Table 2-25: Bus Involvement in Fatal Crashes: 2013
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 | 7 | 1,116 | 0.6 | 9 | 852 | 1.1 |
Alaska | 0 | 67 | 0.0 | 0 | 51 | 0.0 |
Arizona | 3 | 1,173 | 0.3 | 3 | 849 | 0.4 |
Arkansas | 1 | 638 | 0.2 | 1 | 483 | 0.2 |
California | 27 | 4,125 | 0.7 | 27 | 3,000 | 0.9 |
Colorado | 5 | 630 | 0.8 | 5 | 481 | 1.0 |
Connecticut | 2 | 375 | 0.5 | 2 | 276 | 0.7 |
Delaware | 2 | 150 | 1.3 | 3 | 99 | 3.0 |
District of Columbia | 0 | 31 | 0.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
Florida | 29 | 3,358 | 0.9 | 30 | 2,407 | 1.2 |
Georgia | 11 | 1,636 | 0.7 | 11 | 1,179 | 0.9 |
Hawaii | 1 | 123 | 0.8 | 1 | 102 | 1.0 |
Idaho | 1 | 277 | 0.4 | 1 | 214 | 0.5 |
Illinois | 9 | 1,353 | 0.7 | 9 | 991 | 0.9 |
Indiana | 4 | 1,093 | 0.4 | 6 | 783 | 0.8 |
Iowa | 4 | 434 | 0.9 | 6 | 317 | 1.9 |
Kansas | 1 | 473 | 0.2 | 1 | 350 | 0.3 |
Kentucky | 1 | 880 | 0.1 | 1 | 638 | 0.2 |
Louisiana | 5 | 969 | 0.5 | 5 | 703 | 0.7 |
Maine | 3 | 189 | 1.6 | 3 | 145 | 2.1 |
Maryland | 7 | 648 | 1.1 | 7 | 465 | 1.5 |
Massachusetts | 5 | 417 | 1.2 | 5 | 326 | 1.5 |
Michigan | 4 | 1,363 | 0.3 | 4 | 947 | 0.4 |
Minnesota | 6 | 563 | 1.1 | 6 | 387 | 1.6 |
Mississippi | 3 | 781 | 0.4 | 3 | 613 | 0.5 |
Missouri | 3 | 1,002 | 0.3 | 4 | 757 | 0.5 |
Montana | 1 | 266 | 0.4 | 1 | 229 | 0.4 |
Nebraska | 1 | 279 | 0.4 | 1 | 211 | 0.5 |
Nevada | 6 | 372 | 1.6 | 6 | 262 | 2.3 |
New Hampshire | 0 | 168 | 0.0 | 0 | 135 | 0.0 |
New Jersey | 11 | 750 | 1.5 | 11 | 542 | 2.0 |
New Mexico | 2 | 389 | 0.5 | 2 | 310 | 0.6 |
New York | 26 | 1,579 | 1.6 | 28 | 1,199 | 2.3 |
North Carolina | 7 | 1,756 | 0.4 | 7 | 1,289 | 0.5 |
North Dakota | 1 | 215 | 0.5 | 1 | 148 | 0.7 |
Ohio | 5 | 1,485 | 0.3 | 5 | 989 | 0.5 |
Oklahoma | 5 | 972 | 0.5 | 5 | 678 | 0.7 |
Oregon | 2 | 421 | 0.5 | 2 | 313 | 0.6 |
Pennsylvania | 19 | 1,694 | 1.1 | 22 | 1,208 | 1.8 |
Rhode Island | 0 | 83 | 0.0 | 0 | 65 | 0.0 |
South Carolina | 7 | 1,030 | 0.7 | 9 | 767 | 1.2 |
South Dakota | 1 | 184 | 0.5 | 1 | 135 | 0.7 |
Tennessee | 6 | 1,400 | 0.4 | 14 | 995 | 1.4 |
Texas | 18 | 4,651 | 0.4 | 22 | 3,382 | 0.7 |
Utah | 2 | 289 | 0.7 | 2 | 220 | 0.9 |
Vermont | 2 | 89 | 2.2 | 2 | 69 | 2.9 |
Virginia | 6 | 1,001 | 0.6 | 6 | 740 | 0.8 |
Washington | 2 | 593 | 0.3 | 3 | 436 | 0.7 |
West Virginia | 2 | 431 | 0.5 | 2 | 332 | 0.6 |
Wisconsin | 4 | 801 | 0.5 | 5 | 543 | 0.9 |
Wyoming | 0 | 106 | 0.0 | 0 | 87 | 0.0 |
United States, total | 280 | 44,868 | 0.6 | 310 | 32,719 | 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.
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 July 2015.