2020 Crash Facts

1 ARIZONA MOTOR VEHICLE Crash Facts 2020 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page i Intentionally left blank 2020 Motor Vehicle Crash Facts for the State of Arizona Prepared by: The Arizona Department of Transportation Transportation Systems Management and Operations Publication Date: July 27, 2021 This publication is an annual statistical review of the motor vehicle crashes in the State of Arizona for the calendar year 2020. The results are compiled from Arizona Traffic Crash Reports submitted to the Arizona Department of Transportation by state, county, city, tribal, and other law enforcement agencies.

2 Specific inquiries regarding the data in this report should be directed to: The Arizona Department of Transportation Transportation Systems Management and Operations Traffic Safety Section 1615 West Jackson Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 E-mail: In order to provide the most current information, preliminary data is utilized when necessary. For this reason, previous or future reports may differ slightly and we encourage you to refer to the latest issue of Motor Vehicle Crash Facts . This issue as well as previous issues of this publication may be viewed and downloaded from the ADOT Web Site: 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page ii 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Douglas A.

3 Ducey Governor Arizona Department of Transportation John S. Halikowski Director State Transportation Board Steve Stratton District 4 Chairman Jesse Thompson District 5 Vice Chairman Members Jackie Meck District 1 Jenn Daniels District 1 Ted Maxwell District 2 Richard Searle District 3 Gary Knight District 62020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page iii OVERVIEW Section 1: Highlights and Historical Trends .. 1 Section 2: Geographic Location .. 9 Section 3: Crash Descriptions.

4 17 Section 4: Safety Devices .. 23 Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Descriptions .. 26 Section 6: Alcohol Related Crashes .. 33 Section 7: Pedestrian and Pedalcyclist Crashes .. 42 Section 8: Motorcycle (MC) Crashes .. 48 Acknowledgements .. 58 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page iv 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table of Contents Section 1: Highlights and Historical Arizona Crash Facts Summary and Arizona at a Glance Licensed Drivers, Motor Vehicle Registration and Crash History in Historical Trends VMT and Statewide Economic Loss Due to Motor Vehicle State Adjusted Crash Traffic Crashes in Arizona by Vi ctims of Motor Vehicle Suspected Serious Injuries by Person Type Young Drivers (age 15-24) killed in crashes State Highway System (SHS) vs Local Road Arizona Fatality Rate vs.

5 Injury Traffic Fatalities by Geographic Traffic Injuries by Geographic Holiday Crash Section 2: Geographic 9 Crash Severity by First Harmful Event Crashes by Crash Severity by First Harmful Event in Urban Crash Severity by First Harmful Event in Rural Analysis by Total Fatalities by County for 2019 and Urban and Rural Crashes by Day of Urban and Rural Fatal Crashes by Day of All Urban and Rural Crashes vs. Urban and Rural Fatal Crashes by Section 3: Crash Manner of Collision in Multi-Vehicle Lighting Weather Road Surface Roadway Roadway All Crashes vs.

6 Fatal Crashes by Time of Day - All Crashes vs. Fatal Crashes by Time of Day - Crashes by Day of Fatal Crashes by Day of All Crashes vs. Fatal Crashes by Crashes by Hour and Day of Section 4: Safety Child Safety Device Usage (less than five years old)..24 Driver Safety Device Passenger Safety Device Driver Safety Device Usage by Driver Safety Device Usage by Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Arizona Motor Vehicle Motor Vehicle Crash Involvement by Vehicle Hit and Run Drivers Involved in 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page v Gender of Drivers Involved in License Status of Drivers Involved in Passengers Killed and Injured by Age and Drivers and Passengers Killed and Injured by Vehicle Drivers Killed and Injured by Age and Licensed Drivers in Arizona by Driver Involvement by Driver Driver Physical Distracted

7 Driving Secondary Section 6: Alcohol Related Economic Loss Due to Alcohol Related Crashes in Arizona for Alcohol Related Crash Manner of Collision in Alcohol Related Alcohol Related Crashes by First Harmful Alcohol Related Crashes by Vehicle Lighting Conditions in Alcohol Related Road Surface Conditions in Alcohol Related Gender of Drivers Involved in Alcohol Related Driver Involvement by Age in Alcohol Related When Alcohol Related Crashes Occurred in Safety Device Usage for Drinking Persons Killed and Injured in

8 Alcohol Related Alcohol Related Crashes by All Alcohol Related Crashes vs. Fatal Alcohol Related Crashes by Day of All Alcohol Related Crashes vs. Fatal Alcohol Related Crashes by All Alcohol Related Crashes vs. Fatal Alcohol Related Crashes - All Alcohol Related Crashes vs. Fatal Alcohol Related Crashes - Alcohol Related Crashes by Hour and Day of Section 7: Pedestrian and Pedalcyclist Pedestrians Killed and Injured By Age and Pedestrian Crashes by Geographic Pedestrian Crash Pedestrians Killed by Age and Pedestrians Injured by Age and Pedestrian Physical Condition in Motor Vehicle Lighting Conditions in Pedestrian Weather Conditions in Pedestrian Pedalcyclists Killed and Injured by Age and Pedalcycle Crashes by Geographic Pedalcycle Crash Lighting Conditions in Pedalcyclist Weather Conditions in Pedalcyclist Pedestrian Crashes by

9 Pedalcyclist Crashes by Section 8: Motorcycle (MC) MC Fatalities by MC Registrations in Fatality Rate per Registered Percent of MC Crashes to All MC Crashes by First Harmful Lighting Conditions in MC Road Surface Conditions in MC MC Crashes by Geographic 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page vi 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Operator Involvement by Age in MC MC Operator Physical Helmet Use by MC Operator s Helmet MC Passenger s Helmet MC Operators and Passengers

10 Killed and MC Operator All MC Crashes vs. Fatal MC Crashes by Time of Day - All MC Crashes vs. Fatal MC Crashes by Time of Day - All MC Crashes vs. Fatal MC Crashes by Day of Alcohol Related MC Crashes vs. Fatal Alcohol Related MC Crashes by Day of MC Crashes by Hour and Day of MC Crashes by Manner of Collision in MC Crashes ..57 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page vii BREAKDOWN OF ALL CRASHES IN ARIZONATOTAL98,778 FATAL970IN JURY28,610 PRO PERTY D AMAGE O N LY69,198 URBAN85,244 RURAL13,534 ALC O HO L RELAT ED4,506 PED ES T RIAN1,523 PED ALC YC LE830MO TO RC YC LE2,317S IN GLE VEHIC LE17,766 MULT I- VEHIC LE81.