TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY

PRELIMINARY HOLIDAY REPORT
July 05, 2007

2007 JULY 4TH HOLIDAY
6 PM, TUESDAY, JULY 3 – 11:59 PM, WEDNESDAY, JULY 04
30-HOUR HOLIDAY PERIOD

FATAL CRASHES: 2

1 crash was a single vehicle crash; 1 crash was a multiple vehicle crash.

FATALITIES: 2

One of the fatalities occurred in an alcohol-related crash.

Both of the people killed were vehicle occupants.

One was not wearing a safety restraint.

No child passengers requiring child restraint devices were killed.

FATALITY LOG
NUMBER ALCOHOL
DAY TIME COUNTY HIGHWAY KILLED RELATED
1. Tuesday 8:30 PM ROANE SR-49 1 YES
2. Tuesday 11:15 PM CARROLL COUNTY ROAD 1 NO

The number of fatalities for last year’s 102-hour holiday period was 13.

HIGHEST DEATHS
The highest number of deaths in a 102 – hour Fourth of July holiday period occurred in 1996, when 27 people were killed in traffic crashes in Tennessee, yielding a fatality rate of one death per three hours and 42 minutes.

LOWEST DEATHS
The lowest number of deaths in a 78 – hour Fourth of July holiday period occurred in 1998, when 8 people were killed in traffic crashes in Tennessee, yielding a fatality rate of one death per nine hours and 45 minutes.