2007 Michigan traffic crash facts

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  Michigan. Office of Highway Safety Planning ; University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Statistics
  • Traffic accidents
  • Accident data
  • Fatalities
  • Injuries
  • Alcohol use
  • Vehicle miles of travel
• Resource Type:
  Dataset
• Geographical Coverage:
  Michigan
• OCLC Number:
  62510213
• Corporate Publisher:
  Michigan. Office of Highway Safety Planning
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-REFERENCES AND DIRECTORIES-Statistics ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Accidents ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-Highway Safety ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY
• Abstract:
  The 2007 traffic fatality count was 1,084, identical to the 2006 count. Compared with 2006, ; injuries were down 1.7 percent, while total crashes increased 2.8 percent. These figures ; translated into a death rate of 1.04 per 100 million miles of travel. ; Exposure factors in 2007 showed increases in travel mileage and the number of motor ; vehicle registrations, and a decrease in the number of drivers on Michigan roads. Vehicle ; miles traveled were up 0.6 percent to 104.6 billion, motor vehicle registrations were up 0.7 ; percent to 8.4 million, and the number of licensed drivers decreased 1.4 percent to 7.1 ; million. ; Consumption of alcohol continues to be a major factor in Michigan crashes, particularly the ; more serious crashes. In 2007, 3.8 percent of all crashes, including property damage only, ; were reported to involve drinking. While 18.7 percent of all crashes resulted in injury or ; death, 42.2 percent of alcohol-related crashes involved injury or death. 31.7 percent of fatal ; crashes involved drinking. ; Data on crashes in this publication was obtained from 2007 Michigan Traffic Crash Report ; Forms (UD-10) submitted by local police departments, sheriff’s offices, and the Department ; of State Police. Other related information was obtained from the Departments of ; Transportation, State, and Community Health.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/6068/dot_6068_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 10.24 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cd859eee101a711be148a0be377ed57d088f07f1277f8d2931919cbcc3b44c3d