Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2007
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2007
| State | Traffic fatalities | Licensed drivers (thousands) | Registered vehicles1 (thousands) | Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) | Population (thousands) | Fatality rate per 100,000 Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 1,110 | 3,692 | 4,678 | 61,410 | 4,628 | 24 |
| Alaska | 84 | 495 | 680 | 5,153 | 683 | 12 |
| Arizona | 1,066 | 4,154 | 4,372 | 62,963 | 6,339 | 17 |
| Arkansas | 650 | 2,046 | 2,010 | 33,171 | 2,835 | 23 |
| California | 3,974 | 23,467 | 33,935 | 328,312 | 36,553 | 11 |
| Colorado | 554 | 3,503 | 1,707 | 48,713 | 4,862 | 11 |
| Connecticut | 277 | 2,849 | 3,047 | 32,053 | 3,502 | 8 |
| Delaware | 117 | 624 | 851 | 9,483 | 865 | 14 |
| District of Columbia | 44 | 396 | 218 | 3,609 | 588 | 7 |
| Florida | 3,214 | 14,139 | 16,474 | 206,121 | 18,251 | 18 |
| Georgia | 1,641 | 6,134 | 8,513 | 112,541 | 9,545 | 17 |
| Hawaii | 138 | 863 | 993 | 10,345 | 1,283 | 11 |
| Idaho | 252 | 1,028 | 1,282 | 15,782 | 1,499 | 17 |
| Illinois | 1,249 | 8,190 | 9,757 | 107,483 | 12,853 | 10 |
| Indiana | 898 | 4,309 | 4,956 | 71,478 | 6,345 | 14 |
| Iowa | 445 | 2,094 | 3,360 | 31,253 | 2,988 | 15 |
| Kansas | 416 | 2,018 | 2,429 | 30,048 | 2,776 | 15 |
| Kentucky | 864 | 2,933 | 3,547 | 48,063 | 4,241 | 20 |
| Louisiana | 985 | 3,034 | 3,927 | 45,376 | 4,293 | 23 |
| Maine | 183 | 1,010 | 1,080 | 15,035 | 1,317 | 14 |
| Maryland | 614 | 3,738 | 4,510 | 56,503 | 5,618 | 11 |
| Massachusetts | 417 | 4,699 | 5,367 | 55,071 | 6,450 | 6 |
| Michigan | 1,088 | 7,059 | 8,192 | 104,614 | 10,072 | 11 |
| Minnesota | 504 | 3,149 | 4,756 | 57,233 | 5,198 | 10 |
| Mississippi | 884 | 1,927 | 2,008 | 43,337 | 2,919 | 30 |
| Missouri | 992 | 4,162 | 4,917 | 69,151 | 5,878 | 17 |
| Montana | 277 | 736 | 949 | 11,307 | 958 | 29 |
| Nebraska | 256 | 1,331 | 1,739 | 19,439 | 1,775 | 14 |
| Nevada | 373 | 1,662 | 1,424 | 22,146 | 2,565 | 15 |
| New Hampshire | 129 | 1,027 | 1,185 | 13,459 | 1,316 | 10 |
| New Jersey | 724 | 5,782 | 6,247 | 76,152 | 8,686 | 8 |
| New Mexico | 413 | 1,365 | 1,599 | 26,850 | 1,970 | 21 |
| New York | 1,333 | 11,369 | 11,495 | 136,737 | 19,298 | 7 |
| North Carolina | 1,675 | 6,384 | 6,317 | 103,598 | 9,061 | 18 |
| North Dakota | 111 | 471 | 711 | 7,844 | 640 | 17 |
| Ohio | 1,257 | 7,976 | 10,848 | 110,631 | 11,467 | 11 |
| Oklahoma | 754 | 2,283 | 3,225 | 47,572 | 3,617 | 21 |
| Oregon | 455 | 2,827 | 3,088 | 34,750 | 3,747 | 12 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,491 | 8,601 | 9,938 | 108,699 | 12,433 | 12 |
| Rhode Island | 69 | 744 | 797 | 8,636 | 1,058 | 7 |
| South Carolina | 1,066 | 3,127 | 3,521 | 51,109 | 4,408 | 24 |
| South Dakota | 146 | 589 | 865 | 9,005 | 796 | 18 |
| Tennessee | 1,210 | 4,426 | 5,340 | 71,179 | 6,157 | 20 |
| Texas | 3,363 | 15,184 | 18,072 | 243,443 | 23,904 | 14 |
| Utah | 299 | 1,652 | 2,320 | 26,832 | 2,645 | 11 |
| Vermont | 66 | 534 | 565 | 7,694 | 621 | 11 |
| Virginia | 1,027 | 5,260 | 6,614 | 82,077 | 7,712 | 13 |
| Washington | 568 | 4,880 | 5,758 | 56,939 | 6,468 | 9 |
| West Virginia | 431 | 1,359 | 1,413 | 20,564 | 1,812 | 24 |
| Wisconsin | 756 | 4,066 | 5,018 | 59,493 | 5,602 | 13 |
| Wyoming | 150 | 398 | 652 | 9,366 | 523 | 29 |
| United States, total | 41,059 | 205,742 | 247,265 | 3,029,822 | 301,621 | 14 |
1 Does not include motorcycle registrations.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2007 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2008, available at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov as of January 2009; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2007, Tables DL-1C, MV-1, and VM-2, Washington, DC: 2008, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Dec. 29, 2008.