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| Every year, about 5,000 pedestrians die in traffic accidents, 17,000 people die in alcohol-related traffic accidents and 13,000 people die in speeding-related traffic accidents. More than half of the nation’s accidents are on two-lane, rural roads; undivided rural two-lane roads -- those with no median -- account for two out of every five fatal accidents. This database, sorted by state, county and road, is a summary from 1999-2003 of: - Fatal accidents in which at least one pedestrian died. The list includes pedestrians, bicyclists, someone in a wheelchair and others not in motor vehicles who were killed in accidents with motor vehicles.
- Drinking drivers who were involved in fatal crashes.
- Speeding drivers who were involved in fatal crashes. The list includes drivers that investigators reported as exceeding the posted speed limit, were ticketed for excess speed or racing, and also cases in which investigators noted that excess speeding was a contributing factor to a fatal accident.
- Accidents on two-lane, undivided roads.
Note that roads may be listed under different names, depending on how police reported the incidents. Also, studies caution that local investigators tend to underreport alcohol-related crashes. The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asks the states to report each traffic fatality. Those reports are compiled into a database, the Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), which is the source for these fatalities. You can learn more about FARS by clicking here. |
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