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Guidepost <br /> TABLE 2 - OVERALL CRASH DATA <br /> City Total KA Alcohol KA Percent of Percent of Alcohol & Drug <br /> Crashes Crashes & Drug Alcohol Total Crashes Crashes that were Severe <br /> Crashes & Drug w/ Alcohol & or Fatal <br /> Crashes Drugs <br /> Decatur 8148 274 408 48 5.0% 11.8% <br /> Peoria 14706 556 220 36 1.5% 16.4% <br /> Rock Island 3267 90 112 17 3.4% 15.2% <br /> Rockford 18030 368 412 45 2.3% 10.9% <br /> Danville 2214 79 46 6 2.1% 13.0% <br /> Racine 10215 92 478 32 4.7% 6.7% <br /> Decatur is Worse I Decatur is Better <br /> The overall data shows a concerning trend that the City has a high percentage of crashes involving alcohol and drugs, <br /> but the severity of those crashes seemed comparable to other cities. below shows the crash data adjusted <br /> for the factors mentioned above. <br /> The adjusted crash rates show that the City of Decatur has an issue with crashes involving alcohol and drugs. In <br /> almost all comparisons the adjusted crash rates were disproportionately worse for the City of Decatur when compared <br /> to other cities. When comparing alcohol and drug crashes related to vehicle miles travelled, Decatur was four to six <br /> times worse than the other cities. When alcohol and drug crashes were compared adjusting for population the City of <br /> Decatur was two to 4 times worse for overall crashes when compared to all of the comparable cities in Illinois,while <br /> only being slightly better than the City of Racine. When comparing the severity of these crashes adjusted for <br /> population Decatur was 1.5 to 2 times worse than all other cities. When adjusting for population density Decatur was <br /> 1.5 to 8 times worse in both total alcohol and drug related crashes and severity of those crashes. Figures 5 through <br /> 8 depicts a comparison of the cities based upon the total alcohol and drug crashes. <br /> kapur Page 21 of 81 <br />