Department of Safety Internet - New Year's Holiday Historical Information

NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY HISTORICAL INFORMATION

2004-2005 NEW YEAR'S HOLIDAY
6 p.m. December 30, 2004 - 11:59 p.m. January 2, 2005
78-Hour Holiday Period

In Tennessee, there were 11 fatal crashes resulting in 12 deaths, yielding a fatality rate of one death per six hours and 30 minutes.

Six crashes were single vehicle crashes
Five were multiple vehicle crashes.

Five (42%) of the fatalities occurred in alcohol-related accidents.

Ten of the fatalities were vehicle occupants.

Eight of the 10 (80%) were not wearing safety restraints.
Three of the eight (38%) were ejected from their vehicles.
No child passengers requiring child restraint devices were killed.

Two of the fatalities were ATV riders. One was wearing a helmet. On was not wearing a helmet.

FATALITY LOG
	DAY	TIME	COUNTY	HIGHWAY	NUMBER KILLED	ALCOHOL RELATED
1.	FRIDAY	2:45 a.m.	MCNAIRY	SR-142	1	YES
2.	FRIDAY	3:04 a.m.	BLOUNT	SR-33	1	YES
3.	FRIDAY	11:23 a.m.	MONTGOMERY	SR-13	1	NO
4.	FRIDAY	11:40 a.m.	SULLIVAN	SR-34	1	NO
5.	FRIDAY	12:30 p.m.	HICKMAN	I-40	1	NO
6.	FRIDAY	1:40 p.m.	SHELBY	SR-1	1	YES
7.	FRIDAY	4:08 p.m.	MONTGOMERY	I-24	1	NO
8.	FRIDAY	UNK	MARSHALL	COUNTY ROAD	2	NO
9.	SATURDAY	3:15 a.m.	OBION	SR-22	1	YES
10.	SATURDAY	11:30 a.m.	SULLIVAN	SR-1	1	NO
11.	SUNDAY	9:50 p.m.	MCMINN	COUNTY ROAD	1	YES

HIGHEST DEATHS

During the 78-hour 1970-71 New Year's holiday period, 19 people were killed in Tennessee traffic crashes yielding a fatality rate of one death per 4.1 hours.

LOWEST DEATHS

During the 78-hour 1982-83 New Year's holiday period, 8 people were killed in Tennessee traffic crashes yielding a fatality rate of one death per 9.8 hours.

The 2005-2006 New Year's holiday period will begin 6 p.m. Friday, December 30, 2005 and continue until 11:59 p.m. Monday, January 2, 2006. This will be a 78-hour holiday period.