Table 2-25: Crashes Involving Buses: 2011
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
| State | Fatal Crashes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Vehicles Involved | Number of Fatalities | |||||
| Buses |
All Vehicles |
Buses as Percentage of All Vehicles |
Bus Crashes |
All Crashes |
Bus Fatatlities as Percentage of All Fatalities | |
| Alabama | 5 | 1,217 | 0.4 | 5 | 894 | 0.6 |
| Alaska | 1 | 92 | 1.1 | 1 | 72 | 1.4 |
| Arizona | 6 | 1,120 | 0.5 | 6 | 825 | 0.7 |
| Arkansas | 1 | 737 | 0.1 | 1 | 549 | 0.2 |
| California | 14 | 3,786 | 0.4 | 14 | 2,791 | 0.5 |
| Colorado | 2 | 587 | 0.3 | 2 | 447 | 0.4 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 293 | 1.0 | 3 | 220 | 1.4 |
| Delaware | 0 | 141 | 0.0 | 0 | 99 | 0.0 |
| District of Columbia | 0 | 29 | 0.0 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Florida | 21 | 3,298 | 0.6 | 24 | 2,398 | 1.0 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1,691 | 0.1 | 2 | 1,223 | 0.2 |
| Hawaii | 4 | 140 | 2.9 | 4 | 100 | 4.0 |
| Idaho | 0 | 216 | 0.0 | 0 | 167 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 11 | 1,249 | 0.9 | 12 | 918 | 1.3 |
| Indiana | 7 | 1,044 | 0.7 | 8 | 750 | 1.1 |
| Iowa | 4 | 473 | 0.8 | 4 | 360 | 1.1 |
| Kansas | 1 | 544 | 0.2 | 2 | 386 | 0.5 |
| Kentucky | 3 | 1,005 | 0.3 | 3 | 721 | 0.4 |
| Louisiana | 6 | 936 | 0.6 | 7 | 675 | 1.0 |
| Maine | 1 | 169 | 0.6 | 1 | 136 | 0.7 |
| Maryland | 7 | 692 | 1.0 | 7 | 485 | 1.4 |
| Massachusetts | 2 | 460 | 0.4 | 3 | 337 | 0.9 |
| Michigan | 9 | 1,236 | 0.7 | 10 | 889 | 1.1 |
| Minnesota | 3 | 508 | 0.6 | 3 | 368 | 0.8 |
| Mississippi | 6 | 807 | 0.7 | 7 | 630 | 1.1 |
| Missouri | 4 | 1,001 | 0.4 | 4 | 784 | 0.5 |
| Montana | 0 | 264 | 0.0 | 0 | 209 | 0.0 |
| Nebraska | 2 | 257 | 0.8 | 2 | 181 | 1.1 |
| Nevada | 2 | 330 | 0.6 | 2 | 246 | 0.8 |
| New Hampshire | 1 | 120 | 0.8 | 1 | 90 | 1.1 |
| New Jersey | 11 | 877 | 1.3 | 12 | 627 | 1.9 |
| New Mexico | 1 | 420 | 0.2 | 1 | 353 | 0.3 |
| New York | 15 | 1,538 | 1.0 | 30 | 1,169 | 2.6 |
| North Carolina | 8 | 1,682 | 0.5 | 12 | 1,227 | 1.0 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 188 | 0.0 | 0 | 148 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 6 | 1,438 | 0.4 | 6 | 1,016 | 0.6 |
| Oklahoma | 3 | 902 | 0.3 | 4 | 696 | 0.6 |
| Oregon | 4 | 436 | 0.9 | 4 | 331 | 1.2 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | 1,782 | 0.6 | 10 | 1,286 | 0.8 |
| Rhode Island | 0 | 82 | 0.0 | 0 | 66 | 0.0 |
| South Carolina | 1 | 1,092 | 0.1 | 1 | 828 | 0.1 |
| South Dakota | 0 | 136 | 0.0 | 0 | 111 | 0.0 |
| Tennessee | 6 | 1,333 | 0.5 | 6 | 946 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 18 | 4,165 | 0.4 | 19 | 3,016 | 0.6 |
| Utah | 3 | 336 | 0.9 | 4 | 240 | 1.7 |
| Vermont | 2 | 67 | 3.0 | 2 | 55 | 3.6 |
| Virginia | 11 | 1,015 | 1.1 | 17 | 764 | 2.2 |
| Washington | 6 | 596 | 1.0 | 7 | 457 | 1.5 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 465 | 0.4 | 2 | 337 | 0.6 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 790 | 1.0 | 8 | 582 | 1.4 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 163 | 0.0 | 0 | 135 | 0.0 |
| United States, total | 244 | 43,945 | 0.6 | 283 | 32,367 | 0.9 |
NOTES: Fatal bus crashes involve school buses, cross country/inter-city buses, transit buses, van-based bus with gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 lbs. 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, available at www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov as of April 2013.