MADDSOUTHEAST TEXAS

County	Total Fatalities in MV Traffic Crashes 2005	Alcohol Related	% of Motor Vehicles Fatalities involving alcohol
Austin	10	4	39
Brazoria	34	20	58
Colorado	11	3	25
Ft. Bend	50	31	61
Galveston	30	20	67
Harris	397	239	60
Matagorda	4	3	75
Montgomery	64	32	49
Waller	21	12	57
Wharton	15	7	47

Total for MADD Southeast Texas Affiliate	636	371	58%

The likelihood of a driver in Harris County to lose his life to a drunk driver is more than 4 times greater than in Travis County (Austin ), almost 3 times greater than in Bexar County (San Antonio ), and more than 1 ½ times greater than in Dallas County . (source 2).

Source 1: NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis, August 2006 and (Source 2 ) NHTSA Information Services Branch, NCSA CMS# 2005.00908.S.A.S; B.K.; September 12, 2005 preliminary. The above alcohol estimates are obtained using a sophisticated statistical procedure. State totals in the various BAC and Alcohol-Related categories may not equal sum of county totals due to independent rounding. Also, percentages as displayed are calculated from unrounded numbers of estimated fatalities and may not equal those calculated form the rounded numbers (especially for counties with very few fatalities). Missing counties indicate no occurrences of fatalities in that county.

Area Statistics

2004 Alcohol-Related Traffic Fatalities

1,642 Texans lost their lives to a drunk driver in 2004.
357 of those people lived in the Southeast Texas Region
22% of all Texans who died in alcohol-related traffic crashes in Texas died in our neighborhood.

County	Total Fatalities in MV Traffic Crashes 2004	Alcohol Related	% of Motor Vehicles Fatalities involving alcohol
Austin	10	4	42
Brazoria	55	17	55
Colorado	11	2	22
Ft. Bend	46	30	65
Galveston	30	21	68
Harris	380	232	61
Matagorda	4	3	75
Montgomery	64	29	45
Waller	21	12	55
Wharton	14	7	49

Total for MADD Southeast Texas Affiliate	635	357	56%

The likelihood of a driver in Harris County to lose his life to a drunk driver is more than 4 times greater than in Travis County (Austin ), almost 3 times greater than in Bexar County (San Antonio ), and more than 1 ½ times greater than in Dallas County . (source 2).

Source 1: NHTSA’s National Center for Statistics and Analysis, August 2005 and (Source 2 ) NHTSA Information Services Branch, NCSA CMS# 2005.00908.S.A.S; B.K.; September 12, 2005 preliminary. The above alcohol estimates are obtained using a sophisticated statistical procedure. State totals in the various BAC and Alcohol-Related categories may not equal sum of county totals due to independent rounding. Also, percentages as displayed are calculated from unrounded numbers of estimated fatalities and may not equal those calculated form the rounded numbers (especially for counties with very few fatalities). Missing counties indicate no occurrences of fatalities in that county.