Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates
Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates
| State | 2003 traffic fatalities | 2002 traffic fatalities | Licensed drivers 2002 (thousands) | Registered vehicles 2002 (thousands) | Vehicle-miles traveled 2002 (millions) | 2002 fatality rate per | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.