BTS | Table 1 - Significant Changes in Predicted Accident Rates Attributed to the Speed-Limit Increases on Rural Interstates

Table 1 - Significant Changes in Predicted Accident Rates Attributed to the Speed-Limit Increases on Rural Interstates

State	First change, percent	Second change, percent	1986 crashes	1987 crashes	1988 crashes	1995 crashes	1996 crashes	1997 crashes	1998 crashes
Alabama		24.8	62	53	57	49	62	79	65
Arizona	41.0		96	126	116	100	103	98	140
Arkansas	32.6		26	30	34	28	38	28	46
Florida		37.2	105	96	153	102	116	166	133
Georgia		30.0	66	52	65	50	100	73	85
Illinois	21.9		48	59	73	58	68	71	74
Iowa	35.8		12	21	29	20	21	22	21
Kansas	23.1		17	22	24	27	18	23	14
Maine	18.4		13	8	20	9	8	12	14
Maryland		37.4	20	17	19	16	15	26	18
Michigan	46.7		14	34	44	34	46	40	46
Minnesota	25.7		9	19	21	15	15	12	31
Missouri	13.0	42.2	58	53	54	66	87	93	98
Nebraska	35.5		12	12	20	19	21	22	28
Nevada		27.1	22	35	32	44	53	44	62
New Hampshire	21.4		5	6	19	6	10	10	8
New Mexico	15.8	25.5	66	103	78	87	85	105	102
North Carolina	42.6		40	58	76	55	71	50	53
Ohio	46.6		34	54	47	45	46	44	39
Pennsylvania		36.4	56	68	69	52	64	54	67
Tennessee	15.5	40.4	53	70	73	74	86	70	97
Texas		18.0	164	195	236	201	220	217	200
Virginia	31.6		39	39	64	74	59	71	62
Washington	24.5		26	32	40	35	43	30	39
West Virginia	46.2		14	13	29	38	48	40	34
Wisconsin	24.3		15	13	24	16	27	25	20
U.S. totals			1,834	2,141	2,391	2,210	2,441	2,518	2,591
Percentage change				16.74	11.68		10.45	3.15	2.90