AGE DISTRIBUTION OF DRIVERS INVOLVED IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS
Nebraska - Selected Years
	All Accidents
Age Group	1970	1980	1990	1994	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
All Accidents
Total	75,908	63,478	68,901	73,397	79,807	79,160	78,319	77,491	75,133	75,436	61,573	58,575	53,065	58,178	56,101
Percent of Total
15 and Under	0.6%	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.8%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%
16-24	39.4%	41.1%	33.1%	32.9%	32.9%	33.4%	33.4%	32.9%	33.7%	33.0%	32.1%	31.9%	31.4%	31.0%	29.9%
25-34	17.4%	22.2%	24.1%	21.8%	19.6%	18.7%	18.8%	18.6%	18.5%	18.5%	18.4%	18.8%	18.8%	19.3%	19.4%
35-44	13.0%	11.4%	16.5%	18.0%	18.2%	18.1%	17.8%	17.5%	16.8%	16.8%	16.5%	16.0%	15.8%	15.8%	15.3%
45-54	10.6%	8.5%	9.1%	10.8%	12.5%	12.6%	12.9%	13.3%	13.4%	13.8%	14.3%	14.4%	14.4%	14.6%	14.9%
55-64	8.1%	6.6%	6.8%	6.5%	6.7%	6.9%	6.9%	7.1%	7.4%	7.9%	8.6%	9.0%	9.6%	9.4%	4.9%
65 and Over	6.1%	6.7%	8.2%	8.5%	8.3%	8.5%	8.4%	8.6%	8.5%	8.3%	8.3%	8.3%	8.6%	8.3%	8.6%
Not Stated	4.7%	2.6%	1.3%	0.5%	0.8%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	0.8%	1.0%	1.0%	0.8%	0.6%	0.8%	0.9%
Fatal Accidents
Total	498	477	339	349	399	397	368	347	409	394	346	366	331	356	280
Percent of Total
15 and Under	1.0%	0.6%	0.9%	1.7%	2.5%	1.0%	0.8%	1.2%	1.7%	0.0%	2.0%	1.6%	2.1%	0.6%	0.0%
16-24	36.9%	37.1%	32.2%	28.7%	25.8%	25.4%	28.3%	25.1%	26.9%	26.9%	24.9%	24.3%	30.2%	30.3%	24.6%
25-34	18.3%	23.0%	23.9%	24.4%	19.0%	18.6%	19.0%	17.9%	16.1%	16.0%	11.0%	15.0%	16.0%	12.9%	12.9%
35-44	11.4%	10.2%	13.3%	14.0%	18.3%	22.4%	17.4%	17.9%	15.9%	17.3%	20.5%	17.2%	10.3%	17.1%	12.1%
45-54	12.6%	10.2%	9.4%	11.2%	12.3%	12.6%	13.0%	17.6%	19.6%	17.5%	17.3%	17.8%	14.5%	14.6%	19.6%
55-64	9.2%	8.0%	4.4%	7.2%	9.8%	8.8%	6.5%	7.8%	8.6%	10.9%	9.8%	12.8%	11.5%	9.6%	13.6%
65 and Over	8.6%	9.8%	14.5%	12.9%	12.3%	11.1%	14.9%	12.4%	11.0%	11.4%	13.9%	10.9%	15.4%	14.9%	16.1%
Not Stated	1.8%	1.2%	1.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.3%	0.2%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
Injury Accidents
Total	21,326	23,338	27,333	32,602	35,599	34,527	33,994	31,510	28,031	26,348	25,813	23,865	22,192	22,919	21,759
Percent of Total
15 and Under	0.7%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.9%	0.0%	0.8%	0.8%	1.0%	0.8%	0.7%
16-24	41.5%	41.7%	34.3%	33.9%	34.4%	35.0%	34.9%	28.8%	34.8%	26.9%	32.7%	33.0%	29.0%	31.9%	26.8%
25-34	17.8%	23.4%	24.9%	22.9%	20.7%	19.9%	19.9%	19.6%	19.5%	16.0%	19.1%	19.5%	19.1%	19.8%	20.2%
35-44	13.0%	11.8%	16.3%	18.1%	18.3%	18.3%	17.9%	17.7%	16.9%	17.3%	17.2%	16.2%	16.6%	16.1%	15.5%
45-54	10.8%	8.4%	9.0%	10.5%	12.2%	12.2%	12.5%	12.8%	13.1%	17.5%	14.3%	14.2%	14.1%	14.4%	15.0%
55-64	8.2%	6.4%	6.3%	5.8%	6.0%	6.3%	6.3%	6.6%	6.9%	10.9%	8.2%	8.3%	8.9%	8.8%	9.8%
65 and Over	5.7%	6.0%	7.6%	7.3%	7.0%	7.0%	7.1%	7.6%	7.4%	11.4%	7.6%	7.4%	7.6%	7.7%	7.7%
Not Stated	2.2%	1.2%	0.8%	0.3%	0.5%	0.5%	0.6%	5.9%	0.5%	0.0%	0.6%	0.5%	0.4%	0.6%	0.0%
Source:  Calculated from data from Nebraska Department of Roads, Highway Safety
Division, 2008 Traffic Accident Facts, Annual Report, 2009
Last Update:	08-Dec-09
by Nebraska Databook
e-mail:	michael.lundeen@nebraska.gov