Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2008
Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2008
State | Traffic fatalities | Licensed drivers (thousands) | Registered vehicles1 (thousands) | Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) | Population (thousands) | Fatality rate per 100,000 Population |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alabama | 966 | 3,754 | 4,730 | 59,303 | 4,662 | 21 |
Alaska | 62 | 503 | 691 | 4,865 | 686 | 9 |
Arizona | 937 | 4,316 | 4,373 | 61,628 | 6,500 | 14 |
Arkansas | 600 | 2,055 | 2,041 | 33,163 | 2,855 | 21 |
California | 3,434 | 23,698 | 33,483 | 327,286 | 36,757 | 9 |
Colorado | 548 | 3,606 | 1,618 | 47,860 | 4,939 | 11 |
Connecticut | 264 | 2,883 | 3,094 | 31,737 | 3,501 | 8 |
Delaware | 121 | 652 | 868 | 8,976 | 873 | 14 |
District of Columbia | 34 | 374 | 224 | 3,611 | 592 | 6 |
Florida | 2,978 | 14,034 | 16,462 | 198,616 | 18,328 | 16 |
Georgia | 1,493 | 6,257 | 8,570 | 109,057 | 9,686 | 15 |
Hawaii | 107 | 885 | 945 | 10,278 | 1,288 | 8 |
Idaho | 232 | 1,038 | 1,318 | 15,251 | 1,524 | 15 |
Illinois | 1,043 | 8,261 | 9,794 | 106,079 | 12,902 | 8 |
Indiana | 814 | 5,550 | 5,848 | 70,973 | 6,377 | 13 |
Iowa | 412 | 1,990 | 3,431 | 30,713 | 3,003 | 14 |
Kansas | 385 | 2,022 | 2,449 | 29,727 | 2,802 | 14 |
Kentucky | 826 | 2,933 | 3,604 | 47,534 | 4,269 | 19 |
Louisiana | 912 | 2,998 | 3,979 | 45,091 | 4,411 | 21 |
Maine | 155 | 1,006 | 1,074 | 14,559 | 1,316 | 12 |
Maryland | 591 | 3,787 | 4,525 | 55,023 | 5,634 | 10 |
Massachusetts | 363 | 4,674 | 5,328 | 54,505 | 6,498 | 6 |
Michigan | 980 | 7,118 | 7,945 | 101,825 | 10,003 | 10 |
Minnesota | 456 | 3,190 | 4,783 | 57,995 | 5,220 | 9 |
Mississippi | 783 | 1,936 | 2,035 | 43,711 | 2,939 | 27 |
Missouri | 960 | 4,197 | 4,866 | 68,273 | 5,912 | 16 |
Montana | 229 | 739 | 927 | 10,812 | 967 | 24 |
Nebraska | 208 | 1,346 | 1,757 | 19,170 | 1,783 | 12 |
Nevada | 324 | 1,679 | 1,417 | 20,780 | 2,600 | 12 |
New Hampshire | 139 | 1,031 | 1,214 | 13,040 | 1,316 | 11 |
New Jersey | 590 | 5,782 | 6,247 | 73,629 | 8,683 | 7 |
New Mexico | 366 | 1,365 | 1,570 | 26,279 | 1,984 | 18 |
New York | 1,231 | 11,285 | 11,089 | 134,085 | 19,490 | 6 |
North Carolina | 1,433 | 6,457 | 6,249 | 101,712 | 9,222 | 16 |
North Dakota | 104 | 473 | 717 | 7,820 | 641 | 16 |
Ohio | 1,190 | 7,962 | 10,933 | 108,302 | 11,486 | 10 |
Oklahoma | 749 | 2,302 | 3,292 | 48,499 | 3,642 | 21 |
Oregon | 416 | 2,856 | 3,106 | 33,468 | 3,790 | 11 |
Pennsylvania | 1,468 | 8,646 | 10,366 | 107,848 | 12,448 | 12 |
Rhode Island | 65 | 748 | 794 | 8,187 | 1,051 | 6 |
South Carolina | 920 | 3,185 | 3,604 | 49,597 | 4,480 | 21 |
South Dakota | 119 | 597 | 907 | 8,986 | 804 | 15 |
Tennessee | 1,035 | 4,451 | 5,098 | 69,469 | 6,215 | 17 |
Texas | 3,382 | 15,374 | 18,208 | 235,382 | 24,327 | 14 |
Utah | 275 | 1,687 | 2,439 | 25,974 | 2,736 | 10 |
Vermont | 73 | 542 | 581 | 7,312 | 621 | 12 |
Virginia | 824 | 5,301 | 6,526 | 82,278 | 7,769 | 11 |
Washington | 521 | 4,954 | 5,980 | 55,558 | 6,549 | 8 |
West Virginia | 380 | 1,361 | 1,402 | 20,774 | 1,814 | 21 |
Wisconsin | 605 | 4,076 | 4,999 | 57,462 | 5,628 | 11 |
Wyoming | 159 | 404 | 664 | 9,447 | 533 | 30 |
United States, total | 37,261 | 208,321 | 248,165 | 2,973,509 | 304,060 | 12 |
1 Does not include motorcycle registrations.
SOURCES: All, except Traffic fatalities: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2008 (Washington, DC: 2009), tables DL-1C, MV-1, and VM-2, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohpi/hss/hsspubs.cfm as of Apr. 12, 2010. Traffic fatalities: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2008 Final Edition (Washington, DC: 2009), table 106, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Apr. 12, 2010.