Department of Motor Vehicles
Service Area
Highway Safety Services
Objective
We will decrease the number of traffic fatalities by 100 by 2010
Measure
Number of traffic fatalities
Last Modified: 01-Jan-08
Measure Methodology
Police Crash Reports are filed by state and local law enforcement agencies and entered into DMV's Centralized Accident Processing System (CAPS) to generate annual statistics.
Measure Type
Preferred Trend
Class
Measure Baseline
Outcome
Preferred Trend
Down
Class
Key
Value
946
Date
12/31/2005
Description
946 fatalities (CY 2005)
Measure Target
Value
846
Date
12/31/2009
Description
846 fatalities (CY 2009)
Measure Frequency
Frequency
Annual
Description
Calendar Year Basis
Explanatory Note
This is a shared measure with the Virginia Department of Transportation and is calculated on a calendar year basis.
Measure Data
| Year | Measure |
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| 2001 | 935 |
| 2002 | 913 |
| 2003 | 942 |
| 2004 | 922 |
| 2005 | 946 |
| 2006 | 961 |
| 2007 | 1,026 |
| 2008 | 821 |
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Year refers to Virginia's fiscal year which runs July 1 - June 30.
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