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Traffic deaths in Alaska in 2023

Deaths, 2023: 61
Fatal crashes: 57
Population: 734.7K

In 2023, 61 people died in 57 fatal crashes in Alaska. That was 25.6% fewer than in 2022 (82) and the fewest since 2013. The death rate was 8.3 per 100,000 residents, compared with 12.2 in the United States. Alaska had the 50th most traffic deaths of the 51 states and DC and the 43rd-highest death rate. Pedestrians accounted for 21% of deaths, and 39% of fatal crashes were speeding-related.

Deaths

Traffic deaths

8.3

deaths per 100,000 residents in 2023

About two-thirds of the rate in the United States: 12.2

-26%

change in deaths from 2022 to 2023

82 deaths in 2022, 61 in 2023

The United States: -4%

Alaska traffic deaths by year goes back to 1975.

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

Road users

Who died

21%

of deaths were pedestrians

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 18%

Who died in 2023

Category	Deaths
Vehicle occupants and others	40
Pedestrians	13
Motorcyclists	8
Cyclists	0

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Deaths by type, 2023
Type	Deaths	Share in Alaska	Share in the US
Pedestrians	13	21%	18%
Motorcyclists	8	13%	16%
Cyclists	0	0%	3%
Alcohol-impaired driving crashes	16	26%	30%
Speeding-related crashes	24	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

39%

of fatal crashes were speeding-related

About 1.4 times the share in the United States: 28%

30%

of fatal crashes involved a drinking driver

About 1.2 times the share in the United States: 26%

Crash factors in 2023

Category	Alaska	United States
Speeding-related	29.8%	25.6%
Alcohol-involved	38.6%	28.2%
At night	50.9%	54.1%
At weekends	36.8%	33.5%

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

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Timing

When crashes happen

51%

of fatal crashes happened at night

About the same as the share in the United States: 54%

37%

of fatal crashes happened at weekends

About the same as the share in the United States: 34%

Fatal crashes by hour of day

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

All crashes 2023.

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Fatal crashes by day of week

Category	Fatal crashes
Sun	6
Mon	9
Tue	5
Wed	6
Thu	10
Fri	6
Sat	15

All crashes 2023.

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Fatal crashes by month

Category	Fatal crashes
Jan	6
Feb	1
Mar	4
Apr	2
May	5
Jun	9
Jul	7
Aug	9
Sep	6
Oct	2
Nov	2
Dec	4

All crashes 2023.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	28
Cloudy	14
Rain	7
Snow	4

All crashes 2023. 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 - Not Lighted	12
Dark - Lighted	6
Dusk	6
Dark - Unknown Lighting	1
Dawn	1

All crashes 2023. Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Roads and vehicles

Where and what, 2023

Roads with the most fatal crashes

STERLING HWY6
GLENN HWY4
PARKS HWY3
RICHARDSON HWY2
SEWARD HWY2
UNKNOWN2
SR-1 GLENN HWY1
SR-3 PARKS HWY1
ALASKA HWY1
9TH AVE1

Road names as recorded in police reports.

Vehicles involved, by type

Category	Vehicles
Pickup trucks	21
Cars	20
SUVs	16
Motorcycles	11
Medium and heavy trucks	10
Other vehicles	6
Vans	3
Buses	1

All crashes 2023.

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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 2023. 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 28, 2023	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	W HOLLYWOOD RD	1
Dec 23, 2023	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	9TH AVE	1
Dec 23, 2023	Glennallen, Copper River Census Area	SR-1 GLENN HWY	2
Dec 20, 2023	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough	GEORGE PARKS HWY	1
Nov 29, 2023	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	RICHARDSON HWY	1
Nov 1, 2023	North Pole, Fairbanks North Star Borough	BADGER RD	1
Oct 29, 2023	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	PITTMAN DR	1
Oct 26, 2023	Cordova, Chugach Census Area	UNKNOWN	1
Sep 18, 2023	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	KNIK-GOOSE BAY RD	1
Sep 17, 2023	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	RICHARDSON FRONTAGE RD	1
Sep 16, 2023	Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna Borough	W FAIRVIEW LOOP	1
Sep 14, 2023	Kasilof, Kenai Peninsula Borough	STERLING HWY	2
Sep 8, 2023	Cooper Landing, Kenai Peninsula Borough	STERLING HWY	2
Sep 4, 2023	Sterling, Kenai Peninsula Borough	STERLING HWY	1
Aug 29, 2023	Delta Junction, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	ALASKA HWY	1
Aug 28, 2023	Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough	TONGASS HWY	1
Aug 25, 2023	Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough	OLD NENANA HWY	1
Aug 24, 2023	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	PIPER ST	1
Aug 16, 2023	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	BRAYTON DR	1
Aug 14, 2023	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	E NORTHERN LIGHTS BLVD	1
Aug 7, 2023	Valdez-Cordova Census Area	EDGERTON HWY	1
Aug 6, 2023	Ninilchik, Kenai Peninsula Borough	STERLING HWY	1
Aug 4, 2023	Nenana, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	PARKS HWY	1
Jul 30, 2023	Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality	SEWARD HWY	1
Jul 18, 2023	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	GLENN HWY TOK CUTOFF	1

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Counties in Alaska in 2023

Area	Deaths, 2023	Per 100,000
Aleutians East Borough	1	29.0
Anchorage Municipality	15	5.2
Bethel Census Area	0	—
Bristol Bay Borough	0	—
Chugach Census Area	2	29.8
Copper River Census Area	3	111.4
Fairbanks North Star Borough	5	5.2
Juneau City and Borough	2	6.4
Kenai Peninsula Borough	9	14.7
Ketchikan Gateway Borough	1	7.3
Kodiak Island Borough	1	8.0
Lake and Peninsula Borough	0	—
Matanuska-Susitna Borough	13	11.3
Nome Census Area	0	—
North Slope Borough	0	—
Northwest Arctic Borough	0	—
Petersburg Borough	0	—
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	0	—
Sitka City and Borough	0	—
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	5	70.2
Valdez-Cordova Census Area	2	—
Wade Hampton Census Area	0	—
Yakutat City and Borough	0	—
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	2	39.0

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Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2023. A fatal crash is one in which at least one person died within 30 days. Population: US Census Bureau estimates.