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BTS Home > Publications > State Transportation Statistics > State Transportation Statistics 2004

Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates

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State	2003 traffic fatalities	2002 traffic fatalities	Licensed drivers 2002 (thousands)	Registered vehicles 2002 (thousands)	Vehicle-miles traveled 2002 (millions)	2002 fatality rate per
State	2003 traffic fatalities	2002 traffic fatalities	Licensed drivers 2002 (thousands)	Registered vehicles 2002 (thousands)	Vehicle-miles traveled 2002 (millions)	100,000 licensed drivers	100,000 registered vehicles	100 million vehicle-miles traveled
Alabama	1,001	1,038	3,578	4,490	57,515	29.0	23.1	1.8
Alaska	95	89	480	639	4,896	18.5	13.9	1.8
Arizona	1,120	1,132	3,668	4,159	51,334	30.9	27.2	2.2
Arkansas	627	640	1,965	1,907	30,080	32.6	33.6	2.1
California	4,215	4,088	22,395	30,154	320,942	18.3	13.6	1.3
Colorado	632	743	3,166	2,152	43,545	23.5	34.5	1.7
Connecticut	294	325	2,672	2,977	31,205	12.2	10.9	1.0
Delaware	142	124	573	688	8,875	21.6	18.0	1.4
District of Columbia	67	47	309	239	3,547	15.2	19.7	1.3
Florida	3,169	3,136	12,744	14,309	178,367	24.6	21.9	1.8
Georgia	1,603	1,524	6,013	7,757	108,321	25.3	19.6	1.4
Hawaii	135	119	815	913	8,886	14.6	13.0	1.3
Idaho	293	264	907	1,429	14,167	29.1	18.5	1.9
Illinois	1,453	1,420	8,033	9,809	105,401	17.7	14.5	1.3
Indiana	834	792	4,221	5,800	72,523	18.8	13.7	1.1
Iowa	441	405	1,993	3,451	30,847	20.3	11.7	1.3
Kansas	471	507	1,935	2,390	28,443	26.2	21.2	1.8
Kentucky	928	915	2,773	3,649	46,841	33.0	25.1	2.0
Louisiana	894	907	3,168	3,714	43,295	28.6	24.4	2.1
Maine	207	216	949	999	14,727	22.8	21.6	1.5
Maryland	649	661	3,523	3,941	53,702	18.8	16.8	1.2
Massachusetts	462	459	4,686	5,537	53,266	9.8	8.3	0.9
Michigan	1,283	1,277	7,025	8,738	100,144	18.2	14.6	1.3
Minnesota	657	657	2,997	4,679	54,562	21.9	14.0	1.2
Mississippi	871	885	1,861	1,982	36,429	47.6	44.7	2.4
Missouri	1,232	1,208	3,931	4,299	68,163	30.7	28.1	1.8
Montana	262	269	695	1,086	10,395	38.7	24.8	2.6
Nebraska	293	307	1,275	1,681	18,719	24.1	18.3	1.6
Nevada	368	381	1,461	1,289	17,966	26.1	29.6	2.1
New Hampshire	127	127	955	1,201	12,578	13.3	10.6	1.0
New Jersey	747	771	5,712	6,822	69,942	13.5	11.3	1.1
New Mexico	439	449	1,244	1,573	22,789	36.1	28.5	2.0
New York	1,491	1,530	10,914	10,598	133,057	14.0	14.4	1.1
North Carolina	1,531	1,576	5,943	6,241	92,894	26.5	25.3	1.7
North Dakota	105	97	461	716	7,336	21.0	13.5	1.3
Ohio	1,277	1,418	7,708	10,741	107,861	18.4	13.2	1.3
Oklahoma	668	739	2,324	3,138	45,731	31.8	23.6	1.6
Oregon	512	436	2,564	3,144	34,578	17.0	13.9	1.3
Pennsylvania	1,577	1,614	8,324	9,775	104,476	19.4	16.5	1.5
Rhode Island	104	84	721	799	8,142	11.7	10.5	1.0
South Carolina	968	1,053	2,919	3,265	47,290	36.1	32.3	2.2
South Dakota	203	180	546	848	8,499	33.0	21.2	2.1
Tennessee	1,193	1,177	4,206	4,861	68,229	28.0	24.2	1.7
Texas	3,675	3,823	13,185	14,899	221,026	29.0	25.7	1.7
Utah	309	328	1,530	1,889	24,564	21.4	17.4	1.3
Vermont	69	78	529	564	9,677	14.7	13.8	0.8
Virginia	943	914	5,158	6,343	77,450	17.7	14.4	1.2
Washington	600	658	4,381	5,471	54,776	15.0	12.0	1.2
West Virginia	394	439	1,325	1,494	20,005	33.1	29.4	2.2
Wisconsin	848	803	3,530	4,762	58,746	22.7	16.9	1.4
Wyoming	165	176	303	628	9,007	58.1	28.0	2.0
United States, total	42,643	43,005	194,296	225,685	2,855,756	22.1	19.1	1.5

NOTE: The number shown for registered vehicles for the United States is approximately 4 percent lower than the sum of the registered vehicle numbers shown for the individual states due to differing data sources.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2002, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2002Final.pdf as of Oct. 27, 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2004, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2003EarlyEdition.pdf as of Oct. 27, 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2002, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs02/vm2.htm as of Oct. 27, 2004.