Re-prioritizing traffic stops to reduce motor vehicle crash outcomes and racial disparities

Table 1 Fayetteville and control agency demographics, traffic stops, crashes, and crime

	Demographic Measures			Traffic Stop Measures				Crash Measures			Crime Measures
	Population	% Black	Median household income	Average annual safety stops	Safety stops (%)	Black driver stops (%)	Traffic stop rate ratio^a	All crashes	Crashes with injuries	Fatalities from crashes	Index crimes	Index crime rate	Violent crime count	Violent crime rate
Intervention City
Fayetteville	203,670	41%	$43,882	13,968	43.8	56.8	2.5	5298	1886	62	13,367	7848.1	1224	730.5
Control Cities
Cary	155,822	8%	$94,617	9179	56.5	18.3	3.8	2355	615	9	2145	1663.8	115	88.9
Charlotte	808,834	35%	$55,599	47,177	43.4	50.4	2.7	22,943	8241	168	45,840	6219.8	6243	845.2
Durham	251,761	39%	$52,115	9329	48.7	57.0	2.8	7284	1979	38	13,233	6121.4	1758	806.2
Greensboro	282,177	41%	$42,802	21,043	55.6	50.9	2.1	7374	2930	53	14,873	5976.1	1767	708.4
High Point	108,982	33%	$43,322	9919	47.9	40.8	1.9	2327	908	23	5719	5805.5	653	659.8
Raleigh	441,326	28%	$58,641	26,374	44.6	45.0	2.9	13,675	3608	80	14,687	4063.9	1914	530.8
Wilmington	113,724	18%	$43,855	6674	52.6	25.7	1.9	3454	1298	32	6679	6707.7	774	773.5
Winston-Salem	238,474	34%	$40,898	13,616	46.1	45.0	2.1	5811	1798	42	15,026	7004.1	1690	786.6

^aTraffic stop rate ratio is White non-Hispanic to Black non-Hispanic drivers adjusted to travel denominators instead of residential denominators. Average annual data from pre-intervention period (2002–2012). Abbreviations: MHHI Median household income

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