
According to 2006 from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 17,602 people were killed in alcohol-related crashes - an average of one every half-hour. These deaths constituted approximately 42% of the 42,642 total traffic fatalities recorded.(New Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS, NHTSA 2006 ) * 2007 COMING SOON *
*Source - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2006.
Arizona National
2006 Total Traffic Deaths 1,288 42,642
2006 Alcohol-Related Traffic Deaths 585 17,602
Percent ~45 % ~42%
2005 Arizona Holiday Crash Statistics(From the AZ Dept of Transportation - Traffic Enginnering Group, http://www.dot.state.az.us)
* 2006 COMING SOON*
|
2005
Holidays
|
Beginning
at 6 p.m.
|
Ending at
5:59 a.m.
|
# of
Days
|
Fatal
Crashes
|
Persons
Killed
|
Alcohol-
Related
Crashes
|
Alcohol-
Related
Fatalities
|
|
New Year’s
|
Thursday
12/30/04
|
Monday
1/3/05
|
4
|
18
|
23
|
3
|
5
|
|
Memorial
Day
|
Friday
5/27/05
|
Tuesday
5/31/05
|
4
|
9
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
|
July 4th
|
Friday
7/01/05
|
Tuesday
7/05/05
|
4
|
18
|
20
|
9
|
10
|
|
Labor Day
|
Friday
9/2/05
|
Tuesday
9/6/05
|
4
|
5
|
8
|
0
|
0
|
|
Thanksgiving
Day
|
Wednesday
11/23/05
|
Monday
11/28/05
|
5
|
18
|
22
|
4
|
4
|
|
Christmas
|
Friday
12/23/05
|
Tuesday
12/27/05
|
4
|
6
|
6
|
2
|
2
|
|
Number of Crashes
|
No. of Persons
|
Alcohol-Related
|
|
|
|
COUNTY
|
Total
|
Fatal
|
Injury
|
$ Damage
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
Crashes
|
Killed
|
Injured
|
|
PIMA
|
4007
|
40
|
1271
|
2696
|
45
|
1956
|
249
|
6
|
197
|
|
State Rural Roads
|
935
|
22
|
329
|
584
|
26
|
555
|
46
|
4
|
50
|
|
South Tucson
|
183
|
1
|
72
|
110
|
1
|
114
|
12
|
0
|
9
|
|
Tucson
|
14488
|
54
|
5233
|
9201
|
56
|
7882
|
622
|
13
|
438
|
|
Sahuarita
|
136
|
2
|
40
|
94
|
2
|
74
|
4
|
0
|
6
|
|
Oro Valley
|
503
|
1
|
152
|
350
|
1
|
233
|
9
|
0
|
8
|
|
Marana
|
1004
|
6
|
283
|
715
|
6
|
451
|
38
|
0
|
33
|
|
Total Pima
|
21256
|
126
|
7380
|
13750
|
137
|
11265
|
980
|
23
|
741
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PINAL
|
834
|
33
|
261
|
540
|
39
|
452
|
73
|
12
|
76
|
|
State Rural Roads
|
1117
|
26
|
340
|
751
|
28
|
630
|
67
|
6
|
60
|
|
Casa Grande
|
979
|
6
|
310
|
663
|
8
|
521
|
45
|
0
|
20
|
|
Coolidge
|
151
|
1
|
27
|
123
|
1
|
48
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
|
Eloy
|
216
|
4
|
58
|
154
|
5
|
101
|
11
|
2
|
9
|
|
Florence
|
59
|
0
|
14
|
45
|
0
|
24
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
|
Kearny
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Mammoth
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
|
Superior
|
16
|
0
|
6
|
10
|
0
|
9
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
|
Apache Junction
|
486
|
3
|
149
|
334
|
4
|
232
|
26
|
1
|
12
|
|
Total Pinal
|
3862
|
73
|
1167
|
2622
|
85
|
2020
|
236
|
21
|
182
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Santa Cruz
|
91
|
3
|
24
|
64
|
3
|
45
|
12
|
1
|
7
|
|
State Rural Roads
|
179
|
4
|
63
|
112
|
6
|
108
|
12
|
1
|
11
|
|
Nogales
|
398
|
4
|
98
|
296
|
4
|
136
|
20
|
1
|
11
|
|
Patagonia
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Total Santa Cruz
|
669
|
11
|
186
|
472
|
13
|
290
|
44
|
3
|
29
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cochise
|
227
|
10
|
60
|
157
|
10
|
94
|
18
|
3
|
10
|
|
State Rural Roads
|
488
|
21
|
174
|
293
|
32
|
335
|
22
|
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