Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2000
| State | Traffic fatalities | Licensed drivers (thousands) | Registered vehicles (thousands) | Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) | Fatality rate per | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100,000 licensed drivers | 100,000 registered vehicles | 100 million vehicle-miles traveled | |||||
| Alabama | 995 | 3,521 | 4,015 | 56,534 | 28.3 | 24.8 | 1.8 |
| Alaska | 103 | 465 | 611 | 4,613 | 22.2 | 16.9 | 2.2 |
| Arizona | 1,036 | 3,434 | 3,960 | 49,768 | 30.2 | 26.2 | 2.1 |
| Arkansas | 652 | 1,948 | 1,865 | 29,167 | 33.5 | 35.0 | 2.2 |
| California | 3,753 | 21,244 | 28,146 | 306,649 | 17.7 | 13.3 | 1.2 |
| Colorado | 681 | 3,107 | 3,724 | 41,771 | 21.9 | 18.3 | 1.6 |
| Connecticut | 342 | 2,653 | 2,907 | 30,756 | 12.9 | 11.8 | 1.1 |
| Delaware | 123 | 557 | 641 | 8,240 | 22.1 | 19.2 | 1.5 |
| District of Columbia | 49 | 348 | 244 | 3,498 | 14.1 | 20.1 | 1.4 |
| Florida | 2,999 | 12,853 | 12,036 | 152,136 | 23.3 | 24.9 | 2.0 |
| Georgia | 1,541 | 5,550 | 7,243 | 105,010 | 27.8 | 21.3 | 1.5 |
| Hawaii | 131 | 769 | 758 | 8,543 | 17.0 | 17.3 | 1.5 |
| Idaho | 276 | 884 | 1,220 | 13,534 | 31.2 | 22.6 | 2.0 |
| Illinois | 1,418 | 7,961 | 9,168 | 102,866 | 17.8 | 15.5 | 1.4 |
| Indiana | 875 | 3,976 | 5,689 | 70,862 | 22.0 | 15.4 | 1.2 |
| Iowa | 445 | 1,953 | 3,233 | 29,433 | 22.8 | 13.8 | 1.5 |
| Kansas | 461 | 1,908 | 2,346 | 28,130 | 24.2 | 19.7 | 1.6 |
| Kentucky | 820 | 2,694 | 2,870 | 46,803 | 30.4 | 28.6 | 1.8 |
| Louisiana | 937 | 2,759 | 3,605 | 40,849 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 2.3 |
| Maine | 169 | 920 | 1,053 | 14,190 | 18.4 | 16.1 | 1.2 |
| Maryland | 588 | 3,382 | 3,897 | 50,174 | 17.4 | 15.1 | 1.2 |
| Massachusetts | 433 | 4,490 | 5,372 | 52,796 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 0.8 |
| Michigan | 1,382 | 6,925 | 8,619 | 97,792 | 20.0 | 16.0 | 1.4 |
| Minnesota | 625 | 2,941 | 4,773 | 52,601 | 21.3 | 13.1 | 1.2 |
| Mississippi | 949 | 2,008 | 2,321 | 35,536 | 47.3 | 40.9 | 2.7 |
| Missouri | 1,157 | 3,856 | 4,641 | 67,083 | 30.0 | 24.9 | 1.7 |
| Montana | 237 | 679 | 1,053 | 9,882 | 34.9 | 22.5 | 2.4 |
| Nebraska | 276 | 1,195 | 1,640 | 18,081 | 23.1 | 16.8 | 1.5 |
| Nevada | 323 | 1,371 | 1,245 | 17,639 | 23.6 | 25.9 | 1.8 |
| New Hampshire | 126 | 930 | 1,100 | 12,021 | 13.6 | 11.5 | 1.0 |
| New Jersey | 731 | 5,655 | 6,502 | 67,446 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 1.1 |
| New Mexico | 430 | 1,239 | 1,557 | 22,760 | 34.7 | 27.6 | 1.9 |
| New York | 1,458 | 10,871 | 10,342 | 129,057 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 1.1 |
| North Carolina | 1,472 | 5,690 | 6,305 | 89,504 | 25.9 | 23.3 | 1.6 |
| North Dakota | 86 | 459 | 711 | 7,217 | 18.7 | 12.1 | 1.2 |
| Ohio | 1,351 | 8,206 | 10,722 | 105,898 | 16.5 | 12.6 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 652 | 2,295 | 3,072 | 43,355 | 28.4 | 21.2 | 1.5 |
| Oregon | 451 | 2,495 | 3,091 | 35,010 | 18.1 | 14.6 | 1.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,520 | 8,229 | 9,476 | 102,337 | 18.5 | 16.0 | 1.5 |
| Rhode Island | 80 | 654 | 779 | 8,359 | 12.2 | 10.3 | 1.0 |
| South Carolina | 1,065 | 2,843 | 3,146 | 45,538 | 37.5 | 33.9 | 2.3 |
| South Dakota | 173 | 544 | 822 | 8,432 | 31.8 | 21.0 | 2.1 |
| Tennessee | 1,306 | 4,251 | 4,891 | 65,732 | 30.7 | 26.7 | 2.0 |
| Texas | 3,769 | 13,462 | 14,257 | 220,064 | 28.0 | 26.4 | 1.7 |
| Utah | 373 | 1,463 | 1,656 | 22,597 | 25.5 | 22.5 | 1.7 |
| Vermont | 79 | 506 | 537 | 6,811 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 1.2 |
| Virginia | 930 | 4,837 | 6,107 | 74,801 | 19.2 | 15.2 | 1.2 |
| Washington | 632 | 4,155 | 5,235 | 53,330 | 15.2 | 12.1 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 410 | 1,347 | 1,468 | 19,242 | 30.4 | 27.9 | 2.1 |
| Wisconsin | 799 | 3,770 | 4,545 | 57,266 | 21.2 | 17.6 | 1.4 |
| Wyoming | 152 | 371 | 605 | 8,090 | 41.0 | 25.1 | 1.9 |
| United States | 41,821 | 190,625 | 217,028 | 2,749,803 | 21.9 | 19.3 | 1.5 |
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2000.pdf as of Jan. 4, 2002; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.