Table 2-3: Large Truck Involvement in Fatal Crashes: 2008
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-3: Large Truck Involvement in Fatal Crashes: 2008
| State | Total occupant fatalities in all motor vehicle crashes | Total vehicles involved in all fatal motor vehicle crashes | Large trucks | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupant fatalities | Involved in fatal crashes | |||||
| Number | Percent of state total | Number | Percent of state total | |||
| Alabama | 890 | 1,289 | 27 | 3.0 | 124 | 9.6 |
| Alaska | 58 | 91 | 1 | 1.7 | 5 | 5.5 |
| Arizona | 792 | 1,261 | 19 | 2.4 | 99 | 7.9 |
| Arkansas | 549 | 784 | 20 | 3.6 | 77 | 9.8 |
| California | 2,672 | 4,749 | 40 | 1.5 | 304 | 6.4 |
| Colorado | 486 | 713 | 10 | 2.1 | 58 | 8.1 |
| Connecticut | 222 | 360 | 2 | 0.9 | 26 | 7.2 |
| Delaware | 94 | 153 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 4.6 |
| District of Columbia | 24 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 4.5 |
| Florida | 2,348 | 4,227 | 34 | 1.4 | 269 | 6.4 |
| Georgia | 1,322 | 2,070 | 32 | 2.4 | 179 | 8.6 |
| Hawaii | 84 | 140 | 1 | 1.2 | 6 | 4.3 |
| Idaho | 219 | 304 | 12 | 5.5 | 32 | 10.5 |
| Illinois | 876 | 1,437 | 11 | 1.3 | 136 | 9.5 |
| Indiana | 734 | 1,122 | 12 | 1.6 | 128 | 11.4 |
| Iowa | 387 | 571 | 9 | 2.3 | 69 | 12.1 |
| Kansas | 360 | 498 | 7 | 1.9 | 57 | 11.4 |
| Kentucky | 751 | 1,102 | 22 | 2.9 | 98 | 8.9 |
| Louisiana | 790 | 1,169 | 26 | 3.3 | 104 | 8.9 |
| Maine | 138 | 204 | 6 | 4.3 | 21 | 10.3 |
| Maryland | 466 | 817 | 7 | 1.5 | 50 | 6.1 |
| Massachusetts | 275 | 444 | 3 | 1.1 | 20 | 4.5 |
| Michigan | 836 | 1,414 | 8 | 1.0 | 90 | 6.4 |
| Minnesota | 411 | 641 | 11 | 2.7 | 62 | 9.7 |
| Mississippi | 728 | 985 | 13 | 1.8 | 70 | 7.1 |
| Missouri | 892 | 1,253 | 17 | 1.9 | 117 | 9.3 |
| Montana | 215 | 286 | 5 | 2.3 | 27 | 9.4 |
| Nebraska | 202 | 284 | 5 | 2.5 | 41 | 14.4 |
| Nevada | 258 | 446 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 4.7 |
| New Hampshire | 128 | 195 | 1 | 0.8 | 12 | 6.2 |
| New Jersey | 431 | 811 | 12 | 2.8 | 48 | 5.9 |
| New Mexico | 320 | 446 | 13 | 4.1 | 43 | 9.6 |
| New York | 890 | 1,703 | 7 | 0.8 | 112 | 6.6 |
| North Carolina | 1,233 | 1,892 | 21 | 1.7 | 143 | 7.6 |
| North Dakota | 96 | 137 | 7 | 7.3 | 21 | 15.3 |
| Ohio | 1,068 | 1,649 | 19 | 1.8 | 133 | 8.1 |
| Oklahoma | 690 | 1,009 | 24 | 3.5 | 108 | 10.7 |
| Oregon | 350 | 521 | 5 | 1.4 | 39 | 7.5 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,315 | 2,030 | 31 | 2.4 | 195 | 9.6 |
| Rhode Island | 51 | 81 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| South Carolina | 806 | 1,165 | 19 | 2.4 | 81 | 7.0 |
| South Dakota | 110 | 148 | 1 | 0.9 | 13 | 8.8 |
| Tennessee | 964 | 1,383 | 19 | 2.0 | 92 | 6.7 |
| Texas | 2,900 | 4,619 | 85 | 2.9 | 421 | 9.1 |
| Utah | 237 | 350 | 7 | 3.0 | 32 | 9.1 |
| Vermont | 72 | 102 | 1 | 1.4 | 6 | 5.9 |
| Virginia | 734 | 1,097 | 17 | 2.3 | 71 | 6.5 |
| Washington | 448 | 710 | 10 | 2.2 | 54 | 7.6 |
| West Virginia | 365 | 480 | 5 | 1.4 | 46 | 9.6 |
| Wisconsin | 541 | 857 | 5 | 0.9 | 67 | 7.8 |
| Wyoming | 151 | 187 | 8 | 5.3 | 28 | 15.0 |
| United States, total | 31,979 | 50,430 | 677 | 2.1 | 4,066 | 8.1 |
SOURCES: Total vehicles involved in all fatal motor vehicle crashes and Large trucks involved in fatal crashes: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2008 Traffic Safety Fact Sheets: Large Trucks (Washington, DC: 2009), available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Apr. 14, 2010; Total occupant fatalities in all motor vehicle crashes and Large truck occupant fatalities: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2008 Final Edition (Washington, DC: 2009), table 113, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/Cats/index.aspx as of Apr. 14, 2010.