Alabama Fatalities

• November 3rd, 2016

Alabama has experienced a very large increase in traffic fatalities in the first months of 2016.  This research effort consisting of a PPT and a narrative was conducted on behalf of the Alabama Traffic Records Coordinating Committee, and it is the first, high-level, effort to get an insight into the causes of the increased fatalities.  Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet — all the usual suspects: speed, impaired driving, distracted driving & walking, and probably most of all, a failure to use proper restraints.  But this study goes a bit deeper to determine just who, what, where, when and why these particular issues caused death.  This is a top level study and it has surfaced a number of drill-downs into the data that will be performed shortly.  In addition, the entire study will be replicated when all of the 2016 data are available.

Click Here for the PPT

Click Here for the Narrative