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Table 2-25: Bus Involvement in Fatal Crashes: 2012

Friday, September 12, 2014

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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.