Table 2-25: Bus Involvement in Fatal Crashes: 2012
Friday, September 12, 2014
| State | Number of vehicles involved in fatal crahes | Number of fatalities | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buses | All vehicles | Buses as percentage of all vehicles | Buses | All vehicles | Bus fatatlities as percentage of all fatalities | |
| Alabama | 2 | 1,223 | 0.2 | 2 | 865 | 0.2 |
| Alaska | 1 | 83 | 1.2 | 1 | 59 | 1.7 |
| Arizona | 5 | 1,109 | 0.5 | 5 | 825 | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 3 | 738 | 0.4 | 4 | 552 | 0.7 |
| California | 21 | 3,848 | 0.5 | 23 | 2,857 | 0.8 |
| Colorado | 4 | 635 | 0.6 | 4 | 472 | 0.8 |
| Connecticut | 3 | 336 | 0.9 | 3 | 236 | 1.3 |
| Delaware | 2 | 146 | 1.4 | 2 | 114 | 1.8 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | 21 | 4.8 | 1 | 15 | 6.7 |
| Florida | 18 | 3,428 | 0.5 | 18 | 2,424 | 0.7 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1,688 | 0.3 | 5 | 1,192 | 0.4 |
| Hawaii | 3 | 176 | 1.7 | 3 | 126 | 2.4 |
| Idaho | 13 | 244 | 5.3 | 0 | 184 | 0.0 |
| Illinois | 3 | 1,324 | 0.2 | 14 | 956 | 1.5 |
| Indiana | 2 | 1,112 | 0.2 | 4 | 779 | 0.5 |
| Iowa | 5 | 492 | 1.0 | 0 | 365 | 0.0 |
| Kansas | 1 | 534 | 0.2 | 2 | 405 | 0.5 |
| Kentucky | 8 | 1,029 | 0.8 | 6 | 746 | 0.8 |
| Louisiana | 7 | 952 | 0.7 | 0 | 722 | 0.0 |
| Maine | 9 | 215 | 4.2 | 1 | 164 | 0.6 |
| Maryland | 4 | 704 | 0.6 | 8 | 505 | 1.6 |
| Massachusetts | 1 | 451 | 0.2 | 7 | 349 | 2.0 |
| Michigan | 7 | 1,335 | 0.5 | 9 | 938 | 1.0 |
| Minnesota | 1 | 542 | 0.2 | 7 | 395 | 1.8 |
| Mississippi | 2 | 684 | 0.3 | 2 | 582 | 0.3 |
| Missouri | 2 | 1,106 | 0.2 | 8 | 826 | 1.0 |
| Montana | 1 | 250 | 0.4 | 2 | 205 | 1.0 |
| Nebraska | 12 | 285 | 4.2 | 5 | 212 | 2.4 |
| Nevada | 25 | 355 | 7.0 | 2 | 258 | 0.8 |
| New Hampshire | 2 | 147 | 1.4 | 1 | 108 | 0.9 |
| New Jersey | 6 | 819 | 0.7 | 12 | 589 | 2.0 |
| New Mexico | 2 | 472 | 0.4 | 0 | 365 | 0.0 |
| New York | 3 | 1,576 | 0.2 | 27 | 1,168 | 2.3 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 1,747 | 0.7 | 2 | 1,292 | 0.2 |
| North Dakota | 6 | 218 | 2.8 | 0 | 170 | 0.0 |
| Ohio | 8 | 1,578 | 0.5 | 6 | 1,123 | 0.5 |
| Oklahoma | 21 | 943 | 2.2 | 4 | 708 | 0.6 |
| Oregon | 2 | 426 | 0.5 | 11 | 336 | 3.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 3 | 1,808 | 0.2 | 13 | 1,310 | 1.0 |
| Rhode Island | 2 | 88 | 2.3 | 0 | 64 | 0.0 |
| South Carolina | 4 | 1,163 | 0.3 | 6 | 863 | 0.7 |
| South Dakota | 7 | 175 | 4.0 | 0 | 133 | 0.0 |
| Tennessee | 1 | 1,379 | 0.1 | 8 | 1,014 | 0.8 |
| Texas | 251 | 4,607 | 5.4 | 22 | 3,398 | 0.6 |
| Utah | 3 | 295 | 1.0 | 2 | 217 | 0.9 |
| Vermont | 2 | 97 | 2.1 | 0 | 77 | 0.0 |
| Virginia | 11 | 1,031 | 1.1 | 4 | 777 | 0.5 |
| Washington | 6 | 602 | 1.0 | 2 | 444 | 0.5 |
| West Virginia | 2 | 451 | 0.4 | 4 | 339 | 1.2 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | 809 | 1.0 | 7 | 615 | 1.1 |
| Wyoming | 0 | 161 | 0.0 | 1 | 123 | 0.8 |
| United States, total | 244 | 45,637 | 0.5 | 280 | 33,561 | 0.8 |
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.
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 June 2014.