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Fast Traffic Facts
Traffic Fatalities in California
Each year in California over 4,000 people are killed in motor vehicle traffic collisions. This equates to:
Fatalities of US service men and women during the first five years of the conflict in Iraq.
Ten full 747 passenger aircraft.
The entire student body and staff of a large high school.
Every active player from the National Football League, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League.
Seatbelt Use
California's 2007 teen seat belt usage rate is 88.9%
However, in 2006, the percent of restrained passenger vehicle occupant "teenaged" fatalities was 51.8%. Since restraints are about 50% effective in preventing a fatality, NHTSA estimates that 75 dead teens would be alive today had they simply buckled up.
Belt use for fatalities in all California is only 56.4%.
Alcohol Impairment in Traffic Collisions
Persons killed in alcohol involved collisions increased marginally from 1,769 in 2005 to 1,779 in 2006.
Fatalities in crashes involving a least one driver or motorcycle operators with a Blood Alcohol Content (BAC) of 0.08 or greater decreased from 1,298 in 2005 to 1,276 in 2006.
Source California Office of Traffic Safety Web Site
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