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State Accident Fatality Charts

Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates: 2007
State Traffic Fatalities Licensed drivers (thousands) Registered Vehicles (thousands) Vehicle-miles traveled (millions) Population (thousands) Fatality rate per 100,000 Population
Alabama 1,110 3,692 4,798 61,410 4,628 23.99
Alaska 84 495 706 5,153 683 12.29
Arizona 1,066 4,154 4,497 62,963 6,339 25.66
Arkansas 650 2,046 2,074 33,171 2,835 22.93
California 3,974 23,467 34,703 328,312 36,553 10.87
Colorado 554 3,503 1,819 48,713 4,862 11.40
Connecticut 277 2,849 3,112 32,053 3,502 7.91
Delaware 117 624 875 9,483 865 13.53
District of Columbia 44 396 219 3,609 588 7.48
Florida 3,214 14,139 17,099 206,121 18,251 17.61
Georgia 1,641 6,134 8,685 112,541 9,545 17.19
Hawaii 138 863 1,023 10,345 1,283 10.75
Idaho 252 1,028 1,326 15,782 1,499 16.81
Illinois 1,249 8,190 10,065 107,483 12,853 9.72
Indiana 898 4,309 5,103 71,478 6,345 14.15
Iowa 445 2,094 3,522 31,253 2,988 14.89
Kansas 416 2,018 2,507 30,048 2,776 14.99
Kentucky 864 2,933 3,609 48,063 4,241 20.37
Louisiana 985 3,034 3,991 45,376 4,293 22.94
Maine 183 1,010 1,130 15,035 1,317 13.89
Maryland 614 3,738 4,589 56,503 5,618 10.93
Massachusetts 417 4,699 5,511 55,071 6,450 6.47
Michigan 1,088 7,059 8,460 104,614 10,072 10.80
Minnesota 504 3,149 4,986 57,233 5,198 9.70
Mississippi 884 1,927 2,036 43,337 2,919 30.29
Missouri 992 4,162 5,009 69,151 5,878 16.88
Montana 277 736 969 11,307 958 28.92
Nebraska 256 1,331 1,780 19,439 1,775 14.43
Nevada 373 1,662 1,486 22,146 2,565 14.54
New Hampshire 129 1,027 1,260 13,459 1,316 9.80
New Jersey 724 5,782 6,411 76,152 8,686 8.34
New Mexico 413 1,365 1,646 26,850 1,970 20.97
New York 1,333 11,369 11,811 136,737 19,298 6.91
North Carolina 1,675 6,384 6,433 103,598 9,061 18.49
North Dakota 111 471 738 7,844 640 17.35
Ohio 1,257 7,976 11,195 110,631 11,467 10.96
Oklahoma 754 2,283 3,326 47,572 3,617 20.84
Oregon 455 2,827 3,185 34,750 3,747 12.14
Pennsylvania 1,491 8,601 10,292 108,699 12,433 11.99
Rhode Island 69 744 828 8,636 1,058 6.52
South Carolina 1,066 3,127 3,616 51,109 4,408 24.18
South Dakota 146 589 923 9,005 796 18.34
Tennessee 1,210 4,426 5,484 71,179 6,157 19.65
Texas 3,363 15,184 18,460 243,443 23,904 14.07
Utah 299 1,652 2,375 26,832 2,645 11.30
Vermont 66 534 591 7,694 621 10.62
Virginia 1,027 5,260 6,694 82,077 7,712 13.32
Washington 568 4,880 5,965 56,939 6,468 8.78
West Virginia 431 1,359 1,459 20,564 1,812 23.79
Wisconsin 756 4,066 5,343 59,493 5,602 13.50
Wyoming 150 398 690 9,366 523 28.69
United States, total 41.059 205,742 255,748 3,029,822 301,621 13.61

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2006 Early Edition

2007 Traffic Fatalities by State and Percent Change from 2006
State 2006 2007 % Change State 2006 2007 % Change
AL 1, 207
 1,110 -8 NE 269 256 -5
AK 74 84 +14 NV 431 373 -13
AZ 1,293 1,066 -18 NH 127 129 +2
AR 655 650 -2 NJ 771 724 -6
CA 4,140 3,974 -6 NM 484 413 -15
CO 535 554 +4 NY 1,454 1,333 -8
CT 311 277 -11 NC 1,554 1,675 +8
DE 148 117 -21 ND 111 111 0
DC 37 44 +19 OH 1,238 1,257 +2
FL 3,357 3,214 -4 OK 765 754 -1
GA 1,693 1,641 -3 OR 478 455 -5
HI 161 138 -14 PA 1,525 1,491 -2
ID 267 252 -6 RI 81 69 -15
IL 1,254 1,249 -0 SC 1,045 1,066 +2
IN 902 898 -0 SD 191 146 -24
IA 439 445 +1 TN 1,284 1,210 -6
KS 468 416 -11 TX 3,531 3,363 -5
KY 913 864 -5 UT 287 299 +4
LA 987 985 -0 VT 87 66 -24
ME 188 183 -3 VA 962 1,027 +7
MD 652 614 -6 WA 633 568 -10
MA 429 417 -3 WV 410 431 +5
MI 1,086 1,088 +0 WI 724 756 +4
MN 494 504 +2 WY 195 150 -23
MS 911 884 -3 USA 42,708 41,059 -4
MO 1,096 992 -9        
MT 264 277 +5 PR 509 452 -11

Source: NHTSA's National Center for Statistics and Analysis.

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