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Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2009

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2009

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State Traffic fatalities Licensed drivers (thousands) Registered vehicles1 (thousands) Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) Population (thousands) Fatality rate per 100,000 Population
Alabama5 848 3,782 4,611 56,061 4,709 18
Alaska 64 508 695 4,933 698 9
Arizona6 807 4,403 4,358 61,628 6,596 12
Arkansas 585 2,065 2,037 33,219 2,889 20
California 3,081 23,681 34,433 324,486 36,962 8
Colorado3 465 3,705 1,429 46,276 5,025 9
Connecticut 223 2,916 3,072 31,420 3,518 6
Delaware 116 700 843 9,080 885 13
District of Columbia 29 376 218 3,608 600 5
Florida 2,558 14,005 15,315 194,659 18,538 14
Georgia 1,284 6,315 8,507 109,258 9,829 13
Hawaii 109 890 895 9,973 1,295 8
Idaho 226 1,055 1,375 15,531 1,546 15
Illinois 911 8,301 9,891 105,846 12,910 7
Indiana2,4,7 693 5,550 5,848 76,628 6,423 11
Iowa 372 2,145 3,363 31,065 3,008 12
Kansas 386 2,045 2,425 29,499 2,819 14
Kentucky 791 2,939 3,585 47,355 4,314 18
Louisiana 821 3,086 4,033 44,863 4,492 18
Maine 159 1,014 1,056 14,491 1,318 12
Maryland 547 3,905 4,484 55,293 5,699 10
Massachusetts 334 4,630 5,262 54,812 6,594 5
Michigan 871 7,083 7,913 96,769 9,970 9
Minnesota6 421 3,245 4,796 56,872 5,266 8
Mississippi 700 1,931 2,026 40,427 2,952 24
Missouri 878 4,218 4,904 69,003 5,988 15
Montana 221 738 925 11,011 975 23
Nebraska 223 1,349 1,793 19,359 1,797 12
Nevada 243 1,690 1,397 20,454 2,643 9
New Hampshire 110 1,034 1,212 12,975 1,325 8
New Jersey 583 5,924 6,114 73,029 8,708 7
New Mexico 361 1,378 1,621 26,013 2,010 18
New York 1,156 11,329 11,245 133,491 19,541 6
North Carolina8 1,314 6,504 6,047 104,260 9,381 14
North Dakota 140 477 722 8,154 647 22
Ohio 1,021 7,937 11,022 110,642 11,543 9
Oklahoma 738 2,321 3,396 46,997 3,687 20
Oregon 377 2,842 3,046 33,972 3,826 10
Pennsylvania9 1,256 8,687 9,857 103,880 12,605 10
Rhode Island 83 746 789 8,250 1,053 8
South Carolina 894 3,268 3,614 49,130 4,561 20
South Dakota 131 602 926 9,607 812 16
Tennessee 989 4,477 5,140 70,226 6,296 16
Texas2,4 3,071 15,374 18,208 230,411 24,782 12
Utah 244 1,720 2,454 26,264 2,785 9
Vermont 74 507 557 7,646 622 12
Virginia 757 5,348 6,302 80,927 7,883 10
Washington 492 5,027 5,581 56,417 6,664 7
West Virginia 356 1,329 1,412 19,606 1,820 20
Wisconsin 561 4,105 4,874 58,157 5,655 10
Wyoming 134 411 652 9,568 544 25
United States, total 33,808 209,618 246,283 2,953,501 307,007 11

1 Does not include motorcycle registrations.

2 State did not provide current data on licensed drivers. Table displays 2008 data.

3 State data on motor-vehicle registration is incomplete.

4 State did not provide current data on motor-vehicle registration. Table displays 2008 private and commercial and state, county and municipal vehicles for Indiana and Texas.

5 2008 VMT data used for the rural minor collector, and rural and urban local functional systems.

6 2008 VMT data.

7 VMT excludes 823 miles of Federal agency owned roads plus 71 miles of other non-Federal agency owned roads.

8 State changed travel estimation process in 2009.

9 2008 VMT data used for the rural minor collector, and rural and urban local functional systems. Includes 40 miles of Interstate designated in 2010.

SOURCES: All, except Traffic fatalities: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2009 (Washington, DC: 2011 tables DL-1C, MV-1, and VM-2, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/statistics/2009/ as of Jun 13, 2011. Traffic fatalities: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia, 2009 Traffic Fatalities by STATE and Percent Change from 2008 - State : USA, available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/States/StatesCrashesAndAllVictims.aspx as of Jun 13, 2011.