Study: More Coloradans died from guns than car wrecks in 2009
Colorado is one of 10 states where more deaths were related to firearms than automobile accidents, according to a state-by-state analysis of government data done by the Washington, D.C.-based Violence Policy Center.
The 2009 figures were the most recent for which state-level data were available, the center said.
In Colorado, there were 583 gun deaths in 2009, while there were 565 motor-vehicle deaths.
The other nine states in which gun deaths outpaced motor-vehicle deaths were Alaska, Arizona, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Virginia and Washington.
Nationally, there were 31,236 firearm deaths in 2009 and 36,361 motor-vehicle deaths, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control.
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