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Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates

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State	2002 traffic fatalities	2001 traffic fatalities	Licensed drivers 2001 (thousands)	Registered vehicles 2001 (thousands)	Vehicle-miles traveled 2001 (millions)	2001 fatality rate per
State	2002 traffic fatalities	2001 traffic fatalities	Licensed drivers 2001 (thousands)	Registered vehicles 2001 (thousands)	Vehicle-miles traveled 2001 (millions)	100,000 licensed drivers	100,000 registered vehicles	100 million vehicle-miles traveled
Alabama	1,033	991	3,560	4,235	56,769	27.8	23.4	1.7
Alaska	87	89	472	598	4,721	18.9	14.9	1.9
Arizona	1,117	1,051	3,550	3,967	50,860	29.6	26.5	2.1
Arkansas	640	611	1,962	1,864	29,433	31.1	32.8	2.1
California	4,078	3,956	21,624	28,780	310,703	18.3	13.7	1.3
Colorado	742	741	3,288	4,649	42,955	22.5	15.9	1.7
Connecticut	322	318	2,650	2,917	30,844	12.0	10.9	1.0
Delaware	124	136	564	653	8,615	24.1	20.8	1.6
District of Columbia	47	68	328	249	3,750	20.7	27.3	1.8
Florida	3,132	3,012	12,743	14,340	155,664	23.6	21.0	1.9
Georgia	1,523	1,647	5,834	7,305	107,897	28.2	22.5	1.5
Hawaii	119	140	788	868	8,694	17.8	16.1	1.6
Idaho	264	259	897	1,324	14,078	28.9	19.6	1.8
Illinois	1,411	1,414	7,810	9,861	103,038	18.1	14.3	1.4
Indiana	792	909	4,117	5,625	71,624	22.1	16.2	1.3
Iowa	404	446	1,979	3,318	30,016	22.5	13.4	1.5
Kansas	512	494	1,871	2,331	28,155	26.4	21.2	1.8
Kentucky	915	845	2,757	3,626	46,258	30.6	23.3	1.8
Louisiana	875	952	2,718	3,609	41,177	35.0	26.4	2.3
Maine	216	192	943	1,018	14,433	20.4	18.9	1.3
Maryland	659	659	3,452	3,939	51,996	19.1	16.7	1.3
Massachusetts	459	477	4,611	5,198	53,015	10.3	9.2	0.9
Michigan	1,277	1,328	6,977	8,454	98,987	19.0	15.7	1.3
Minnesota	657	568	2,961	4,554	53,341	19.2	12.5	1.1
Mississippi	885	784	1,859	1,954	35,988	42.2	40.1	2.2
Missouri	1,208	1,098	3,862	4,208	67,632	28.4	26.1	1.6
Montana	270	230	683	1,033	10,011	33.7	22.3	2.3
Nebraska	307	246	1,267	1,633	18,102	19.4	15.1	1.4
Nevada	381	314	1,421	1,280	18,309	22.1	24.5	1.7
New Hampshire	127	142	942	1,100	12,315	15.1	12.9	1.2
New Jersey	773	745	5,715	6,580	68,725	13.0	11.3	1.1
New Mexico	449	464	1,232	1,428	23,232	37.7	32.5	2.0
New York	1,522	1,564	11,015	10,196	130,722	14.2	15.3	1.2
North Carolina	1,575	1,530	5,885	6,180	91,580	26.0	24.8	1.7
North Dakota	97	105	456	708	7,235	23.0	14.8	1.5
Ohio	1,418	1,378	7,736	10,555	106,589	17.8	13.1	1.3
Oklahoma	734	682	2,172	3,281	43,527	31.4	20.8	1.6
Oregon	436	488	2,534	3,039	34,398	19.3	16.1	1.4
Pennsylvania	1,614	1,532	8,226	9,631	103,004	18.6	15.9	1.5
Rhode Island	84	81	660	764	7,991	12.3	10.6	1.0
South Carolina	1,053	1,060	2,850	3,143	46,601	37.2	33.7	2.3
South Dakota	180	171	545	803	8,542	31.4	21.3	2.0
Tennessee	1,175	1,251	4,188	5,139	67,632	29.9	24.3	1.8
Texas	3,725	3,736	13,046	14,359	216,217	28.6	26.0	1.7
Utah	328	291	1,496	1,752	23,452	19.5	16.6	1.2
Vermont	78	92	515	534	9,617	17.9	17.2	1.0
Virginia	914	935	4,921	6,171	73,745	19.0	15.2	1.3
Washington	659	649	4,238	5,179	53,665	15.3	12.5	1.2
West Virginia	439	376	1,317	1,452	19,714	28.5	25.9	1.9
Wisconsin	803	763	3,667	44,736	57,269	20.8	1.7	1.3
Wyoming	176	186	371	573	8,625	50.1	32.5	2.2
United States, total	42,815	42,196	191,276	230,428	2,781,462	22.1	18.3	1.5

NOTE: The number shown for registered vehicles for the United States is approximately 6 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 2001, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2001.pdf; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2002 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2002.pdf as of Oct. 1, 2003.