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Traffic deaths in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska

County in Alaska · United States

Deaths, 2021
1
Fatal crashes
1
Population
1.4K

In 2021, 1 person died in 1 fatal crash in Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska. The death rate was 70.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 9.5 in Alaska and 13.0 in the United States. Lake and Peninsula Borough had the 10th most traffic deaths among Alaska's counties. That rate is based on fewer than 20 deaths, so it can swing a lot from year to year.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

70.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021

  • About 7 times the rate in Alaska: 9.5
  • About 6 times the rate in the United States: 11.5
Traffic deaths by year, 2021–2021
Category Deaths Fatal crashes
2021 1 1

People who died within 30 days of a crash. A fatal crash can kill more than one person.

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Road users

Who died

0%

of deaths were pedestrians

  • About 5 percent of the share in Alaska: 21%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 18%
Who died in 2021
Category Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others 1
Pedestrians 0
Motorcyclists 0
Cyclists 0
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Deaths by type, 2021
Type Deaths Share in Lake and Peninsula Borough Share in Alaska
Pedestrians 0 0% 24%
Motorcyclists 0 0% 10%
Cyclists 0 0% 3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes 0 0% 36%
Speeding-related crashes 0 0% 39%

Alcohol-impaired and speeding-related count everyone killed in those crashes, so a death can appear in more than one row.

Crash factors

Speeding, alcohol, night and weekend crashes

0%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

  • About 5 percent of the share in Alaska: 48%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 28%

0%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

  • About 5 percent of the share in Alaska: 22%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 25%
Crash factors in 2021
Category Lake and Peninsula Borough Alaska United States
Speeding-related 0.0% 22.2% 24.8%
Alcohol-involved 0.0% 47.6% 28.1%
At night 0.0% 46.0% 53.6%
At weekends 0.0% 31.7% 32.6%

Share of fatal crashes. Alcohol-involved means a police-reported drinking driver.

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Timing

When crashes happen

0%

of fatal crashes happened at night

  • About 5 percent of the share in Alaska: 46%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

0%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

  • About 5 percent of the share in Alaska: 32%
  • About 5 percent of the share in the United States: 33%
Fatal crashes by day of week
Category Fatal crashes
Sun 0
Mon 0
Tue 0
Wed 0
Thu 1
Fri 0
Sat 0

All crashes 2021–2021.

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Fatal crashes by month
Category Fatal crashes
Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 0
Dec 0

All crashes 2021–2021.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Light conditions at the time of the crash
Category Fatal crashes
Dark - Not Lighted 1

All crashes 2021–2021. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2021–2021

Roads with the most fatal crashes

  1. 2ND AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type
Category Vehicles
Other vehicles 1

All crashes 2021–2021.

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Vehicles most often involved

  1. Honda TRX500 (Foreman)1

Reflects how common a vehicle is as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

Crashes

Fatal crashes

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Fatal crashes in 2021. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Date Location Deaths
Oct 7, 2021 Nondalton 1

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2021–2021. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.