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Traffic deaths in Alaska in 2020

Deaths, 2020: 64
Fatal crashes: 53
Population: 732.9K

In 2020, 64 people died in 53 fatal crashes in Alaska. The death rate was 8.7 per 100,000 residents, compared with 11.8 in the United States. Alaska had the 49th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 39th-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 20% of deaths, and 34% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

8.7

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2020

About three-quarters of the rate in the United States: 11.8

Alaska traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

Profile by year: 2024 · 2023 · 2022 · 2021 · 2020

Road users

Who died

20%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2020

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	45
Pedestrians	13
Motorcyclists	4
Cyclists	2

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Deaths by type, 2020
Type	Deaths	Share in Alaska	Share in the US
Pedestrians	13	20%	17%
Motorcyclists	4	6%	14%
Cyclists	2	3%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	15	23%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	23	36%	29%

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

34%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 29%

30%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 27%

Crash factors in 2020

Category	Alaska	United States
Speeding-related	30.2%	26.7%
Alcohol-involved	34.0%	28.6%
At night	41.5%	53.4%
At weekends	37.7%	32.9%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

42%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About three-quarters of the share in the United States: 53%

38%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About 1.1 times the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

Category	Fatal crashes
12am	3
1am	0
2am	2
3am	3
4am	1
5am	1
6am	2
7am	0
8am	4
9am	1
10am	2
11am	1
12pm	2
1pm	3
2pm	3
3pm	1
4pm	4
5pm	4
6pm	2
7pm	3
8pm	1
9pm	3
10pm	2
11pm	1

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	9
Mon	6
Tue	11
Wed	7
Thu	5
Fri	4
Sat	11

All crashes 2020.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	3
Feb	5
Mar	3
Apr	0
May	3
Jun	8
Jul	5
Aug	7
Sep	9
Oct	3
Nov	3
Dec	4

All crashes 2020.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	25
Cloudy	13
Snow	7
Rain	3
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	2
Blowing Snow	1

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	29
Dark - Lighted	10
Dark - Not Lighted	8
Dawn	4
Dusk	2

All crashes 2020. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2020

Roads with the most fatal crashes

SR-3 PARKS HWY8
SR-1 SEWARD HWY6
TUDOR RD3
SR-1 GLENN HWY3
OLD GLENN HWY2
MITKOF HWY1
THORNE BAY RD1
SR-1 STERLING HWY1
CHENA HOT SPRINGS RD1
A ST1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
SUVs	22
Cars	19
Pickup trucks	17
Medium and heavy trucks	11
Other vehicles	5
Motorcycles	5
Vans	2

All crashes 2020.

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Vehicles most often involved

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 2020. Crashes without reported coordinates are not shown.

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Who died Time of day Day Weather Lighting Vehicle type involved Make involved

Alcohol-involved Speeding-related Distracted driver

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Dec 31, 2020	Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough	SR-7 TONGASS AVE	1
Dec 23, 2020	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Dec 19, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	SR-1 SEWARD HWY	1
Dec 8, 2020	Hope, Kenai Peninsula Borough	SR-1 SEWARD HWY	1
Nov 30, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	SR-1 SEWARD HWY	1
Nov 29, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	DEBARR RD	1
Nov 7, 2020	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Oct 27, 2020	Ester, Fairbanks North Star Borough	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Oct 24, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	TUDOR RD	1
Oct 4, 2020	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough	DETERMINATION DR	1
Sep 29, 2020	North Pole, Fairbanks North Star Borough	SR-2 RICHARDSON HWY	1
Sep 29, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	TUDOR RD	1
Sep 23, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	BRAYTON DR	1
Sep 19, 2020	Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	OLD GLENN HWY	1
Sep 19, 2020	Port Nikiski, Kenai Peninsula Borough	KENAI SPUR HWY	1
Sep 19, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	A ST	2
Sep 11, 2020	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	THORNE BAY RD	2
Sep 5, 2020	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough	GEIST ROAD	1
Sep 3, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	SR-1 GLENN HWY	1
Aug 30, 2020	Tonsina, Valdez-Cordova Census Area	OLD EDGERTON HWY	1
Aug 27, 2020	Eagle River, Anchorage Municipality	EAGLE RIVER RD	1
Aug 25, 2020	Bodenburg Butte, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	OLD GLENN HWY	1
Aug 25, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	TUDOR RD	1
Aug 23, 2020	Fairbanks North Star Borough	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Aug 6, 2020	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	PT WORONZOF DR	1

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Counties in Alaska in 2020

Area	Deaths, 2020	Per 100,000
Aleutians East Borough	0	—
Anchorage Municipality	20	6.9
Bethel Census Area	0	—
Bristol Bay Borough	0	—
Chugach Census Area	0	—
Copper River Census Area	0	—
Fairbanks North Star Borough	11	11.5
Juneau City and Borough	0	—
Kenai Peninsula Borough	6	10.2
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	1	7.2
Kodiak Island Borough	0	—
Lake and Peninsula Borough	0	—
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	13	12.1
Nome Census Area	2	20.0
North Slope Borough	0	—
Northwest Arctic Borough	1	12.8
Petersburg Borough	4	117.8
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	2	34.8
Sitka City and Borough	0	—
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	0	—
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	2	—
Wade Hampton Census Area	1	—
Yakutat City and Borough	0	—
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	1	18.9

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.