California Traffic Deaths by County 2005

Primary Cause of Crash Violation Categories

By Gender
By Age
By Time of Day
By Day of the Week
By County
By Role



Person Killed* By Gender
California Traffic Deaths 2005
*Person killed is not necessarily the one responsible.

Primary Cause	Gender						Table Total
	Unknown		Male		Female
	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %
Unknown	3	10%	57	2%	33	3%	93	2.2%
DUI*	15	48%	727	25%	268	21%	1010	23.9%
Impeding Traffic			1	0%	1	0%	2	.0%
Speeding	3	10%	517	18%	162	13%	682	16.1%
Follow too close			7	0%	2	0%	9	.2%
Wrong Side Road	1	3%	220	8%	88	7%	309	7.3%
Improper Pass			33	1%	10	1%	43	1.0%
Unsafe Lane Change	1	3%	62	2%	32	2%	95	2.2%
Improper Turn	3	10%	546	19%	315	24%	864	20.4%
Auto Right of Way	1	3%	171	6%	89	7%	261	6.2%
Pedestrian Right of Way			46	2%	33	3%	79	1.9%
Pedestrian viol.	4	13%	267	9%	120	9%	391	9.2%
Traffic signals			146	5%	79	6%	225	5.3%
Hazardous parking			2	0%			2	.0%
Lights			1	0%			1	.0%
Other Equip.					3	0%	3	.1%
Other Hazard. viol			35	1%	19	1%	54	1.3%
Not driver			50	2%	24	2%	74	1.7%
Unsafe back/park			13	0%	5	0%	18	.4%
Other improper driving			8	0%	8	1%	16	.4%
Table Total	32	100%	2955	100%	1317	100%	4304	100.0%

* DUI is different than Alcohol Involved and hence the number may be different than on other tables.

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Person Killed* By Age Group
California Traffic Deaths 2005
*Person killed is not necessarily the one responsible.

By Age Category

Primary Cause	0-15		16-20		21-25		26-30		31-40		41-50		51-60		61-70		71+		Table Total
	Count	Col %	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
																			Count	%
Unknown	4	2%	8	1%	8	1%	7	2%	13	2%	15	2%	14	3%	5	2%	16	4%	93	2%
DUI	46	18%	136	25%	195	34%	132	36%	177	28%	180	28%	75	16%	35	14%	17	4%	1010	24%
Impeding Traffic											1	0%			1	0%			2	0%
Speeding	33	13%	110	20%	122	22%	59	16%	105	17%	85	13%	74	15%	30	12%	49	12%	682	16%
Follow too close	1	0%	2	0%					3	0%					1	0%	2	0%	9	0%
Wrong Side Road	13	5%	36	7%	35	6%	19	5%	44	7%	53	8%	48	10%	28	11%	30	7%	309	7%
Improper Pass	5	2%	8	1%	8	1%	1	0%	6	1%	4	1%	6	1%	1	0%	3	1%	43	1%
Unsafe Lane Change	12	5%	10	2%	10	2%	10	3%	18	3%	12	2%	9	2%	7	3%	6	1%	95	2%
Improper Turn	57	22%	140	26%	99	17%	74	20%	123	19%	120	19%	117	24%	54	21%	67	17%	864	20%
Auto Right of Way	27	11%	31	6%	25	4%	15	4%	26	4%	34	5%	21	4%	15	6%	62	15%	261	6%
Pedestrian Right of Way	5	2%	3	1%	2	0%	1	0%	7	1%	9	1%	12	3%	10	4%	28	7%	79	2%
Pedestrian viol.	33	13%	21	4%	24	4%	24	7%	57	9%	67	10%	61	13%	35	14%	58	14%	391	9%
Traffic signals	13	5%	26	5%	31	5%	12	3%	28	4%	36	6%	21	4%	20	8%	35	9%	225	5%
Hazardous parking									1	0%	1	0%							2	0%
Lights																	1	0%	1	0%
Other Equip.									1	0%	1	0%			1	0%			3	0%
Other Hazard. viol	2	1%	6	1%	3	1%	3	1%	6	1%	13	2%	10	2%	7	3%	3	1%	54	1%
Not driver	2	1%	5	1%	4	1%	4	1%	13	2%	13	2%	7	1%	8	3%	16	4%	74	2%
Unsafe back/park	3	1%	2	0%			2	1%	1	0%	1	0%	1	0%	1	0%	6	1%	18	0%
Other improper driving	1	0%			1	0%	3	1%	2	0%	2	0%	2	0%			4	1%	16	0%
Table Total	262	100.0%	554	100.0%	572	100.0%	372	100.0%	644	100.0%	652	100.0%	485	100.0%	263	100.0%	418	100.0%	4304	100.0%

Person Killed By Time of Day
California Traffic Deaths 2005

Primary Cause	8 PM to 12 PM		12 PM to 4 AM		4 AM to 8 PM		Table Total
	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %
							Count	Col %
Unknown	17	2%	23	3%	53	2%	93	2.2%
DUI	261	30%	312	43%	437	16%	1010	23.9%
Impeding Traffic	1	0%			1	0%	2	.0%
Speeding	123	14%	119	16%	440	17%	682	16.1%
Follow too close					9	0%	9	.2%
Wrong Side Road	40	5%	32	4%	237	9%	309	7.3%
Improper Pass	8	1%			35	1%	43	1.0%
Unsafe Lane Change	16	2%	10	1%	69	3%	95	2.2%
Improper Turn	134	16%	124	17%	606	23%	864	20.4%
Auto Right of Way	32	4%	9	1%	220	8%	261	6.2%
Pedestrian Right of Way	16	2%	3	0%	60	2%	79	1.9%
Pedestrian viol.	140	16%	63	9%	188	7%	391	9.2%
Traffic signals	33	4%	18	2%	174	7%	225	5.3%
Hazardous parking					2	0%	2	.0%
Lights					1	0%	1	.0%
Other Equip.					3	0%	3	.1%
Other Hazard. viol	13	2%	3	0%	38	1%	54	1.3%
Not driver	13	2%	8	1%	53	2%	74	1.7%
Unsafe back/park	5	1%			13	0%	18	.4%
Other improper driving	4	0%	1	0%	11	0%	16	.4%
Table Total	871	100%	740	100%	2693	100%	4304	100.0%

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Person Killed By Day of the Week
California Traffic Deaths 2005

Primary Cause	Day of the week														Table Total
	Monday		Tuesday		Wednesday		Thursday		Friday		Saturday		Sunday
	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %
Unknown	12	2%	10	2%	11	2%	6	1%	18	3%	20	2%	16	2%	93	2.2%
DUI	96	20%	93	19%	94	19%	105	21%	164	24%	220	27%	238	32%	1010	23.9%
Impeding Traffic	1	0%			1	0%									2	.0%
Speeding	89	18%	76	15%	74	15%	77	15%	107	16%	138	17%	121	16%	682	16.1%
Follow too close	1	0%	1	0%	2	0%	2	0%			3	0%			9	.2%
Wrong Side Road	35	7%	37	7%	34	7%	36	7%	62	9%	56	7%	49	7%	309	7.3%
Improper Pass	10	2%	4	1%	7	1%	5	1%	8	1%	7	1%	2	0%	43	1.0%
Unsafe Lane Change	11	2%	8	2%	11	2%	13	3%	17	3%	18	2%	17	2%	95	2.2%
Improper Turn	101	21%	110	22%	104	21%	104	20%	109	16%	184	22%	152	20%	864	20.4%
Auto Right of Way	31	6%	44	9%	33	7%	36	7%	56	8%	32	4%	29	4%	261	6.2%
Pedestrian Right of Way	9	2%	11	2%	10	2%	19	4%	9	1%	13	2%	8	1%	79	1.9%
Pedestrian viol.	50	10%	52	10%	52	11%	44	9%	64	9%	70	9%	59	8%	391	9.2%
Traffic signals	24	5%	29	6%	33	7%	35	7%	34	5%	34	4%	36	5%	225	5.3%
Hazardous parking			1	0%							1	0%			2	.0%
Lights							1	0%							1	.0%
Other Equip.	1	0%			2	0%									3	.1%
Other Hazard. viol	4	1%	7	1%	8	2%	5	1%	10	1%	10	1%	10	1%	54	1.3%
Not driver	4	1%	9	2%	9	2%	15	3%	13	2%	12	1%	12	2%	74	1.7%
Unsafe back/park	1	0%	4	1%	2	0%	3	1%	3	0%	1	0%	4	1%	18	.4%
Other improper driving	2	0%			3	1%	5	1%	3	0%	3	0%			16	.4%
Table Total	490	100%	508	100%	499	100%	523	100%	685	100%	834	100%	765	100%	4304	100.0%

Person Killed* By Role**
California Traffic Deaths 2005
*Person killed is not necessarily the one responsible.
**Motorcycle deaths are also counted under driver and pasenger as appropriate.

Primary Cause of  Crash	DRIVER		PASSENGER		PEDESTRIAN		MOTORCYCLE		BICYCLE		Table Total
	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %	Count	Col %
Unknown	41	2%	10	1%	36	5%	6	1%	6	5	93	2%
DUI	598	27%	330	29%	60	8%	74	18%	19	15	1010	24%
Impeding Traffic	1	0%			1	0%					2	0%
Speeding	435	19%	166	15%	67	9%	123	30%	12	9	682	16%
Follow too close	6	0%	3	0%			2	0%			9	0%
Wrong Side Road	210	9%	73	7%	10	1%	39	9%	17	13	309	7%
Improper Pass	27	1%	11	1%	3	0%	5	1%	2	2	43	1%
Unsafe Lane Change	54	2%	38	3%	1	0%	9	2%	2	2	95	2%
Improper Turn	511	23%	307	27%	24	3%	59	14%	22	17	864	20%
Auto Right of Way	162	7%	75	7%	4	1%	55	13%	20	15	261	6%
Pedestrian Right of Way					79	11%					79	2%
Pedestrian viol.	1	0%			390	54%	4	1%			391	9%
Traffic signals	126	6%	67	6%	17	2%	14	3%	15	12	225	5%
Hazardous parking					1	0%					2	0%
Lights									1	1	1	0%
Other Equip.	2	0%	1	0%			1	0%			3	0%
Other Hazard. viol	27	1%	11	1%	6	1%	9	2%	10	8	54	1%
Not driver	32	1%	26	2%	12	2%	4	1%	3	2