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Corporate Creators:
Michigan. Office of Highway Safety Planning ; University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute
Michigan. Office of Highway Safety Planning ; University of Michigan. Transportation Research Institute Less -
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Accident Data Alcohol Use Fatalities Injuries Statistics Traffic Accidents 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 1997 traffic fatality count was 1,446, down 3.9 percent from the 1996 figure of 1,505.

Compared with 1996, injuries were down 3.5 percent and total crashes were down 2.2

percent. These figures translated into a death rate of 1.6 per 100 million miles of travel,

down 5.9 percent from the death rate of 1.7 reported in 1996. Nationally, fatalities were down

0.2 percent.

Exposure factors in 1997 showed increases in vehicle registrations, the number of drivers on

Michigan roads, and travel mileage. They included motor vehicle registrations up 0.1 percent

to 8.12 million, the number of Drivers of Record up 1.6 percent to 7.09 million, and vehicle

travel mileage up 1.7 percent to 89.2 billion.

Consumption of alcohol continues to be a major factor in Michigan crashes, particularly the

more serious crashes. In 1997, 4.7 percent of all crashes, including property damage only,

were reported to involve drinking, and 22.7 percent resulted in injury or death. However,

46.3 percent of alcohol-related crashes involved injury or death, and 37.5 percent of fatal

crashes involved drinking. Over 58.4 percent of alcohol-related fatal crashes involved only

one vehicle, whereas only 30.2 percent of all crashes involved one vehicle.

Data on crashes in this book was obtained from 1997 Michigan Traffic Crash Report Forms

(UD-10) submitted by local police departments, sheriff jurisdictions, and the Department of

State Police. Other related information was obtained from the Departments of

Transportation, State, and Community Health.


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US Transportation Collection
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