Drivers Involved in Fatal Traffic Crashes and Given BAC Tests
Drivers involved in fatal traffic crashes and given BAC tests,
according to State and injury severity, United States, 1977
and 1985-96.
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Drivers Given BAC Tests
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State/ Dead Alive Combined
Year Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
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Alabama
1996 492 64.0 202 26.1 694 45.0
1995 457 61.3 191 24.6 648 42.6
1994 427 61.7 147 19.6 574 39.8
1993 394 59.9 165 23.6 559 41.2
1992 392 56.4 160 24.1 552 40.6
1991 465 64.9 183 25.2 648 44.9
1990 408 56.1 187 25.2 595 40.5
1989 531 80.2 205 29.8 736 54.5
1988 498 78.3 166 23.5 664 49.4
1987 561 77.1 177 26.3 738 52.7
1986 521 75.5 196 27.6 717 51.2
1985 353 65.3 167 27.6 520 45.4
1977 235 35.9 111 15.2 346 25.0
Alaska
1996 25 53.2 39 72.2 64 63.4
1995 29 58.0 33 57.9 62 57.9
1994 30 75.0 35 66.0 65 69.9
1993 35 72.9 47 63.5 82 67.2
1992 38 67.9 35 52.2 73 59.4
1991 38 76.0 43 50.6 81 60.0
1990 55 84.6 39 47.0 94 63.5
1989 44 91.7 29 40.9 73 61.3
1988 43 84.3 27 45.0 70 63.1
1987 28 75.7 35 55.6 63 63.0
1986 33 58.9 27 33.3 60 43.8
1985 28 43.8 54 52.4 82 49.1
1977 55 76.4 37 35.0 92 52.0
Arizona
1996 340 73.9 119 14.6 459 35.9
1995 368 76.5 118 13.2 486 35.3
1994 344 77.0 105 14.3 449 38.0
1993 244 62.9 76 12.0 320 31.4
1992 297 74.3 96 14.9 393 37.6
1991 280 66.8 85 12.9 365 33.8
1990 285 65.1 104 15.0 389 34.4
1989 294 65.9 84 11.7 378 32.5
1988 267 58.3 112 14.7 379 31.1
1987 332 68.7 118 17.2 450 38.4
1986 353 69.5 145 18.2 498 38.1
1985 335 74.0 133 18.9 468 40.4
1977 217 52.8 126 19.4 343 32.4
Arkansas
1996 243 58.1 115 31.0 358 45.4
1995 259 65.1 139 34.8 398 49.9
1994 257 66.2 146 34.3 403 49.5
1993 229 60.0 123 30.9 352 45.1
1992 246 70.9 141 33.2 387 50.1
1991 289 75.1 161 40.6 450 57.5
1990 267 70.6 168 43.0 435 56.6
1989 296 71.0 145 34.4 441 52.6
1988 281 69.6 134 33.9 415 51.9
1987 282 70.0 138 34.7 420 52.4
1986 235 63.7 123 31.1 358 46.9
1985 209 64.9 102 28.7 311 45.9
1977 41 12.7 26 6.9 67 9.6
California
1996 1,747 86.1 775 23.3 2,522 47.1
1995 1,870 89.7 789 23.4 2,659 48.7
1994 1,934 90.6 795 22.4 2,729 48.1
1993 1,863 89.9 699 21.0 2,562 47.4
1992 1,978 91.2 771 22.5 2,749 49.1
1991 2,201 91.8 854 22.1 3,055 48.7
1990 2,526 91.3 973 23.9 3,499 51.1
1989 2,683 91.6 940 22.0 3,623 50.3
1988 2,601 89.8 919 21.1 3,520 48.5
1987 2,769 89.9 990 23.1 3,759 51.1
1986 2,596 88.0 876 22.0 3,472 50.1
1985 2,464 88.7 775 20.5 3,239 49.4
1977 2,299 87.2 780 21.9 3,079 49.7
Colorado
1996 324 90.8 162 36.7 486 60.8
1995 348 89.5 205 45.2 553 65.6
1994 331 90.9 187 44.0 518 65.7
1993 292 86.7 163 41.0 455 61.9
1992 271 89.7 162 42.0 433 62.9
1991 303 90.7 152 44.4 455 67.3
1990 282 84.7 165 43.9 447 63.1
1989 271 87.1 196 50.1 467 66.5
1988 264 88.0 153 44.6 417 64.9
1987 278 87.7 203 47.9 481 64.9
1986 283 89.8 194 48.4 477 66.6
1985 322 87.0 204 46.9 526 65.3
1977 346 88.7 252 58.2 598 72.7
Connecticut
1996 160 81.6 59 26.0 219 51.8
1995 175 91.1 58 27.1 233 57.4
1994 131 80.9 57 23.5 188 46.4
1993 186 87.7 74 29.5 260 56.2
1992 162 90.0 67 30.2 229 57.0
1991 159 90.9 88 37.8 247 60.5
1990 208 90.4 63 22.4 271 53.0
1989 234 90.0 65 22.8 299 54.9
1988 250 89.0 112 30.0 362 55.4
1987 248 88.6 98 30.3 346 57.3
1986 266 96.7 101 30.4 367 60.5
1985 247 84.6 84 28.8 331 56.7
1977 176 72.4 56 16.0 232 39.1
Delaware
1996 55 87.3 71 57.3 126 67.4
1995 47 79.7 73 65.2 120 70.2
1994 57 85.1 65 66.3 122 73.9
1993 52 88.1 73 65.2 125 73.1
1992 81 90.0 72 69.2 153 78.9
1991 39 86.7 66 64.1 105 71.0
1990 69 88.5 65 57.0 134 69.8
1989 63 92.7 55 60.4 118 74.2
1988 89 95.7 83 61.0 172 75.1
1987 87 95.6 78 67.2 165 79.7
1986 82 98.8 79 83.2 161 90.5
1985 59 95.2 66 82.5 125 88.0
1977 50 84.8 68 68.0 118 74.2
District of Columbia
1996 1 4.2 16 27.1 17 20.5
1995 9 25.7 13 31.7 22 29.0
1994 1 4.0 17 29.3 18 21.7
1993 0 0.0 13 21.3 13 16.1
1992 8 34.8 9 20.5 17 25.4
1991 25 92.6 10 16.4 35 39.8
1990 20 95.2 12 29.3 32 51.6
1989 21 87.5 9 12.7 30 31.6
1988 23 100.0 16 31.4 39 52.7
1987 14 87.5 29 54.7 43 62.3
1986 13 81.3 22 45.8 35 54.7
1985 17 63.0 7 15.2 24 32.9
1977 13 72.2 14 24.1 27 35.5
Florida
1996 887 62.0 473 18.8 1,360 34.5
1995 991 68.6 541 21.4 1,532 38.5
1994 908 66.3 540 22.6 1,448 38.5
1993 988 71.8 490 20.8 1,478 39.6
1992 875 71.7 503 23.3 1,378 40.8
1991 870 69.5 472 22.4 1,342 40.0
1990 1,090 72.4 660 27.1 1,750 44.4
1989 1,165 77.2 683 26.5 1,848 45.2
1988 1,168 74.1 713 26.9 1,881 44.5
1987 1,012 69.2 701 27.8 1,713 43.0
1986 1,034 71.2 680 27.9 1,714 44.1
1985 1,227 83.4 1,273 52.7 2,500 64.3
1977 534 53.7 358 22.8 892 34.8
Georgia
1996 812 84.4 889 75.5 1,701 79.5
1995 809 88.6 858 72.8 1,667 79.7
1994 768 85.5 820 73.7 1,588 79.0
1993 626 77.4 792 73.2 1,418 75.0
1992 635 81.2 612 60.3 1,247 69.4
1991 686 82.5 556 55.4 1,242 67.7
1990 827 86.9 611 52.9 1,438 68.2
1989 746 76.8 465 40.2 1,211 56.9
1988 702 70.2 438 36.5 1,140 51.8
1987 739 75.7 427 36.2 1,166 54.1
1986 695 73.9 397 36.6 1,092 53.9
1985 565 70.1 356 36.1 921 51.4
1977 336 42.3 184 20.0 520 30.3
Hawaii
1996 71 93.4 38 30.2 109 54.0
1995 70 98.6 26 29.6 96 60.4
1994 62 98.4 29 34.5 91 61.9
1993 74 100.0 36 34.0 110 61.1
1992 57 91.9 39 36.8 96 57.1
1991 68 91.9 32 31.7 100 57.1
1990 80 88.9 41 32.8 121 56.3
1989 64 94.1 29 25.2 93 50.8
1988 65 91.6 33 29.5 98 53.6
1987 59 93.7 34 30.6 93 53.4
1986 50 89.3 24 24.2 74 47.7
1985 45 88.2 42 38.9 87 54.7
1977 69 88.5 5 4.4 74 38.7
Idaho
1996 115 71.0 53 30.5 168 50.0
1995 109 69.0 50 29.9 159 48.9
1994 80 53.3 40 24.8 120 38.6
1993 82 56.2 15 11.6 97 35.3
1992 121 84.0 36 23.5 157 52.9
1991 129 82.2 43 28.9 172 56.2
1990 97 67.4 23 15.3 120 40.8
1989 111 74.5 25 17.0 136 46.0
1988 114 74.0 19 12.0 133 42.6
1987 154 90.6 29 19.5 183 57.4
1986 125 81.7 30 20.6 155 51.8
1985 128 80.0 39 26.5 167 54.4
1977 116 67.4 47 26.4 163 46.6
Illinois
1996 761 89.9 181 15.3 942 46.4
1995 849 91.3 151 12.2 1,000 46.2
1994 823 87.1 96 8.2 919 43.4
1993 705 88.9 117 10.6 822 43.3
1992 741 89.0 170 16.2 911 48.4
1991 777 89.4 142 13.5 919 47.9
1990 803 88.1 131 10.0 934 42.0
1989 870 89.1 166 12.3 1,036 44.6
1988 969 87.5 157 10.9 1,126 44.1
1987 783 85.5 147 11.2 930 41.7
1986 856 90.3 144 11.9 1,000 46.4
1985 734 88.3 141 11.2 875 41.9
1977 706 59.5 41 2.6 747 26.9
Indiana
1996 502 77.8 421 55.8 923 65.9
1995 466 76.4 396 51.8 862 62.7
1994 466 74.3 387 54.6 853 63.9
1993 473 78.8 369 55.0 842 66.3
1992 465 81.0 394 59.1 859 69.2
1991 523 78.9 413 59.4 936 68.9
1990 572 86.0 471 62.0 1,043 73.2
1989 501 80.2 434 55.9 935 66.7
1988 549 79.9 438 55.8 987 67.1
1987 632 92.9 431 55.2 1,063 72.8
1986 616 94.2 421 54.7 1,037 72.8
1985 430 69.7 284 38.2 714 52.5
1977 431 58.6 148 17.1 579 36.1
Iowa
1996 173 56.0 142 38.8 315 46.7
1995 210 60.2 146 41.0 356 50.5
1994 187 60.9 119 33.0 306 45.8
1993 203 66.8 125 37.4 328 51.4
1992 211 74.8 129 40.3 340 56.5
1991 198 67.6 124 34.9 322 49.7
1990 224 72.7 116 39.7 340 56.7
1989 248 75.6 123 35.6 371 55.0
1988 275 77.5 125 32.8 400 54.3
1987 246 75.0 103 31.0 349 52.9
1986 194 72.1 104 34.2 298 52.0
1985 233 75.2 77 23.8 310 48.9
1977 207 51.8 53 13.8 260 33.2
Kansas
1996 211 62.4 127 37.9 338 50.2
1995 196 66.9 110 39.2 306 53.3
1994 176 60.5 108 40.5 284 50.9
1993 190 65.3 81 28.1 271 46.8
1992 172 66.7 85 32.8 257 49.7
1991 166 64.8 88 35.5 254 50.4
1990 175 61.8 106 36.3 281 48.9
1989 165 61.1 87 31.6 252 46.2
1988 179 59.3 92 31.3 271 45.5
1987 198 61.1 100 33.9 298 48.1
1986 150 47.8 65 22.1 215 35.4
1985 121 39.2 46 13.8 167 26.0
1977 100 29.6 46 12.8 146 21.0
Kentucky
1996 350 65.4 202 34.5 552 49.3
1995 368 68.1 232 40.4 600 53.8
1994 342 66.2 206 38.2 548 51.8
1993 439 79.2 243 39.2 682 58.1
1992 381 74.6 192 34.4 573 53.6
1991 419 81.4 201 37.3 620 58.8
1990 438 81.0 204 36.6 642 58.5
1989 387 79.0 187 35.9 574 56.8
1988 426 83.7 202 38.6 628 60.8
1987 409 79.7 187 32.2 596 54.5
1986 412 82.2 171 32.8 583 57.1
1985 359 81.6 143 29.4 502 54.2
1977 342 65.3 131 21.2 473 41.4
Louisiana
1996 347 78.5 382 66.6 729 71.8
1995 430 84.8 425 71.6 855 77.7
1994 407 82.2 387 65.5 794 73.1
1993 388 81.9 370 60.7 758 69.9
1992 392 78.4 355 57.8 747 67.1
1991 390 78.6 373 59.2 763 67.8
1990 432 77.6 365 57.8 797 67.1
1989 377 75.6 334 53.3 711 63.1
1988 392 70.5 328 50.7 720 59.9
1987 328 70.5 291 47.3 619 57.3
1986 375 69.3 306 45.9 681 56.4
1985 395 71.0 332 52.0 727 60.9
1977 210 39.0 215 30.2 425 34.0
Maine
1996 102 97.1 73 64.6 175 80.3
1995 115 92.0 91 67.9 206 79.5
1994 115 93.5 86 69.9 201 81.7
1993 102 89.5 84 75.7 186 82.7
1992 119 94.4 104 77.0 223 85.4
1991 131 91.0 87 71.9 218 82.3
1990 118 88.7 86 58.5 204 72.9
1989 99 86.1 90 60.4 189 71.6
1988 140 87.5 77 46.4 217 66.6
1987 118 86.8 61 34.7 179 57.4
1986 119 85.0 52 39.4 171 62.9
1985 107 93.9 56 40.0 163 64.2
1977 84 71.8 26 19.1 110 43.5
Maryland
1996 253 75.8 22 4.2 275 32.2
1995 281 73.2 57 10.3 338 36.0
1994 264 75.0 46 8.0 310 33.5
1993 287 78.2 56 11.4 343 40.0
1992 295 77.0 32 6.4 327 36.9
1991 289 76.7 36 6.5 325 37.9
1990 334 84.8 34 5.8 368 37.5
1989 362 89.4 49 7.7 411 39.4
1988 375 86.2 90 13.7 465 42.6
1987 390 87.1 79 11.8 469 42.0
1986 401 87.0 100 17.0 501 47.7
1985 344 85.8 86 15.8 430 45.4
1977 165 48.8 33 7.1 198 24.6
Massachusetts
1996 108 45.4 9 2.9 117 21.5
1995 213 89.9 4 1.1 217 35.9
1994 227 87.0 8 2.4 235 39.8
1993 235 85.5 7 1.9 242 37.9
1992 230 84.6 1 0.3 231 34.6
1991 248 81.6 10 2.4 258 35.9
1990 262 81.4 5 1.2 267 36.1
1989 338 87.1 27 5.4 365 41.1
1988 356 87.7 46 8.5 402 42.5
1987 342 89.5 55 11.1 397 45.3
1986 354 91.0 30 5.1 384 39.3
1985 325 79.1 23 4.1 348 35.9
1977 109 31.5 21 3.8 130 14.5
Michigan
1996 654 72.9 428 32.2 1,082 48.6
1995 678 73.9 435 32.7 1,113 49.5
1994 634 74.3 389 33.0 1,023 50.4
1993 646 76.4 333 29.6 979 49.7
1992 563 74.6 264 24.8 827 45.4
1991 549 65.3 318 28.1 867 44.0
1990 665 69.7 340 27.5 1,005 46.0
1989 650 67.6 367 27.4 1,017 44.3
1988 695 69.6 331 24.1 1,026 43.3
1987 640 69.0 341 26.9 981 44.7
1986 621 68.9 350 27.4 971 44.6
1985 604 70.6 302 23.6 906 42.4
1977 636 60.5 200 13.0 836 32.2
Minnesota
1996 324 90.0 272 58.8 596 72.4
1995 341 88.8 256 59.5 597 73.3
1994 314 83.1 234 49.1 548 64.1
1993 303 85.6 192 48.2 495 65.8
1992 304 88.4 195 48.3 499 66.7
1991 267 81.9 191 48.7 458 63.8
1990 272 81.2 179 42.3 451 59.5
1989 318 86.2 240 54.9 558 69.2
1988 315 87.5 253 56.1 568 70.0
1987 268 90.2 191 48.9 459 66.7
1986 292 84.2 218 56.9 510 69.9
1985 315 85.4 275 58.5 590 70.3
1977 256 55.4 56 9.8 312 30.1
Mississippi
1996 452 86.3 245 46.9 697 66.6
1995 431 74.1 281 49.0 712 61.7
1994 341 68.1 158 29.6 499 48.2
1993 380 71.7 222 45.3 602 59.0
1992 345 70.4 163 38.4 508 55.5
1991 356 77.4 269 64.4 625 71.2
1990 181 40.3 94 21.3 275 30.9
1989 78 16.7 14 3.4 92 10.4
1988 29 6.4 11 2.3 40 4.3
1987 45 9.3 20 4.1 65 6.7
1986 45 9.0 25 5.1 70 7.1
1985 40 10.0 29 7.0 69 8.5
1977 4 1.0 13 3.0 17 2.0
Missouri
1996 549 72.7 82 10.7 631 41.5
1995 506 72.5 86 11.9 592 41.6
1994 540 77.1 83 11.3 623 43.4
1993 439 75.2 76 11.2 515 40.8
1992 513 79.2 84 12.2 597 44.8
1991 508 74.4 50 7.5 558 41.3
1990 456 70.1 46 6.2 502 36.1
1989 483 69.7 68 9.9 551 40.0
1988 467 69.5 45 6.0 512 36.0
1987 428 65.6 41 5.5 469 34.0
1986 425 62.6 55 7.5 480 33.9
1985 366 60.3 34 5.3 400 32.1
1977 167 24.5 55 6.9 222 15.1
Montana
1996 54 49.5 73 53.3 127 51.6
1995 109 86.5 71 55.9 180 71.1
1994 111 84.7 75 64.7 186 75.3
1993 113 91.1 66 72.5 179 83.3
1992 105 92.1 66 62.3 171 77.7
1991 110 90.2 58 55.2 168 74.0
1990 129 94.2 64 55.7 193 76.6
1989 89 90.8 69 61.1 158 74.9
1988 113 89.7 53 46.9 166 69.5
1987 111 86.1 75 56.8 186 71.3
1986 125 88.7 63 49.2 188 70.0
1985 128 85.9 60 49.6 188 69.6
1977 103 60.2 6 3.7 109 32.5
Nebraska
1996 155 83.8 125 71.4 280 77.8
1995 145 89.0 147 81.7 292 85.1
1994 129 77.2 140 76.1 269 76.6
1993 134 88.7 152 81.3 286 84.6
1992 138 86.3 123 72.8 261 79.3
1991 147 85.5 135 72.2 282 78.6
1990 119 81.5 139 73.5 258 77.0
1989 162 86.6 145 72.9 307 79.5
1988 143 81.3 120 73.2 263 77.4
1987 159 85.0 150 75.8 309 80.3
1986 150 81.1 166 77.2 316 79.0
1985 136 85.5 112 74.7 248 80.3
1977 143 69.1 120 52.0 263 60.1
Nevada
1996 141 80.6 104 38.8 245 55.3
1995 140 80.5 100 45.3 240 60.8
1994 134 82.7 90 43.3 224 60.5
1993 104 80.6 103 47.3 207 59.7
1992 105 80.2 79 42.3 184 57.9
1991 140 84.9 80 39.6 220 60.0
1990 164 92.1 93 41.5 257 63.9
1989 151 89.4 77 37.4 228 60.8
1988 149 90.9 68 36.6 217 62.0
1987 132 92.3 83 44.4 215 65.2
1986 110 86.6 66 48.9 176 67.2
1985 128 92.1 73 45.6 201 67.2
1977 129 91.5 72 50.4 201 70.8
New Hampshire
1996 73 89.0 68 62.4 141 73.8
1995 61 80.3 32 34.0 93 54.7
1994 58 75.3 24 34.3 82 55.8
1993 56 75.7 27 36.0 83 55.7
1992 37 52.1 24 27.0 61 38.1
1991 57 64.0 19 18.6 76 39.8
1990 69 70.4 35 30.2 104 48.6
1989 83 69.2 28 24.8 111 47.6
1988 67 66.3 33 25.0 100 42.9
1987 89 74.8 34 27.6 123 50.8
Information furnished by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
