The traffic accident data on this page comes from the Missouri Department of Transportation. These statistics are for 2008, the most recent year available.
All Crashes
• Traffic accidents: 77,048
Traffic Accident Fatalities
• Total fatalities: 706
• Fatal crashes: 619
• 0.8% of crashes on Missouri highways resulted in a fatality
Traffic Accident Injuries
• Injury crashes: 21,055
• Total injuries: 31,027
• 27.32% of Missouri crashes resulted in injury
Alcohol-related Crash Statistics
• Alcohol-related crashes: 3,559
• Alcohol-related injury crashes: 1,686
• Alcohol-related fatal crashes: 156
Pedestrian Crashes
• Pedestrian accidents: 308
• Pedestrians injured: 266
• Pedestrians killed: 42
Motorcycle/Moped crashes
• Motorcycle crashes: 1,506
• Motorcyclists and passengers killed: 66
• Motorcyclists and passengers injured: 1,427
When do crashes occur?
• Accidents are most likely to occur in the hour between 5:00-5:59 p.m.
• More accidents occurred on Fridays, but an equal number of fatal accidents occurred on Saturdays.
• The month with the most crashes was December.
Types of vehicles involved in crashes
• Passenger car: 62,363 (60.0%)
• Pickup Truck: 20,363 (19.6%)
• Van: 8,663 (8.3%)
• Tractor-trailer: 4,341 (4.1%)
• Single truck with more than 4 tires: 2,525 (2.4%)
• Motorcycle: 1,506 (1.4%)
• Truck and trailers: 1,266 (1.2%)
• Emergency vehicle: 764 (0.7%)
• School bus: 226 (0.2%)
• Farm equipment: 125 (0.1%)
• Other/unknown: 1,871 (1.7%)
Types of vehicles involved in fatal crashes
• Passenger car: 402 (47.8%)
• Pickup Truck: 187 (22.2%)
• Motorcycle: 64 (7.6%)
• Tractor-trailer: 64 (7.6%)
• Van: 58 (6.9%)
• Single truck with more than 4 tires: 30 (3.6%)
• Other: 36 (4.2%)
Six most common contributing circumstances in all accidents
1. Inattention: 20,079
2. Speed too fast for conditions: 15,472
3. Following too closely: 13,850
4. Failure to yield right of way: 10,547
5. Improper lane changes: 9,022
6. Congestion ahead: 8,399
Six most common contributing circumstances to fatal accidents
1. Speed too fast for conditions: 165
2. Drinking: 156
3. Inattention: 150
4. Improper lane changes: 146
5. Driving on the wrong side: 100
6. Failure to yield right of way: 85
Top six crash events
1. Rear-end collision: 25,707
2. Vehicle out of control: 21,003
3. Passing: 4,901
4. Left turn: 3,857
5. Left turn right angle collision: 3,823
6. Right angle
Top six fatal crash events
1. Vehicle out of control: 306
2. Head-on collision: 101
3. Right angle: 52
4. Rear end: 42
5. Pedestrian: 37
6. Left turn right angle collision: 19
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