BTS | Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2005

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Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2005

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State	Traffic fatalities	Licensed drivers (thousands)	Registered vehicles (thousands)	Vehicle-miles traveled (millions)	Population (thousands)	Fatality rate per 100,000 Population
Alabama	1,131	3,637	4,545	59,661	4,558	24.8
Alaska	72	483	673	5,035	664	10.9
Arizona	1,177	3,943	3,972	59,799	5,939	19.8
Arkansas	648	2,024	1,940	31,972	2,779	23.3
California	4,329	22,896	32,487	329,267	36,132	12.0
Colorado	606	3,341	1,808	47,962	4,665	13.0
Connecticut	274	2,740	3,059	31,675	3,510	7.8
Delaware	134	534	737	9,508	844	15.9
District of Columbia	48	330	237	3,713	551	8.7
Florida	3,543	13,374	15,691	201,531	17,790	19.9
Georgia	1,729	5,940	8,063	113,509	9,073	19.1
Hawaii	140	856	948	10,083	1,275	11.0
Idaho	275	978	1,374	14,866	1,429	19.2
Illinois	1,361	7,871	9,458	107,706	12,763	10.7
Indiana	938	4,521	4,995	71,799	6,272	15.0
Iowa	450	2,033	3,398	31,060	2,966	15.2
Kansas	428	1,974	2,368	29,621	2,745	15.6
Kentucky	985	2,861	3,428	47,466	4,173	23.6
Louisiana	955	3,084	3,819	44,979	4,524	21.1
Maine	169	1,004	1,075	14,925	1,322	12.8
Maryland	614	3,710	4,322	56,319	5,600	11.0
Massachusetts	442	4,613	5,420	55,458	6,399	6.9
Michigan	1,129	7,105	8,247	104,052	10,121	11.2
Minnesota	559	3,084	4,647	56,904	5,133	10.9
Mississippi	931	1,965	1,978	42,186	2,921	31.9
Missouri	1,257	4,135	4,589	68,754	5,800	21.7
Montana	251	716	1,009	11,126	936	26.8
Nebraska	276	1,321	1,703	19,291	1,759	15.7
Nevada	427	1,596	1,349	20,776	2,415	17.7
New Hampshire	166	986	1,174	13,429	1,310	12.7
New Jersey	748	5,871	6,262	73,819	8,718	8.6
New Mexico	488	1,305	1,548	23,966	1,928	25.3
New York	1,429	11,072	11,863	137,521	19,255	7.4
North Carolina	1,534	6,228	6,148	101,268	8,683	17.7
North Dakota	123	467	695	7,570	637	19.3
Ohio	1,323	7,708	10,634	110,491	11,464	11.5
Oklahoma	802	2,234	3,725	47,019	3,548	22.6
Oregon	488	2,693	2,897	35,282	3,641	13.4
Pennsylvania	1,616	8,461	9,864	108,042	12,430	13.0
Rhode Island	87	746	812	8,300	1,076	8.1
South Carolina	1,093	2,988	3,339	49,434	4,255	25.7
South Dakota	186	566	854	8,397	776	24.0
Tennessee	1,270	4,352	4,980	70,814	5,963	21.3
Texas	3,504	14,659	17,470	235,170	22,860	15.3
Utah	282	1,600	2,210	25,158	2,470	11.4
Vermont	73	563	508	7,713	623	11.7
Virginia	947	5,113	6,591	80,337	7,567	12.5
Washington	647	4,682	5,598	55,476	6,288	10.3
West Virginia	374	1,328	1,352	20,523	1,817	20.6
Wisconsin	815	3,993	4,725	60,017	5,536	14.7
Wyoming	170	384	646	9,058	509	33.4
United States, total	43,443	200,665	241,194	2,989,807	296,410	14.7

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2005 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Pubs/TSF2005EE.PDF as of Dec. 5, 2006; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2005, Washington, DC: 2006; U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States 2006 Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ as of Dec. 26, 2006.