Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 2-1: Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates
| State | 2002 traffic fatalities | 2001 traffic fatalities | Licensed drivers 2001 (thousands) | Registered vehicles 2001 (thousands) | Vehicle-miles traveled 2001 (millions) | 2001 fatality rate per | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 100,000 licensed drivers | 100,000 registered vehicles | 100 million vehicle-miles traveled | ||||||
| Alabama | 1,033 | 991 | 3,560 | 4,235 | 56,769 | 27.8 | 23.4 | 1.7 |
| Alaska | 87 | 89 | 472 | 598 | 4,721 | 18.9 | 14.9 | 1.9 |
| Arizona | 1,117 | 1,051 | 3,550 | 3,967 | 50,860 | 29.6 | 26.5 | 2.1 |
| Arkansas | 640 | 611 | 1,962 | 1,864 | 29,433 | 31.1 | 32.8 | 2.1 |
| California | 4,078 | 3,956 | 21,624 | 28,780 | 310,703 | 18.3 | 13.7 | 1.3 |
| Colorado | 742 | 741 | 3,288 | 4,649 | 42,955 | 22.5 | 15.9 | 1.7 |
| Connecticut | 322 | 318 | 2,650 | 2,917 | 30,844 | 12.0 | 10.9 | 1.0 |
| Delaware | 124 | 136 | 564 | 653 | 8,615 | 24.1 | 20.8 | 1.6 |
| District of Columbia | 47 | 68 | 328 | 249 | 3,750 | 20.7 | 27.3 | 1.8 |
| Florida | 3,132 | 3,012 | 12,743 | 14,340 | 155,664 | 23.6 | 21.0 | 1.9 |
| Georgia | 1,523 | 1,647 | 5,834 | 7,305 | 107,897 | 28.2 | 22.5 | 1.5 |
| Hawaii | 119 | 140 | 788 | 868 | 8,694 | 17.8 | 16.1 | 1.6 |
| Idaho | 264 | 259 | 897 | 1,324 | 14,078 | 28.9 | 19.6 | 1.8 |
| Illinois | 1,411 | 1,414 | 7,810 | 9,861 | 103,038 | 18.1 | 14.3 | 1.4 |
| Indiana | 792 | 909 | 4,117 | 5,625 | 71,624 | 22.1 | 16.2 | 1.3 |
| Iowa | 404 | 446 | 1,979 | 3,318 | 30,016 | 22.5 | 13.4 | 1.5 |
| Kansas | 512 | 494 | 1,871 | 2,331 | 28,155 | 26.4 | 21.2 | 1.8 |
| Kentucky | 915 | 845 | 2,757 | 3,626 | 46,258 | 30.6 | 23.3 | 1.8 |
| Louisiana | 875 | 952 | 2,718 | 3,609 | 41,177 | 35.0 | 26.4 | 2.3 |
| Maine | 216 | 192 | 943 | 1,018 | 14,433 | 20.4 | 18.9 | 1.3 |
| Maryland | 659 | 659 | 3,452 | 3,939 | 51,996 | 19.1 | 16.7 | 1.3 |
| Massachusetts | 459 | 477 | 4,611 | 5,198 | 53,015 | 10.3 | 9.2 | 0.9 |
| Michigan | 1,277 | 1,328 | 6,977 | 8,454 | 98,987 | 19.0 | 15.7 | 1.3 |
| Minnesota | 657 | 568 | 2,961 | 4,554 | 53,341 | 19.2 | 12.5 | 1.1 |
| Mississippi | 885 | 784 | 1,859 | 1,954 | 35,988 | 42.2 | 40.1 | 2.2 |
| Missouri | 1,208 | 1,098 | 3,862 | 4,208 | 67,632 | 28.4 | 26.1 | 1.6 |
| Montana | 270 | 230 | 683 | 1,033 | 10,011 | 33.7 | 22.3 | 2.3 |
| Nebraska | 307 | 246 | 1,267 | 1,633 | 18,102 | 19.4 | 15.1 | 1.4 |
| Nevada | 381 | 314 | 1,421 | 1,280 | 18,309 | 22.1 | 24.5 | 1.7 |
| New Hampshire | 127 | 142 | 942 | 1,100 | 12,315 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 1.2 |
| New Jersey | 773 | 745 | 5,715 | 6,580 | 68,725 | 13.0 | 11.3 | 1.1 |
| New Mexico | 449 | 464 | 1,232 | 1,428 | 23,232 | 37.7 | 32.5 | 2.0 |
| New York | 1,522 | 1,564 | 11,015 | 10,196 | 130,722 | 14.2 | 15.3 | 1.2 |
| North Carolina | 1,575 | 1,530 | 5,885 | 6,180 | 91,580 | 26.0 | 24.8 | 1.7 |
| North Dakota | 97 | 105 | 456 | 708 | 7,235 | 23.0 | 14.8 | 1.5 |
| Ohio | 1,418 | 1,378 | 7,736 | 10,555 | 106,589 | 17.8 | 13.1 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 734 | 682 | 2,172 | 3,281 | 43,527 | 31.4 | 20.8 | 1.6 |
| Oregon | 436 | 488 | 2,534 | 3,039 | 34,398 | 19.3 | 16.1 | 1.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,614 | 1,532 | 8,226 | 9,631 | 103,004 | 18.6 | 15.9 | 1.5 |
| Rhode Island | 84 | 81 | 660 | 764 | 7,991 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 1.0 |
| South Carolina | 1,053 | 1,060 | 2,850 | 3,143 | 46,601 | 37.2 | 33.7 | 2.3 |
| South Dakota | 180 | 171 | 545 | 803 | 8,542 | 31.4 | 21.3 | 2.0 |
| Tennessee | 1,175 | 1,251 | 4,188 | 5,139 | 67,632 | 29.9 | 24.3 | 1.8 |
| Texas | 3,725 | 3,736 | 13,046 | 14,359 | 216,217 | 28.6 | 26.0 | 1.7 |
| Utah | 328 | 291 | 1,496 | 1,752 | 23,452 | 19.5 | 16.6 | 1.2 |
| Vermont | 78 | 92 | 515 | 534 | 9,617 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 1.0 |
| Virginia | 914 | 935 | 4,921 | 6,171 | 73,745 | 19.0 | 15.2 | 1.3 |
| Washington | 659 | 649 | 4,238 | 5,179 | 53,665 | 15.3 | 12.5 | 1.2 |
| West Virginia | 439 | 376 | 1,317 | 1,452 | 19,714 | 28.5 | 25.9 | 1.9 |
| Wisconsin | 803 | 763 | 3,667 | 44,736 | 57,269 | 20.8 | 1.7 | 1.3 |
| Wyoming | 176 | 186 | 371 | 573 | 8,625 | 50.1 | 32.5 | 2.2 |
| United States, total | 42,815 | 42,196 | 191,276 | 230,428 | 2,781,462 | 22.1 | 18.3 | 1.5 |
NOTE: The number shown for registered vehicles for the United States is approximately 6 percent lower than the sum of the registered vehicle numbers shown for the individual states due to differing data sources.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2001, Washington, DC: 2002, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2001.pdf; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2002 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2002.pdf as of Oct. 1, 2003.