Fatal Crash Data for North Dakota

Table 1 North Dakota Fatal Crash Summary
		Oct 8, 2007	Oct 7, 2008	2005	2006	2007
		Year-to-Date		Previous Year-End
Fatalities		88	81	123	111	111
	Alcohol Related	56%	46%	46%	42%	58%
	No Seat Belt	66%	78%	76%	69%	72%

Table 2 Year-to-Date Fatal Crash Data. Current total and total from same period last year.
Fatalities
	Oct 8, 2007	Oct 7, 2008
Fatal Crashes	72	78
Fatal Victims	88	81
Alcohol Related
Alcohol Related Fatal Crashes	39	35
Alcohol Related Fatal Victims	49	37
Seat Belts
Wearing Safety Belts	24	13
Not Wearing Safety Belts	47	45
Rollover Crashes
Number of Fatalities	N/A	34
Victims Ejected	N/A	28

Source: ND Highway Patrol, ND Department of Transportaiton
http://www.nd.gov/ndhp/

Note that total fatality count also includes pedestrians, motorcycles, bicycles, etc., where safety belts are not applicable.