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Learn About Minnesota Crash Statistics

The following tables show you Minnesota crash statistics: single vehicle, multiple vehicles, and driving conditions at the time of accident. The stats are divided into age groups, the key thing to notice is how many accidents are caused by human error.

Single-Vehicle Crashes: Contributing Factors, by Percent, within Driver Age Groups, 2009

	AGES
Contributing Factor	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-64	65-79	80+	All
Human Factors
Illegal/Unsafe Speed	23.8%	28.0%	28.0%	27.8%	23.4%	17.7%	13.8%	25.1%
Driver Inattention/Distraction	13.1	12.9	11.3	12.7	12.7	17.2	17.0	12.9
Chemical Impairment	4.3	11.7	10.7	10.1	7.6	3.5	0.9	8.1
Overcorrecting	10.3	8.3	7.4	7.8	6.8	7.0	4.5	7.9
Driver Inexperience	14.8	3.9	2.2	1.9	1.3	0.3	0.9	4.6
Improper/Unsafe Lane Use	1.6	3.0	3.1	2.4	2.3	2.8	3.1	2.5
Improper Turn	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	1.1	1.4	2.7	0.9
Driving Left of Center-Not Passing	0.4	0.6	0.5	0.7	0.5	0.9	1.8	0.6
Disregard for Traffic Control Device	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	0.5	1.6	1.3	0.5
Vision Obscured	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.7	1.8	0.4
Following Too Closely	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4
Improper Passing/Overtaking	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.3
Unsafe Backing	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.3
Failure to Yield Right of Way	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.2
Driver on Cell Phone or CB Radio	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.2
Improper Park, Start, or Stop	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.3	0.2
Other Human Factors	3.1	3.6	3.0	4.4	5.1	9.8	21.4	4.4
Vehicular Factors
Skidding	9.5	8.3	9.1	8.5	11.5	10.2	8.0	9.7
Defective Equipment	1.3	1.4	1.2	0.9	1.7	1.7	0.4	1.4
Other Vehicular Factor	0.9	0.8	0.9	0.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	0.9
Miscellaneous Factors
Weather	10.4	10.8	13.7	13.9	15.7	14.0	11.6	13.0
Other	3.8	3.8	5.8	5.1	6.8	7.5	7.6	5.4
Totals
Total Factors Cited	4,003	4,026	2,650	1,817	6,852	934	224	20,793
Total Number of Drivers	2,978	3,183	2,263	1,656	7,015	968	215	19,091

Multiple-Vehicle Crashes: Contributing Factors, by Percent, within Driver Age Groups, 2009

	AGES
Contributing Factor	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-64	65-79	80+	All
Human Factors
Driver Inattention or Distraction	24.4%	24.1%	22.4%	22.8%	22.3%	21.2%	20.0%	22.6%
Failure to Yield Right of Way	19.9	16.8	16.6	16.2	18.5	30.2	38.0	19.2
Following Too Closely	11.9	14.0	14.0	13.5	12.1	6.8	4.5	12.1
Illegal or Unsafe Speed	7.9	9.6	8.7	8.3	6.7	3.6	1.9	7.5
Improper or Unsafe Lane Use	3.4	4.2	4.8	4.5	5.4	5.7	5.3	5.1
Disregard of Traffic Control Device	3.5	4.2	4.5	4.5	4.5	5.5	7.6	4.5
Improper Turn	1.9	1.8	2.1	2.0	2.5	3.8	3.3	2.4
Vision Obscured	2.0	1.8	1.9	1.8	2.2	3.3	3.4	2.1
Chemical Impairment	0.7	2.6	3.2	2.8	2.4	0.6	0.1	2.0
Driver Inexperience	7.7	1.7	1.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	0.1	1.9
Unsafe Backing	1.0	1.1	1.4	1.6	2.0	2.3	1.4	1.6
Improper Passing/Overtaking	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.0	1.3	1.6
Improper Park, Start, or Stop	0.9	0.9	0.8	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.9	1.2
Driving Left of Center-Not Passing	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	1.3	0.9	0.7
Overcorrecting	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.4	0.3	0.7
Impeding Traffic	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.1	0.2
Improper or No Signal	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.2	0.2
Driver on Cell Phone or CB Radio	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1
Failure To Use Lights	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.1
Other Human Factors	1.0	1.5	1.5	1.8	2.0	2.4	3.9	1.8
Vehicular Factors
Skidding	3.7	3.7	3.8	4.0	4.1	2.7	1.5	3.7
Defective Equipment	0.9	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.2	0.6
Other Vehicular Factor	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.5
Miscellaneous Factors
Weather	3.7	4.6	5.3	5.6	5.3	3.6	1.8	4.6
Other	1.9	2.5	3.2	3.5	3.7	2.6	2.2	3.0
Totals
Total Factors Cited	11,269	10,703	7,612	5,419	23,798	4,110	1,751	66,987
Total Number of Drivers	12,356	14,405	12,286	9,411	45,456	6,680	2,127	107,605

2009 Crashes by Light Condition

Light Condition	Fatal Crashes	Personal Injury Crashes	Property Damage Crashes	Total Crashes	Killed	Injured
Daylight	222	15,492	34,531	50,245	256	21,833
Dawn	17	439	1,177	1,633	17	562
Dusk	5	579	1,344	1,928	6	807
Dark/Street Lights On	57	3,464	8,765	12,286	65	4,817
Dark/No Street Lights	65	2,087	4,355	6,507	70	2,924
Other/Unknown	5	98	796	899	7	131
Total	371	22,159	50,968	73,498	421	31,074

2009 Crashes by Road Surface Condition

Road Surface Condition	Fatal Crashes	Personal Injury Crashes	Property Damage Crashes	Total Crashes	Killed	Injured
Dry	276	14,817	28,990	44,083	313	20,948
Wet	34	2,993	7,062	10,089	42	4,254
Snow/Slush	18	1,467	5,271	6,756	19	1,958
Ice or Packed Snow	33	2,525	8,650	11,208	36	3,447
Other	8	258	483	749	9	340
Not Stated/Unknown	2	99	512	613	2	127
Total	371	22,159	50,968	73,498	421	31,074