 12 0 11 27 220 11 1,490 Property Damage Only 2 35 0 205 0 6 0 0 1 21 2 272 Accident Type Overturning Other Non-Collision Pedestrian Motor Vehicle In Transport Motor Vehicle On Other Roadway Parked Motor Vehicle Railway Train Pedalcyclist Animal Fixed Object Other Object TOTALS Total 20 377 11 1,082 0 18 0 11 29 258 14 1,820 Fatal Table 8-2 Motorcycle Crashes - Lighting Conditions Number of Crashes Lighting Condition Daylight Dawn or Dusk Darkness Not Reported Totals Total 1,196 98 523 3 1,820 Fatal 26 2 30 0 58 Injury 969 86 432 3 1,490 Table 8-3 Motorcycle Crashes - Road Surface Number of Crashes Road Surface Dry Wet Snowy/icy Other Not Reported Totals Total 1,661 58 0 101 0 1,820 Fatal 54 1 0 3 0 58 Injury 1,350 51 0 89 0 1,490 Page 58 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 8-4 Motorcycle Crashes - Land Use Number of Crashes and % of Total Total Crashes Fatalities Injuries 1,820 60 1,636 Rural 475 24 443 % of Total 26.10% 40.00% 27.08% Urban 1,345 36 1,193 % of Total 73.90% 60.00% 72.92 Table 8-5 Operators' Age - Motorcycle Crashes Number of operators Total No. of Operators 31 13 22 119 329 492 436 232 78 29 62 1 1,844 Percent of Total 1.68 0.70 1.19 6.45 17.84 26.68 23.64 12.58 4.23 1.57 3.36 0.05 100.00% Fatal Crashes 0 0 0 1 10 21 12 10 6 1 0 0 61 Injury Crashes 27 12 20 99 270 406 366 195 61 23 30 1 1,510 Age of Operator 15 & Younger 16 17 18-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 *75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS * See note on page i Table 8-6 Alcohol-Related Motorcycle Crashes Total number of impaired operators Total number of fatal crashes Total number of injury crashes 149 14 124 Page 59 Section 8: MotorcycleCrashes Table 8-7 Motorcycle Operators Involved in Fatal Crashes by License Status* License Status 1995 1996 1997 Total Fatal Percent of Total Fatal Percent of Total Fatal Percent of Crashes Fatal Crashes Fatal Crashes Fatal Crashes Crashes Crashes 2 3.45% 4 5.97% 4 6.67% 31 53.45% 25 37.31% 18 30.00% 24 41.38% 34 50.75% 37 61.67% 1 1.72% 4 5.97% 1 1.67% 100.00% 58 67 100.00% 60 100.00% *Note: includes only motorcycle operators involved in fatal crashes. No license Invalid Valid Unknown TOTALS Table 8-8 Motorcycle Operator's Helmet Use Number of Motorcycle Crashes Severity of Injury No injury Possible injury Non-incapacitating Incapacitating Fatality Unknown TOTALS Helmet Used 76 99 222 110 12 3 522 % of Total 14.56% 18.97% 42.53% 21.07% 2.30% 0.57% 100.00% No Helmet 124 169 326 228 31 10 888 % of Unknown Total 13.96% 87 19.03% 110 36.71% 138 25.68% 62 3.49% 8 1.13% 29 100.00% 434 % of Total 20.05% 25.35% 31.80% 14.29% 1.84% 6.68% 100.00% Total 287 378 686 400 51 42 1,844 % of Total 15.56% 20.50% 37.20% 21.69% 2.77% 2.28% 100.00% Table 8-9 Motorcycle Passenger Helmet Use Number of Motorcycle Crashes Severity of Injury No injury Possible injury Non-incapacitating Incapacitating Fatality Unknown TOTALS Helmet Used 9 10 25 10 1 0 55 % of Total 16.36% 18.18% 45.45% 18.18% 1.82% 0% 100.00% No Helmet 15 22 47 37 8 0 129 % of Use Total Unknown 11.63% 9 17.05% 10 36.43% 7 28.68% 4 6.20% 0 0% 2 100.00% 32 % of Total 28.13% 31.25% 21.88% 12.50% 0% 6.25% 100.00% Total 33 42 79 51 9 2 216 % of Total 15.28% 19.44% 36.57% 23.61% 4.17% 0.93% 100.00% Page 60 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 8-10 Motorcycle Operators and Passengers Killed and Injured Age of Victims Total 0-4 5-9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 75 & Older Not Reported TOTALS 0 0 0 3 9 19 14 9 6 0 0 0 60 Number Killed Male 0 0 0 1 9 19 9 7 5 0 0 0 50 Female 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 10 Total 2 8 26 155 288 441 383 213 63 25 24 8 1,636 Number Injured Male 1 5 21 142 262 392 331 183 59 24 21 3 1,444 Female 1 3 5 13 26 49 52 30 4 1 2 5 191 Unk. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 Table 8-11 Motorcycle Operator Errors ALL CRASHES Number Contributing Circumstances Of Cases Exceeding lawful speed limit Speed too fast for conditions Failed to yield Passed stop sign Disregarded traffic signal Drove left of center Followed too closely Made improper turn Driver inattention Had been drinking Other improper driving Inadequate brakes Defective tires Other No improper driving Not Reported TOTALS 29 407 65 14 14 11 32 15 1 149 85 6 11 21 752 232 1,844 Percent Of Units 1.57% 22.07% 3.52% 0.76% .0.76% 0.60% 1.74% 0.81% 0.05% 8.08% 4.61% 0.33% 0.60% 1.14% 40.78% 12.58% 100.00% FATAL CRASHES Number Of Cases 1 14 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 14 2 0 1 1 17 6 61 Percent Of Units 1.64% 22.95% 3.28% 0% 1.64% 3.28% 0% 0% 0% 22.95% 3.28% 0% 1.64% 1.64% 27.87% 9.84% 100.00% INJURY CRASHES Number Of Cases 25 332 45 11 12 9 21 12 1 124 71 5 9 17 626 190 1,510 Percent Of Units 1.66% 21.99% 2.98% 0.73% 0.79% 0.58% 1.39% 0.79% 0.07% 8.21% 4.70% 0.33% 0.58% 1.13% 41.46% 12.58% 100.00% Page 61 Page 62 100 120 140 20 40 60 80 0 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 5 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM Section 8: MotorcycleCrashes 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM Figure 8-6 11:00 AM Weekends Weekdays 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM Figure 8-5 Motorcycle Crashes by Time of Day 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM Midnight 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Midnight 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1:00 AM 2:00 AM 3:00 AM 4:00 AM 5:00 AM 6:00 AM 7:00 AM 8:00 AM 9:00 AM 10:00 AM 11:00 AM Figure 8-8 12:00 PM Weekends Weekdays 1:00 PM 2:00 PM 3:00 PM 4:00 PM 5:00 PM Figure 8-7 Fatal Motorcycle Crashes by Time of Day 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 8:00 PM 9:00 PM 10:00 PM 11:00 PM 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page 63 Section 8: MotorcycleCrashes Figure 8-9 Motorcycle Crashes by Day of Week 350 300 324 250 200 223 254 230 251 296 242 150 100 50 0 MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN Page 64 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Section 9: School Bus Crashes 350 300 Number Of Crashes 326 244 255 240 250 200 150 100 50 0 233 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 Table 9-1 School Bus Driver Errors Number of Drivers and % of Total Total 181 24 22 6 26 2 16 8 34 4 3 326 % 55.52% 7.36% 6.75% 1.84% 7.98% 0.61% 4.91% 2.45% 10.43% 1.23% 0.92% 100.00% No Improper Driving Speed not Reasonable & Proper Failed to Yield Following too Closely Improper Turn Drove in Opposing Lane Other Unknown Inattention No Passing Zone Unsafe Lane Change TOTAL DRIVERS Page 65 Section 9: School Bus Crashes Table 9-2 School Bus Crash History 92/93 Injuries and Fatalities Pupils Killed Injured Bus Drivers Killed Injured Property Damage Only Crashes Crash by Time of Day A.M. P.M. Weather Conditions: Not Reported Clear and Dry Rain Snow or Ice Dusty or Windy Fog Cloudy 0 15 204 0 18 202 0 15 216 0 19 173 0 25 213 0 120 1 92 0 117 1 142 0 131 93/94 School Year 94/95 95/96 96/97 108 136 124 131 111 122 108 132 139 187 0 189 20 5 0 1 29 1 204 11 2 0 0 37 1 185 14 3 0 0 30 0 209 9 4 0 0 18 1 255 17 6 4 0 43 Page 66 1997 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Acknowledgements The Crash Analysis Unit of the Arizona Department of Transportation would not be able to produce this report without the fine work of the following individuals who were responsible for the coding and keying-in of all our accident data for this publication. We wish to express our heartfelt thanks to each of you and keep up the good work! Coders and Keyers Debora Bauer Rosemary Bernardino Alicia Brooks Jessica Fernandez Pat Geans Willie Gilder Mary Hedrich Diane Lovell Kathleen Mullins Pamela Pelech Victoria Riddle Natalie Vidaure Additional Key Staff Margaret Muniz Dave Gibson Ellie Castner Special gratitude to our other providers of data and information including: The National Center for Statistics and Analysis, Research and Development The Arizona State Data Center, Arizona Department of Economic Security The Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Public Health Statistics, Arizona Department of Health Services The Technical Information Resources Group, Arizona Department of Transportation Photogrammetry and Mapping, Arizona Department of Transportation The National Safety Council Motor Vehicle Department, Arizona Department of Transportation In addition, we wish to acknowledge the men and women working in law enforcement and public safety agencies that are responsible for the production of all crash data in the field. We rely on their accurate completion of crash reports and without their attention to detail we would be unable to maintain a meaningful database. Thanks!! Page 67 |
