Stats & Facts
Don’t become a statistic!
Think you’re invincible behind the wheel? Think again. Use these stats to check yourself, avoid distractions, and keep it safe on Alabama’s roads.
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14% of all bicycle crashes occur on rural routes, and 86% of all bicycle crashes occur in urban streets.
Any given driver has a 90% chance of being in a crash of any severity during their lifetimes.
For front seat occupants, the probability of being killed is about 51 times higher for those not wearing safety belts than those who are properly restrained.
The proportion of fatality crashes involving impairment (3.5%) is 6.6 times that of crashes in general (0.5%).
67% of all fatal motorcycle crashes were caused by the motorcyclist.
Most fatal crashes occur on Saturday, although the most crash-prone day of the week is Friday.
Of all fatal crashes, 6% were caused by drivers 19 years or under, and 19% were caused by drivers 25 years or under.
Only 3.8% of people involved in crashes were not using safety restraints; however almost 60% of all fatalities were not restrained.
Alabamians have a greater than a two in five chance of involvement in an injury or fatal crash operating a vehicle over their lifetimes.
In 2023, about 45% of fatal bicycle crashes and 37% of all bicycle crashes were caused by the bicyclist.
The most fatality-prone period of the day is 5PM-6PM.
Almost 98% of people involved in crashes but not harmed were reported to have been wearing their seat belts.
Alabama has a Code of the Road, and knowing it helps you follow it.
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