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Rate Per 10,000 Pop of Alcohol-Related Motor Vehicle Fatalities (Defined as Alcohol-related if BAC is at a .01 level or higher), 2019: by Region

Counties of Minnesota Chisago Isanti Ramsey Anoka Washington Hennepin Benton Wright Dakota Scott Carver McLeod Mille Lacs Kanabec Wabasha Goodhue Rice Le Sueur Sibley Sherburne Meeker Renville Chippewa Stearns Morrison Pine Crow Wing Aitkin Brown Yellow Medicine Lac qui Parle Big Stone Traverse Wilkin Todd Wadena Cass Polk Red Lake Clearwater Becker Carlton Hubbard Norman Clay Mahnomen Beltrami Itasca Pennington Marshall Kittson Roseau Lake of the Woods Koochiching St. Louis Lake Cook Redwood Cottonwood Watonwan Steele Dodge Otter Tail Grant Douglas Stevens Pope Lyon Nicollet Lincoln Kandiyohi Swift Pepestone Murray Blue Earth Olmsted Winona Waseca Rock Nobles Jackson Martin Faribault Freeborn Mower Fillmore Houston
  • >0.4 to ≤2.3
  • ≥0.0 to ≤0.4
  • No data available

About the Indicator: As a depressant, alcohol use interferes with coordination, judgment and reaction time and can have fatal consequences. Impaired behavior around motor vehicles puts drivers, pedestrians, passengers and others at risk. Reported are the number and rate of deaths in which at least one driver, pedestrian, or cyclist has been drinking.

In 2009, reported alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities is lower in Minnesota than the national average (rate ratio = 0.75:1.00). State rates are found using the Minnesota Office of Traffic Safety (OTS); national rates are from Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).  For more national comparisons, click here State Epi Profile.

Data Source: Minnesota Motor Vehicle Crash Facts

Description: Crash Facts provides summary statistical information on crashes, deaths and injuries in Minnesota.

Sponsored by: Office of Traffic Safety, MN Department of Public Safety

Geographic Level: State, County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported annually

Characteristics: Alcohol-related injuries and property damage only crashes are less well documented than fatalities. Total Crashes for each County not available for 2003. Crash Facts is comparable across all states as a component of Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).