The following show the percentages of all fatal accidents from 1994 to 2008 in which drinking or speeding were reported as well as the percentage of deceased persons who were not wearing a seatbelt.
State ........ Drinking ... Speeding ... Seatbelt
Alabama .......... 28.9 ....... 39.3 ....... 62.1
Alaska ........... 38.4 ....... 39.9 ....... 60.4
Arizona .......... 28.3 ....... 36.0 ....... 62.3
Arkansas ......... 30.9 ....... 21.7 ....... 64.7
California ....... 31.0 ....... 33.1 ....... 48.7
Colorado ......... 36.7 ....... 39.3 ....... 67.2
Connecticut ...... 35.3 ....... 33.4 ....... 61.6
Delaware ......... 35.5 ....... 25.5 ....... 63.8
D.C. ............. 17.8 ....... 36.9 ....... 65.1
Florida .......... 26.9 ....... 19.0 ....... 67.3
Georgia .......... 25.0 ....... 21.5 ....... 55.7
Hawaii ........... 39.1 ....... 39.5 ....... 64.2
Idaho ............ 32.5 ....... 30.9 ....... 65.7
Illinois ......... 36.4 ....... 34.6 ....... 60.3
Indiana .......... 28.4 ....... 23.8 ....... 59.7
Iowa ............. 25.4 ....... 11.5 ....... 53.9
Kansas ........... 31.9 ....... 29.3 ....... 65.1
Kentucky ......... 30.5 ....... 20.2 ....... 68.9
Louisiana ........ 33.4 ....... 18.5 ....... 62.9
Maine ............ 31.8 ....... 39.7 ....... 58.4
Maryland ......... 30.0 ....... 29.2 ....... 51.3
Massachusetts .... 29.0 ....... 29.7 ....... 58.9
Michigan ......... 31.5 ....... 22.7 ....... 49.1
Minnesota ........ 35.3 ....... 25.2 ....... 59.2
Mississippi ...... 24.1 ....... 25.5 ....... 73.8
Missouri. ........ 33.4 ....... 38.7 ....... 63.7
Montana .......... 43.8 ....... 39.3 ....... 70.1
Nebraska ......... 35.1 ....... 20.4 ....... 60.1
Nevada ........... 32.9 ....... 35.0 ....... 60.3
New Hampshire .... 35.5 ....... 28.2 ....... 70.1
New Jersey ....... 25.3 ........ 9.3 ....... 61.4
New Mexico ....... 36.0 ....... 35.1 ....... 67.6
New York ......... 21.5 ....... 28.8 ....... 57.1
North Carolina ... 29.0 ....... 35.5 ....... 49.9
North Dakota ..... 47.1 ....... 36.9 ....... 73.5
Ohio ............. 33.2 ....... 22.2 ....... 65.6
Oklahoma ......... 31.5 ....... 38.5 ....... 70.1
Oregon ........... 34.6 ....... 28.7 ....... 43.9
Pennsylvania ..... 34.2 ....... 38.5 ....... 58.4
Rhode Island ..... 37.6 ....... 43.0 ....... 76.4
South Carolina ... 35.0 ....... 44.3 ....... 68.9
South Dakota ..... 39.0 ....... 35.5 ....... 71.8
Tennessee ........ 30.5 ....... 23.7 ....... 64.3
Texas ............ 30.7 ....... 38.2 ....... 58.8
Utah ............. 19.1 ....... 27.5 ....... 65.4
Vermont .......... 36.5 ....... 40.4 ....... 53.0
Virginia ......... 32.3 ....... 27.0 ....... 62.4
Washington ....... 40.8 ....... 35.6 ....... 53.3
West Virginia .... 35.9 ....... 24.9 ....... 61.4
Wisconsin ........ 40.6 ....... 31.2 ....... 63.2
Wyoming .......... 37.5 ....... 40.8 ....... 68.7
National Average . 31.0 ....... 29.9 ....... 60.1
(Source: Scripps Howard News Service study of 562,712 fatal vehicle accidents reported to the U.S. Department of Transportation from 1994 to 2008.)
(Note: Percentages will not add up to 100. Many fatal accidents involve multiple risk factors. Others involved none.)
(Contact Thomas Hargrove at hargrovet(at)shns.com.)
(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)
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