Other Stories this Issue:
A Fifth Anniversary Message
Five Years of Traffic Safety Research
Youthquake to Jolt the Traffic Safety World
San Pablo SMART Corridor Designs for Multiple Mode Users
Toward "Healthier" (Safer) Urban Pedestrianism
A Step in the Right Direction: Oakland's Scramble
Emeryville, CA: Walking with Cars
Zeroing In on Drinking and Driving
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Some Traffic Safety Statistics about California and the Nation
This table of statistics culled
from TSC reports and sources over the years illustrates some of the
challenges in California posed by a rising population as well as
groups whose risks appear to be higher
than average.
| California | |
| Population | 36 million |
| Number of motor vehicle crashes (2003) | 609,644 |
| Injuries from crashes | 306,498 |
| Deaths from crashes | 4,225 |
| Cost imposed by crashes per year | $21 billion |
| Vehicle miles traveled | 33 billion |
| Mileage death rate (number of persons killed per million vehicle miles traveled) | 1.4 |
| Drop in mileage death rate (1975-2005) | 54 percent |
| Projected mileage death 10 years out (2015) | 1.9 |
| Ranking of traffic crashes as cause of death for people age 1-34 | 1 |
| Teenage Drivers (Nationally) | |
| Percent of national population | 10 |
| Percent of contribution to motor vehicle deaths | 14 |
| Ranking of national fatal and injury crash rates 16-20-year-olds | 1 |
| Ratio of fatality rates for teens compared to 25-69-year-olds | 4:1 |
| Number of national teen motor vehicle deaths | 6,327 |
| Percent of teen fatal crashes involving alcohol | 19 |
| Percent of deaths that occur when another teen was driving | 61 |
| Percent of male teen drivers speeding at time of fatal crash | 40 |
| Number of speeding tickets teens get for every one that a driver over 30 gets | 3 |
| Percentage of teens not buckled up when killed in crash | 66 |
| Rate of involvement in fatal crashes per 100 million miles driven for 16-year-old drivers | 42 |
| Rate of involvement per 100 million miles for 30-50 year-old drivers | 2 |
| Latinos (California) | |
| Share of state population that is Latino | 11 percent |
| Share of fatalities from collisions that are Latinos | 34 percent |
| Share of injuries from collisions that are Latinos | 30 percent |
| Rank of Latinos age 18 to 50 in DUI arrests by ethnicity | 1 |
| Rank of Latinos age 20-24 in alcohol-involved driver fatalities by ethnicity | 1 |
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