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Traffic deaths in Alaska in 2021

Deaths, 2021: 70
Fatal crashes: 62
Population: 734.6K

In 2021, 70 people died in 62 fatal crashes in Alaska. That was 9.4% more than in 2020 (64) and the most since 2018. The death rate was 9.5 per 100,000 residents, compared with 13.0 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 24% of deaths, and 34% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

9.5

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2021

About three-quarters of the rate in the United States: 13.0

+9%

change in deaths from 2020 to 2021

64 deaths in 2020, 70 in 2021

The United States: +11%

Alaska traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

24%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 17%

Who died in 2021

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	44
Pedestrians	17
Motorcyclists	7
Cyclists	2

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Deaths by type, 2021
Type	Deaths	Share in Alaska	Share in the US
Pedestrians	17	24%	17%
Motorcyclists	7	10%	14%
Cyclists	2	3%	2%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	25	36%	31%
Speeding-related crashes	27	39%	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: 28%

35%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.3 times the share in the United States: 26%

Crash factors in 2021

Category	Alaska	United States
Speeding-related	35.5%	26.3%
Alcohol-involved	33.9%	28.2%
At night	46.8%	53.9%
At weekends	33.9%	32.8%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

47%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About 85 percent of the share in the United States: 54%

34%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 33%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2021.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	8
Mon	4
Tue	9
Wed	10
Thu	8
Fri	10
Sat	13

All crashes 2021.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	5
Feb	4
Mar	3
Apr	1
May	6
Jun	3
Jul	9
Aug	6
Sep	8
Oct	6
Nov	5
Dec	6

All crashes 2021.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	32
Cloudy	11
Snow	8
Rain	5
Fog, Smog, Smoke	1
Freezing Rain or Drizzle	1

All crashes 2021. 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	26
Dark - Lighted	18
Dark - Not Lighted	13
Dusk	3
Dark - Unknown Lighting	2

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

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2021

Roads with the most fatal crashes

SR-1 STERLING HWY5
SR-3 PARKS HWY4
SR-1 GLENN HWY4
KENAI SPUR HWY2
C ST2
CLAPP ST2
MINNESOTA DR2
OLD GLENN HWY2
SR-1 SEWARD HWY2
SR-9 SEWARD HWY2

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
SUVs	26
Cars	24
Pickup trucks	24
Medium and heavy trucks	8
Motorcycles	8
Other vehicles	3
Vans	3

All crashes 2021.

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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 2021. 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
Aug 15, 2021	Susitna, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	SR- 3PARKS HWY	3
Aug 14, 2021	Susitna, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	SR-3 PARKS HWY	1
Aug 11, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	C ST	1
Aug 7, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	MINNESOTA DR	1
Aug 6, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	AIRPORT HEIGHTS DR	1
Aug 4, 2021	Port Nikiski, Kenai Peninsula Borough	KENAI SPUR HWY	1
Jul 26, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	C ST	1
Jul 25, 2021	Cohoe, Kenai Peninsula Borough	SR-1 STERLING HWY	1
Jul 24, 2021	Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	MAUD RD	1
Jul 21, 2021	South Naknek, Bristol Bay Borough	ALASKA PENINSULA HWY	2
Jul 17, 2021	Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough	KENAI SPUR HWY	3
Jul 17, 2021	Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Borough	FOREST LN	1
Jul 13, 2021	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough	CHENA HOT SPRINGS ROAD	1
Jul 4, 2021	Nome, Nome Census Area	LITTLE CREEK RD	1
Jul 3, 2021	Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	OLD GLENN HWY	1
Jun 24, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	ARCTICV BLVD	1
Jun 23, 2021	Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	OLD GLENN HWY	1
Jun 18, 2021	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	CLAPP ST	1
May 26, 2021	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	CLAPP ST	1
May 24, 2021	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	SR-1 GLENN HWY	1
May 19, 2021	Tok, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	SOURDOUGH LN	2
May 18, 2021	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	SR-1 GLENN HWY	1
May 13, 2021	Quinhagak, Bethel Census Area	PETERMILLER HIGHTS	1
May 9, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	5TH AVE	1
Apr 25, 2021	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	INGRA ST	1

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Counties in Alaska in 2021

Area	Deaths, 2021	Per 100,000
Aleutians East Borough	0	—
Anchorage Municipality	21	7.3
Bethel Census Area	2	10.8
Bristol Bay Borough	2	237.8
Chugach Census Area	0	—
Copper River Census Area	0	—
Fairbanks North Star Borough	5	5.2
Juneau City and Borough	2	6.3
Kenai Peninsula Borough	13	21.7
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	0	—
Kodiak Island Borough	1	7.8
Lake and Peninsula Borough	1	70.7
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	15	13.5
Nome Census Area	1	10.1
North Slope Borough	0	—
Northwest Arctic Borough	1	13.2
Petersburg Borough	0	—
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	1	17.5
Sitka City and Borough	1	11.9
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	2	28.5
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	0	—
Wade Hampton Census Area	0	—
Yakutat City and Borough	0	—
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	2	37.9

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