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Table 2-25: Crashes Involving Buses: 2010

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Table 2-25: Crashes Involving Buses: 2010

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State Fatal Crashes Non-fatal Bus Crashes
Number of Vehicles Involved Number of Fatalities Number of Buses Invovled Number of Injuries
Buses All
Vehicles		 Buses as Percentage of All Vehicles Bus
Crashes		 All
Crashes		 Bus Fatatlities as Percentage of All Fatalities
Alabama 5 1,142 0.4 6 862 0.7 144 161
Alaska 0 88 0.0 0 56 0.0 11 11
Arizona 5 1,008 0.5 10 762 1.3 266 123
Arkansas 2 773 0.3 3 563 0.5 114 103
California 25 4,205 0.6 30 2,715 1.1 1,118 1,198
Colorado 4 655 0.6 5 448 1.1 178 59
Connecticut 4 300 1.3 4 319 1.3 33 16
Delaware 2 154 1.3 2 101 2.0 101 140
District of Columbia 0 37 0.0 0 24 0.0 0 0
Florida 28 3,497 0.8 32 2,445 1.3 94 194
Georgia 6 1,750 0.3 6 1,244 0.5 266 473
Hawaii 4 139 2.9 4 113 3.5 87 94
Idaho 0 288 0.0 0 209 0.0 65 53
Illinois 5 1,301 0.4 5 927 0.5 725 583
Indiana 5 993 0.5 5 754 0.7 237 266
Iowa 2 506 0.4 2 390 0.5 107 112
Kansas 2 500 0.4 2 431 0.5 90 38
Kentucky 7 1,116 0.6 7 760 0.9 268 445
Louisiana 6 1,034 0.6 7 710 1.0 271 823
Maine 0 236 0.0 0 161 0.0 6 7
Maryland 4 776 0.5 4 493 0.8 251 224
Massachusetts 1 441 0.2 1 314 0.3 286 255
Michigan 8 1,240 0.6 8 942 0.8 565 464
Minnesota 5 554 0.9 5 411 1.2 307 214
Mississippi 0 857 0.0 0 641 0.0 37 46
Missouri 6 1,148 0.5 6 819 0.7 426 722
Montana 2 272 0.7 4 189 2.1 35 40
Nebraska 1 327 0.3 1 190 0.5 80 53
Nevada 2 336 0.6 3 257 1.2 12 11
New Hampshire 0 145 0.0 0 128 0.0 45 34
New Jersey 12 828 1.4 12 556 2.2 1,001 1,212
New Mexico 0 455 0.0 0 346 0.0 12 0
New York 22 1,517 1.5 25 1,200 2.1 468 801
North Carolina 4 1,778 0.2 5 1,319 0.4 649 1,275
North Dakota 0 169 0.0 0 105 0.0 17 15
Ohio 5 1,426 0.4 5 1,080 0.5 681 774
Oklahoma 2 943 0.2 2 668 0.3 57 55
Oregon 3 489 0.6 5 317 1.6 101 76
Pennsylvania 15 1,735 0.9 14 1,324 1.1 879 1,257
Rhode Island 1 100 1.0 1 66 1.5 57 75
South Carolina 5 1,156 0.4 5 810 0.6 204 391
South Dakota 0 147 0.0 0 140 0.0 10 5
Tennessee 5 1,307 0.4 5 1,031 0.5 175 182
Texas 21 4,187 0.5 22 2,998 0.7 1,167 1,361
Utah 2 346 0.6 2 236 0.8 43 43
Vermont 0 97 0.0 0 71 0.0 19 12
Virginia 5 974 0.5 5 740 0.7 465 419
Washington 2 635 0.3 2 458 0.4 189 88
West Virginia 1 450 0.2 1 315 0.3 65 47
Wisconsin 3 730 0.4 3 572 0.5 277 270
Wyoming 0 148 0.0 0 155 0.0 2 7
United States, total 249 45,435 0.5 276 32,885 0.8 12,763 15,327

NOTES: Fatal bus crashes involve school buses, cross country/inter-city buses, transit buses, and other/unknown bus types. The Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS) Crash File is a census of trucks and buses involved in crashes, however some States do not report all eligible crashes.

SOURCES: Fatal crashes: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Encyclopedia 2010 , available at http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx as of March 16, 2012. Injury crashes: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Motor Carrier Management Information System, available at http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/CrashProfile/CrashProfileMainNew.asp as of March 16, 2012.