Table 2-1:  Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2004,,,,,,,
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State,Traffic fatalities,Licensed drivers (thousands),Registered vehicles (thousands),Vehicle-miles traveled (millions),"100,000 licensed drivers","100,000 registered vehicles",100 million vehicle-miles traveled
Alabama,"1,154","3,613","4,589","59,035",31.9,25.1, 2.0 
Alaska,101,483,681,"4,990",20.9,14.8, 2.0 
Arizona,"1,150","3,784","3,985","57,336",30.4,28.9, 2.0 
Arkansas,704,"1,862","1,961","31,648",37.8,35.9, 2.2 
California,"4,120","22,761","32,026","328,917",18.1,12.9, 1.3 
Colorado,665,"3,205","2,032","45,891",20.7,32.7, 1.4 
Connecticut,291,"2,695","3,106","31,608",10.8,9.4, 0.9 
Delaware,134,534,729,"9,301",25.1,18.4, 1.4 
District of Columbia,43,349,240,"3,742",12.3,17.9, 1.1 
Florida,"3,244","13,146","15,519","196,444",24.7,20.9, 1.7 
Georgia,"1,634","5,793","8,012","112,620",28.2,20.4, 1.5 
Hawaii,142,844,971,"9,725",16.8,14.6, 1.5 
Idaho,260,943,"1,394","14,729",27.6,18.7, 1.8 
Illinois,"1,356","8,058","9,508","109,135",16.8,14.3, 1.2 
Indiana,947,"4,521","5,678","72,713",20.9,16.7, 1.3 
Iowa,390,"2,004","3,509","31,538",19.5,11.1, 1.2 
Kansas,461,"1,980","2,408","29,172",23.3,19.1, 1.6 
Kentucky,964,"2,823","3,373","47,322",34.1,28.6, 2.0 
Louisiana,904,"3,170","3,823","44,607",28.5,23.6, 2.0 
Maine,194,985,"1,107","14,948",19.7,17.5, 1.3 
Maryland,643,"3,594","4,193","55,284",17.9,15.3, 1.2 
Massachusetts,476,"4,646","5,593","54,771",10.2,8.5, 0.9 
Michigan,"1,159","7,103","8,627","103,326",16.3,13.4, 1.1 
Minnesota,567,"3,083","4,782","56,570",18.4,11.9, 1.0 
Mississippi,900,"1,896","1,992","39,431",47.5,45.2, 2.3 
Missouri,"1,130","4,048","4,890","68,994",27.9,23.1, 1.6 
Montana,229,713,"1,057","11,207",32.1,21.7, 2.0 
Nebraska,254,"1,316","1,718","19,171",19.3,14.8, 1.3 
Nevada,395,"1,548","1,326","19,354",25.5,29.8, 2.0 
New Hampshire,171,986,"1,245","13,216",17.3,13.7, 1.3 
New Jersey,731,"5,800","6,374","72,844",12.6,11.5, 1.0 
New Mexico,521,"1,271","1,579","23,942",41.0,33.0, 2.2 
New York,"1,493","11,247","11,269","137,898",13.3,13.2, 1.1 
North Carolina,"1,557","6,122","6,299","95,903",25.4,24.7, 1.6 
North Dakota,100,462,722,"7,594",21.7,13.9, 1.3 
Ohio,"1,286","7,675","10,935","111,654",16.8,11.8, 1.2 
Oklahoma,774,"2,370","3,236","46,443",32.7,23.9, 1.7 
Oregon,456,"2,626","3,079","35,598",17.4,14.8, 1.3 
Pennsylvania,"1,490","8,430","10,113","108,070",17.7,14.7, 1.4 
Rhode Island,83,742,835,"8,473",11.2,9.9, 1.0 
South Carolina,"1,046","2,972","3,317","49,551",35.2,31.5, 2.1 
South Dakota,197,563,883,"8,784",35.0,22.3, 2.2 
Tennessee,"1,288","4,248","5,143","70,943",30.3,25.0, 1.8 
Texas,"3,583","14,544","17,194","231,008",24.6,20.8, 1.6 
Utah,296,"1,583","2,129","24,696",18.7,13.9, 1.2 
Vermont,98,550,552,"7,855",17.8,17.8, 1.2 
Virginia,925,"5,113","6,573","78,877",18.1,14.1, 1.2 
Washington,563,"4,505","5,695","55,673",12.5,9.9, 1.0 
West Virginia,411,"1,292","1,416","20,302",31.8,29.0, 2.0 
Wisconsin,792,"3,910","4,938","60,399",20.3,16.0, 1.3 
Wyoming,164,380,672,"9,261",43.1,24.4, 1.8 
"United States, total","42,636","198,889","243,023","2,962,513",21.4,17.5, 1.4 
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"SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2004 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2005, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/ TSF2004EarlyEdition.pdf as of Dec. 15, 2005; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2004, Washington, DC: forthcoming.",,,,,,,