| 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 | ||||||||||||||