June 2014 Revised 5/11/15 Michigan 2013 Traffic Crash Profile Reporting Criteria Please pay particular attention to the wording when interpreting the three levels of data gathered for this report. Crash The Crash Level analyzes data related to crash events and returns one result per crash. Examples: Time, weather, and location. Units The Units Level analyzes the experience of the units in the crash and returns one result per vehicle, driver, pedestrian, bicyclist, or train. Examples: Vehicle type, driver condition, and unit events. People The People Level analyzes the experience of the people involved in the crash and returns one result per occupant/person/party. Examples: Age, injury severity, and seat belt or helmet use. Prosperity Region 4 2013 Traffic Crash Data & 2009-2013 5-Year Trends Prosperity Region 4 is comprised of Allegan, Barry, Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, and Ottawa Counties. Trend tables for this report are based on those counties. 4. West Michigan Prosperity Alliance 4a. West Central Prosperity Region 4b. West Michigan Prosperity Region Sources: The crashes in this report occurred on public roadways in Michigan and resulted in injuries, fatalities, or property damage (with $1,000 as a reporting threshold). The information was gathered from Michigan Traffic Crash Report Forms (UD- 10) submitted by local police departments, sheriff s offices, and the Michigan State Police. Other related information was obtained from the departments of Transportation, State, and Community Health.
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Prosperity Region 4 1 Prosperity Region 4 Experience Revised 5/11/15 The 2013 comprehensive cost of traffic crashes was $1,365,000,000.* ities cost $690,000,000, injuries cost $575,000,000, and 'Property Damage Only' crashes cost $100,000,000. In 2013: There were 75,855 drivers in volved in 47,545 Prosperity Region 4 motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those crashes, 140 were classified as fatal, resulting in 149 fatalities. An additional 10,710 persons were injured. Prosperity Region 4 experienced the highest number of motor vehicle crashes (5,421) in November, the highest number of fatal crashes (24) in October, and the highest number of persons killed (29) in October. Prosperity Region 4 driver statistics indicate 7.2 percent of licensed drivers were age 16-20, and 12.5 percent of drivers in that age group were involved in crashes. In Prosperity Region 4, motorcycles accounted for 0.8 percent of the total vehicles in crashes, and were involved in 11.4 percent of the total fatal crashes. * Cost estimates derived from the National Safety Council are approximations and have been rounded to the nearest $5,000,000. With rounding, the total cost may not equal the sum of all crash types. 2013 - and Injuries by Month Month Injury Property Damage Only (PDO) Persons ities Injury January 4,943 12 702 4,229 12 924 February 5,026 3 650 4,373 4 826 March 3,318 6 490 2,822 6 674 April 2,863 4 503 2,356 4 658 May 3,398 17 696 2,685 18 986 June 3,230 12 646 2,572 12 900 July 3,261 17 718 2,526 17 1,010 August 3,113 19 785 2,309 19 1,044 September 3,350 9 689 2,652 10 894 October 4,363 24 734 3,605 29 980 November 5,421 10 701 4,710 10 931 December 5,259 7 703 4,549 8 883 47,545 140 8,017 39,388 149 10,710 2013 - Driver Statistics Age Group 2012* Population Statewide Licensed in in Per 10K Population Per 10K Licensed 0-15 335,508 9,437 146 4.4 154.7 16-20 110,957 79,801 9,512 857.3 1,192.0 21-24 89,581 79,423 8,396 937.3 1,057.1 25-64 792,092 741,697 46,006 580.8 620.3 65 + 204,713 193,151 6,159 300.9 318.9 Other/Unknown -- -- 5,636 -- -- 1,532,851 1,103,509 75,855 494.9 687.4 *2013 Population of Michigan Counties (by single- year of age) not yet available from U.S. Census Bureau 2013 - Vehicles in Vehicle Type Motor Vehicles Number of Vehicles of Number of Injury Number PDO Number Passenger car & station wagon 57,915 76.3 139 56.5 10,489 47,287 Van & motorhome 3,555 4.7 10 4.1 649 2,896 Pickup truck 9,129 12.0 40 16.3 1,570 7,519 Small truck under 10,000 lbs. GVWR 1,036 1.4 0 0.0 180 856 Cycle 603 0.8 28 11.4 446 129 Moped 121 0.2 4 1.6 91 26 Go Cart 6 0.0 0 0.0 3 3 Snowmobile 22 0.0 0 0.0 12 10 Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) & All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) 41 0.1 0 0.0 31 10 Other 350 0.5 3 1.2 63 284 Truck/bus over 10,000 lbs. 1,921 2.5 21 8.5 322 1,578 Unknown 1,156 1.5 1 0.4 66 1,089 75,855 100.0 246 100.0 13,922 61,687
2 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 5-Year Trend - by Month Month 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 January 5,664 10 3,832 8 5,077 9 4,843 4 4,943 12 February 3,628 9 4,244 6 4,333 4 3,829 15 5,026 3 March 2,911 7 2,661 10 3,064 11 3,032 12 3,318 6 April 2,764 6 2,624 9 2,784 8 2,776 13 2,863 4 May 3,371 12 3,386 14 3,324 10 3,559 18 3,398 17 June 3,469 12 3,366 16 3,461 8 3,453 8 3,230 12 July 3,115 14 3,267 13 3,397 16 3,126 18 3,261 17 August 3,176 16 2,962 17 3,019 17 3,157 12 3,113 19 September 3,414 18 3,582 14 3,486 15 3,196 16 3,350 9 October 4,826 12 4,610 16 4,385 12 4,500 11 4,363 24 November 4,940 13 4,414 12 4,744 13 4,166 8 5,421 10 December 5,830 8 5,292 11 4,279 7 4,339 11 5,259 7 47,108 137 44,240 146 45,353 130 43,976 146 47,545 140 5-Year Trend - by Day of Week Day 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Monday 6,291 20 6,489 19 6,298 13 5,987 19 7,079 19 Tuesday 6,413 11 6,649 14 6,638 22 6,130 17 7,529 21 Wednesday 6,878 19 7,139 31 6,581 14 6,227 16 6,974 19 Thursday 7,332 18 6,667 19 6,811 24 6,587 17 7,469 21 Friday 7,987 20 7,332 19 7,656 20 8,289 25 7,559 21 Saturday 6,953 28 5,487 20 6,537 25 6,068 26 6,196 20 Sunday 5,254 21 4,477 24 4,832 12 4,688 26 4,739 19 47,108 137 44,240 146 45,353 130 43,976 146 47,545 140
Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 3 2013 - by Day of Week Day All Injury PDO Number of Number of A B C Number Monday 7,079 14.9 19 13.6 83 261 750 5,966 Tuesday 7,529 15.8 21 15.0 111 305 822 6,270 Wednesday 6,974 14.7 19 13.6 100 289 762 5,804 Thursday 7,469 15.7 21 15.0 101 302 857 6,188 Friday 7,559 15.9 21 15.0 118 326 847 6,247 Saturday 6,196 13.0 20 14.3 107 310 669 5,090 Sunday 4,739 10.0 19 13.6 97 268 532 3,823 47,545 100.0 140 100.0 717 2,061 5,239 39,388
4 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 5-Year Trend - by Weekday and Weekend 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Portion of Week Weekday 34,901 88 34,276 102 33,984 93 33,220 94 36,610 101 Weekend 12,207 49 9,964 44 11,369 37 10,756 52 10,935 39 47,108 137 44,240 146 45,353 130 43,976 146 47,545 140
Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 5 5-Year Trend - by Time of Day 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Time of Day Midnight 2:59 AM 2,666 18 2,504 14 2,610 10 2,485 17 2,528 13 3:00 AM 5:59 AM 2,303 13 2,238 10 2,265 8 2,220 12 2,326 7 6:00 AM 8:59 AM 6,875 12 6,710 14 6,864 13 6,553 12 7,236 17 9:00 AM 11:59 AM 5,670 11 4,927 15 4,976 14 4,898 12 5,972 12 Noon 2:59 PM 7,183 27 6,690 24 7,273 16 6,701 25 7,667 20 3:00 PM 5:59 PM 9,139 20 9,107 30 9,416 18 9,464 30 9,797 26 6:00 PM 8:59 PM 7,596 18 7,225 18 7,051 34 6,935 15 7,109 27 9:00 PM 11:59 PM 5,501 18 4,691 21 4,813 17 4,665 21 4,847 17 Unknown 175 0 148 0 85 0 55 2 63 1 47,108 137 44,240 146 45,353 130 43,976 146 47,545 140
6 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 2013 - Time and Severity All Injury PDO Time of Day Number of Number of A B C Number Midnight 2:59 AM 2,528 5.3 13 9.3 57 127 231 2,100 3:00 AM 5:59 AM 2,326 4.9 7 5.0 28 82 175 2,034 6:00 AM 8:59 AM 7,236 15.2 17 12.1 72 244 668 6,235 9:00 AM 11:59 AM 5,972 12.6 12 8.6 71 272 737 4,880 Noon 2:59 PM 7,667 16.1 20 14.3 142 365 1,019 6,121 3:00 PM 5:59 PM 9,797 20.6 26 18.6 164 471 1,282 7,854 6:00 PM 8:59 PM 7,109 15.0 27 19.3 95 290 705 5,992 9:00 PM 11:59 PM 4,847 10.2 17 12.1 88 209 421 4,112 Unknown 63 0.1 1 0.7 0 1 1 60 47,545 100.0 140 100.0 717 2,061 5,239 39,388
Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 7 5-Year Trend - Deer-Involved by Time of Day Time of Day 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Midnight 2:59 AM 945 0 821 0 824 1 742 0 667 1 3:00 AM 5:59 AM 1,293 0 1,211 3 1,142 1 1,028 0 1,052 0 6:00 AM 8:59 AM 2,888 1 2,684 0 2,531 0 2,428 0 2,083 1 9:00 AM 11:59 AM 649 0 590 0 524 0 496 1 475 0 Noon 2:59 PM 500 0 442 0 399 0 365 0 326 0 3:00 PM 5:59 PM 948 0 761 1 776 0 639 0 601 0 6:00 PM 8:59 PM 3,397 0 2,866 0 2,571 1 2,469 0 2,293 2 9:00 PM 11:59 PM 2,839 0 2,231 0 2,170 1 1,902 1 1,829 0 Unknown 19 0 7 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 13,478 1 11,613 4 10,940 4 10,072 2 9,330 4
8 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 2013 - Reported Motor Vehicle by County County Injury Property Damage US Route State Route Local Street Interstate Alcohol- Involved - Involved Deer- Involved ities Persons Allegan 3,452 14 529 2,909 294 549 672 1,937 157 16 866 15 694 Barry 1,468 11 200 1,257 0 0 606 862 60 16 586 11 283 Ionia 1,725 8 279 1,438 283 0 529 913 61 5 532 8 358 Kent 19,556 43 3,778 15,735 2,218 1,909 3,843 11,586 780 88 1,447 48 4,991 Lake 465 1 72 392 0 100 59 306 17 1 258 1 102 Mason 1,360 6 146 1,208 0 537 36 787 22 5 723 6 198 Mecosta 1,823 8 197 1,618 0 247 673 903 54 15 820 9 260 Montcalm 2,203 5 313 1,885 0 122 800 1,281 65 11 1,073 6 447 Muskegon 4,676 11 783 3,882 88 978 544 3,066 139 15 490 11 1,052 Newaygo 1,309 7 223 1,079 0 0 468 841 71 15 498 7 299 Oceana 924 2 137 785 0 218 96 610 31 4 445 2 210 Osceola 1,147 5 113 1,029 0 392 135 620 24 7 648 6 151 Ottawa 7,437 19 1,247 6,171 886 886 654 5,011 255 27 944 19 1,665 47,545 140 8,017 39,388 3,769 5,938 9,115 28,723 1,736 225 9,330 149 10,710 Injuries
Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 9 5-Year Trend - in Coded Drinking by Driver Age Driver Age in 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Coded Drinking in Coded Drinking in Coded Drinking in Coded Drinking in Coded Drinking 0-15 149 3 150 5 149 1 127 4 146 0 16-20 10,075 188 9,550 156 9,619 155 8,948 182 9,512 132 21-24 7,256 357 6,967 371 7,574 347 7,565 378 8,396 349 25-64 44,597 1,196 42,241 1,133 43,687 1,118 42,139 1,207 46,006 1,178 65 + 5,465 42 5,535 48 5,614 46 5,710 49 6,159 51 Other/Unknown 4,966 16 4,683 17 4,940 17 5,086 14 5,636 10 72,508 1,802 69,126 1,730 71,583 1,684 69,575 1,834 75,855 1,720
10 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 2013 - Bodily Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Results Among All Vehicle in Alcohol-Involved by Age Age Group in Alcohol- Involved Tested in all Coded Drinking, Tested Coded Drinking BAC Result Range for Coded Drinking BAC = 0.00 BAC 0.01 g/dl to 0.07 g/dl BAC 0.08 g/dl to 0.16 g/dl BAC 0.17 g/dl and Above BAC Not Reported 0-15 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16-20 201 176 105 132 3 18 54 15 42 21-24 419 355 288 349 5 47 84 86 127 25-64 1,564 1,279 957 1,178 11 110 293 340 424 65 + 96 86 43 51 0 10 19 9 13 Other/Unknown 197 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 10 2,480 1,901 1,393 1,720 19 185 450 450 616 Notes: BAC measured in grams (g) per deciliter (dl). BAC may not be reported if drivers are not tested or if the results are not available immediately (as in the case of a blood test). A driver may be coded by the officer as drinking even though no test is administered. Alcohol- Involved In 2013, there were 2,480 drivers in alcohol- involved crashes; 1,720 (69.4) of those drivers were coded as had- been- drinking by the officer on the crash form. 900 (52.3) of the 1,720 drivers had a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08 g/dl (grams per deciliter) or greater, and 450 (50.0) of the 900 drivers had a BAC at or above 0.17 g/dl. 1,393 (81.0) of the 1,720 drivers were coded as had- been- drinking and were tested for alcohol consumption. 5-Year Trend - Involving Alcohol Year All HBD HBD HBD HBD A Injury HBD A Injury HBD B Injury HBD B Injury HBD 2009 47,108 1,820 3.9 137 50 36.5 866 180 20.8 2,074 254 12.2 2010 44,240 1,759 4.0 146 42 28.8 804 161 20.0 2,083 262 12.6 2011 45,353 1,703 3.8 130 42 32.3 812 121 14.9 2,145 249 11.6 2012 43,976 1,869 4.3 146 44 30.1 804 175 21.8 2,174 271 12.5 2013 47,545** 1,736 3.7* 140 42 30.0 717* 127 17.7 2,061* 215* 10.4* Note: * Indicates that the most recent year is the lowest number or percentage reported in the 5- year period in that column ** Indicates that the most recent year is the highest number or percentage reported in the 5- year period in that column Note: Had- Been- Drinking (HBD)
11 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 5-Year Trend - Involving s Year All A Injury A Injury B Injury B Injury 2009 47,108 159 0.3 137 14 10.2 866 17 2.0 2,074 23 1.1 2010 44,240 209 0.5 146 10 6.8 804 22 2.7 2,083 33 1.6 2011 45,353 181 0.4 130 17 13.1 812 13 1.6 2,145 21 1.0 2012 43,976 250 0.6 146 23 15.8 804 26 3.2 2,174 29 1.3 2013 47,545** 225 0.5 140 15 10.7 717* 24 3.3** 2,061* 25 1.2 Note: * Indicates that the most recent year is the lowest number or percentage reported in the 5- year period in that column ** Indicates that the most recent year is the highest number or percentage reported in the 5- year period in that column Note: Had- Been- Drinking (HBD) 5-Year Trend - Involving Alcohol or s Year All HBD or HBD or HBD or HBD or A Injury HBD or A Injury HBD or B Injury HBD or B Injury HBD or 2009 47,108 1,892 4.0 137 55 40.1 866 185 21.4 2,074 264 12.7 2010 44,240 1,861 4.2 146 47 32.2 804 173 21.5 2,083 276 13.3 2011 45,353 1,805 4.0 130 44 33.8 812 132 16.3 2,145 263 12.3 2012 43,976 1,976 4.5 146 54 37.0 804 186 23.1 2,174 283 13.0 2013 47,545** 1,830 3.8* 140 47 33.6 717* 137 19.1 2,061* 227* 11.0* Note: * Indicates that the most recent year is the lowest number or percentage reported in the 5- year period in that column ** Indicates that the most recent year is the highest number or percentage reported in the 5- year period in that column
12 Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 2013 - Use Among Reported Vehicle and Injured Passengers by Vehicle Type Vehicle Type Occupants ities Incapacitating Non-incapacitating Possible Injury No Injury Passenger car & station wagon 60,041 54,148 90.2 71 49 69.0 530 426 80.4 1,687 1,530 90.7 5,617 5,367 95.5 48,990 46,733 95.4 Van & motorhome 3,709 3,389 91.4 2 2 100.0 39 31 79.5 110 98 89.1 308 289 93.8 3,086 2,964 96.0 Pickup truck 9,381 8,513 90.7 17 11 64.7 82 53 64.6 292 255 87.3 595 551 92.6 7,954 7,636 96.0 Small truck under 10,000 lbs. GVWR 1,079 942 87.3 0 0 0.0 17 14 82.4 34 29 85.3 74 63 85.1 904 835 92.4 Cycle 665 463 69.6 28 14 50.0 91 56 61.5 233 159 68.2 163 136 83.4 146 98 67.1 Moped 127 42 33.1 4 0 0.0 16 4 25.0 45 17 37.8 34 11 32.4 23 10 43.5 Go Cart 8 1 12.5 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 1 0 0.0 3 1 33.3 Snowmobile 23 21 91.3 0 0 0.0 3 3 100.0 6 5 83.3 2 2 100.0 12 11 91.7 Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) & All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) 46 25 54.3 0 0 0.0 13 10 76.9 15 8 53.3 4 2 50.0 14 5 35.7 Other 362 212 58.6 1 0 0.0 8 2 25.0 8 3 37.5 20 13 65.0 287 194 67.6 Truck/bus over 10,000 lbs. 1,954 1,784 91.3 1 1 100.0 2 1 50.0 26 20 76.9 63 39 61.9 1,797 1,722 95.8 Uncoded & errors 1,156 13 1.1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 62 10 16.1 78,551 69,553 88.5 124 77 62.1 803 600 74.7 2,458 2,124 86.4 6,881 6,473 94.1 63,278 60,219 95.2 2013 - Use Among Reported Vehicle and Injured Passengers by Age Occupants ities Incapacitating Non-incapacitating Possible Injury No Injury Age Group 0-15 849 761 89.6 6 4 66.7 45 29 64.4 227 206 90.7 453 423 93.4 117 98 83.8 16-20 9,963 9,521 95.6 14 8 57.1 112 87 77.7 417 363 87.1 969 890 91.8 8,444 8,168 96.7 21-24 8,654 8,226 95.1 10 8 80.0 96 59 61.5 312 258 82.7 745 703 94.4 7,483 7,195 96.2 25-64 47,048 44,760 95.1 59 32 54.2 472 356 75.4 1,265 1,084 85.7 4,067 3,846 94.6 41,134 39,422 95.8 65 + 6,395 6,165 96.4 35 25 71.4 78 69 88.5 234 212 90.6 636 607 95.4 5,409 5,251 97.1 Other/Unknown 5,642 120 2.1 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 3 1 33.3 11 4 36.4 691 85 12.3 78,551 69,553 88.5 124 77 62.1 803 600 74.7 2,458 2,124 86.4 6,881 6,473 94.1 63,278 60,219 95.2
Prosperity Region 4 (continued) 13 The following picture represents all 2013 alcohol- involved fatal crashes in Prosperity Region 4. In 2013, there were 1,736 alcohol- involved crashes within Prosperity Region 4: 42 K - 127 A - Incapacitating Injury 215 B Non- incapacitating Injury 285 C - Possible Injury 1,067 O - Property Damage Only/No Injury
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