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. 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.

2 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. 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 .. 17 Section 4: Safety Devices .. 23 Section 5: Motor Vehicle and Driver Descriptions.

3 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. 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.

4 Urban and Rural Fatal Crashes by Section 3: Crash Manner of Collision in Multi-Vehicle Lighting Weather Road Surface Roadway Roadway All Crashes vs. 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 Driving Secondary Section 6.

5 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 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 Pedalcyclist Crashes by Section 8.

6 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 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 LE81,012 BREAKDOWN OF FATAL CRASHES IN ARIZONATOTAL970 ALC O HO L RELAT ED163 URBAN587 RURAL383S IN GLE VEHIC LE314 MULT I- VEHIC LE656 ALC O HO L RELAT ED S IN GLE VEHIC LE46 ALC O HO L RELAT ED MULT I- VEHIC LE117 BREAKDOWN OF PERSONS KILLED AND INJUREDTYPEKILLEDIN JURED IN ALL C RAS HES1,05741,350IN ALC O HO L RELAT ED C RAS HES1812,863IN URBAN C RAS HES62435,155IN RURAL C RAS HES4336,195IN S PEED RELAT ED C RAS HES *33715,839IN LAN E D EPARTURE C RAS HES64813,212IN C RAS HES O N THE S TATE HIGHWAY S YS TEM38813.

7 411IN C RAS HES O N LO C AL RO AD S66927,939US IN G S AFETY D EVIC E28733,239N O T US IN G S AFETY D EVIC E3132,607D RIVERS AGE 24 O R YO UN GER976,570D RIN KIN G D RIVERS AGE 24 O R YO UN GER11317 BREAKDOWN OF CRASHES BY TIMEPEAK MO N TH FO R ALL C RAS HESJANUARYPEAK D AY FO R ALL C RAS HESFRIDAYPEAK HO UR FO R ALL C RAS HES4 PM - 5 PMPEAK MO N TH FO R FATAL C RAS HESFEBRUARY AND SEPTEM BER PEAK D AY FO R FATAL C RAS HESSATURDAYPEAK HO UR FO R FATAL C RAS HES7 PM - 8 PM AND 9 PM - 10 PMPEAK D ATE FO R ALL C RAS HES IN 2020 FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14TH (502 CRASHES)PEAK D ATE FO R FATAL C RAS HES IN 20205 DAYS TIED WITH 7 CRASHES (2/21, 9/19, 10/28, 11/3, 12/13)PEAK HO UR FO R MO TO RC YC LE C RAS HES5 PM - 6 PMPEAK HO UR FO R ALC O HO L RELATED C RAS HES6 PM - 7 PMPEAK HO UR FO R PED ES TRIAN C RAS HES7 PM - 8 PMPEAK HO UR FO R PED ALC YC LE C RAS HES4 PM - 5 PM*Note: These numbers rep resent the total number of fatalities and injuries in crashes where the violation "sp eed too fast for conditions" or "exceeded lawful sp eed" was marked on the Crash rep Arizona Crash Facts Summary Page viii 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Fatalities in Arizona since 1925 YearTotal FatalitiesYearTotal Fatalities192576197397519261201974751192 7147197567019281301976739192915719779331 93019019781,027193115919791,029193216619 8094719331541981916193420519827241935217 1983675193624419848691937258198589319382 0019861,00719392151987939194022819889441 9412721989879194223019908691943168199181 6194418019928111945283199379919462361994 904194725619951,035194830119969971949281 199795019503251998981195141519991,028195 239620001,037195339720011,05719544022002 1,132195535820031,125195648620041,159195 746120051,193195850920061,30119595172007 1.

8 0711960513200893819615102009806196251020 1075919635132011827196458820128211965550 2013849196664320147741967574201589719686 95201695219697502017998197076220181,0111 9717552019980197281220201,057 Section 1 Highlights and Historical Trends Page 1 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Total Crashes98, CrashesInjury CrashesProperty Damage Onl y Crashes97028,61069, ,05741,350 Possible Injuri esSuspected Mi nor Injuri esSuspected Seri ous Injuri es21,88716,3833, 1: Highlights and Historical Trends Page 2 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 1 1 Arizona Crash Facts Summary and Comparison Arizona at a Glance 2020 Approximately persons were killed each day. One person was killed every 8 hours and 17 minutes. There were 113 persons injured every day. One person was injured every 12 minutes and 45 seconds. Alcohol Related crashes accounted for of all crashes and of all fatal crashes.

9 Of all alcohol related crashes, occurred in Urban areas and occurred in Rural areas, while of all alcohol related fatal crashes occurred in Urban areas and occurred in Rural areas. Single vehicle crashes accounted for of all crashes and of all fatal crashes. Of all Pedestrian crashes, were fatal while of Pedalcycle crashes were fatal. Crashes which occurred during daylight hours (6:00 to 6:00 ) accounted for of all crashes. Motor vehicle crashes resulted in $ billion in economic losses to Arizona. Children age 14 and younger accounted for 41 fatalities and 2,104 injuries in motor vehicle crashes. Category20192020 Percent ChangeTotal Crashes130,36698, Fatalities9801, Injuries54,08041, Related Related Injuries2,9992, Injuries47,00035, Injuries7,0806, Operator and Passenger Operator and Passenger Injuries2,2501, Injuries1,7161, Injuries1, of vehicle miles traveled (VMT)70,28165, per 100 million per 100 million 1.

10 Highlights and Historical Trends Page 3 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Table 1 2 Licensed Drivers, Motor Vehicle Registration and Crash History in Arizona Table 1 3 Historical Trends VMT and Rates Calendar YearTotal CrashesFatal CrashesInjury CrashesProperty Damage Only CrashesTotal Persons KilledTotal Persons InjuredTotal Licensed DriversTotal Registered Vehicles2006143,5041,12645,39596,9831,30 170,0134,091,7894,748,9572007141,1939524 3,56096,6811,07166,0624,212,3934,848,162 2008120,55784337,51582,19993856,5394,360 ,7114,842,1882009107,14970933,50672,9348 0650,8094,434,7194,787,3502010106,900695 33,41972,78675950,4634,537,6534,805,9042 011103,95875633,22369,97982749,8564,634, 4054,855,0142012103,94073833,59569,60782 150,0894,736,5174,969,6202013107,5767823 4,13772,65784950,4404,826,9035,130,78020 14109,88370934,58974,58577451,1144,922,6 765,300,9802015117,12181136,37179,939897 53,9225,025,8115,487,0582016127,34585638 ,77687,71395257,0035,135,2625,677,208201 7127,85891738,10388,83899855,9385,221,40 35,843,3682018127,74791836,71090,1191,01 153,6795,308,3076,009,8502019130,3669093 7,10392,35498054,0805,375,3416,167,48120 2098,77897028,61069,1981,05741,3505,772, 9286,356,220 CalendarYearArizona Fatality RateArizona Injury RateArizona Traffic FatalitiesEstimated Motor Vehicle Miles TraveledArizona Fatal Crash , , ,01166, , ,05765, miles t raveled are shown in million miles and rat es p er 100 million milesSection 1: Highlights and Historical Trends Page 4 2020 Arizona Crash Facts Summary Statewide Economic Loss Due to Motor Vehicle Crashes Table 1 4 Table 1 5 State Adjusted Crash Costs Source.