Table 1 - Significant Changes in Predicted Accident Rates Attributed to the Speed-Limit Increases on Rural Interstates
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
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 |