Table 3
Pedalcyclist Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates by State, 2005

State
Total Traffic Fatalities
Resident Population (thousands)
Pedalcyclist Fatalities
Percent of Total
Pedalcyclist Fatalities per Million Population
Alabama
1,131
4,558
13
1.1
2.85
Alaska
72
664
1
1.4
1.51
Arizona
1,177
5,939
35
3
5.89
Arkansas
648
2,779
3
0.5
1.08
California
4,329
36,132
115
2.7
3.18
Colorado
606
4,665
8
1.3
1.71
Connecticut
274
3,510
3
1.1
0.85
Delaware
134
844
2
1.5
2.37
Dist of Columbia
48
551
3
6.3
5.45
Florida
3,543
17,790
124
3.5
6.97
Georgia
1,729
9,073
23
1.3
2.54
Hawaii
140
1,275
4
2.9
3.14
Idaho
275
1,429
3
1.1
2.1
Illinois
1,361
12,763
22
1.6
1.72
Indiana
938
6,272
13
1.4
2.07
Iowa
450
2,966
11
2.4
3.71
Kansas
428
2,745
4
0.9
1.46
Kentucky
985
4,173
12
1.2
2.88
Louisiana
955
4,524
21
2.2
4.64
Maine
169
1,322
3
1.8
2.27
Maryland
614
5,600
7
1.1
1.25
Massachusetts
442
6,399
5
1.1
0.78
Michigan
1,129
10,121
25
2.2
2.47
Minnesota
559
5,133
7
1.3
1.36
Mississippi
931
2,921
5
0.5
1.71
Missouri
1,257
5,800
8
0.6
1.38
Montana
251
936
4
1.6
4.28
Nebraska
276
1,759
3
1.1
1.71
Nevada
427
2,415
10
2.3
4.14
New Hampshire
166
1,310
3
1.8
2.29
New Jersey
748
8,718
17
2.3
1.95
New Mexico
488
1,928
5
1
2.59
New York
1,429
19,255
47
3.3
2.44
North Carolina
1,534
8,683
36
2.3
4.15
North Dakota
123
637
2
1.6
3.14
Ohio
1,323
11,464
13
1
1.13
Oklahoma
802
3,548
7
0.9
1.97
Oregon
488
3,641
11
2.3
3.02
Pennsylvania
1,616
12,430
18
1.1
1.45
Rhode Island
87
1,076
1
1.1
0.93
South Carolina
1,093
4,255
16
1.5
3.76
South Dakota
186
776
0
0
0
Tennessee
1,270
5,963
10
0.8
1.68
Texas
3,504
22,860
46
1.3
2.01
Utah
282
2,470
3
1.1
1.21
Vermont
73
623
0
0
0
Virginia
947
7,567
21
2.2
2.78
Washington
647
6,288
13
2
2.07
West Virginia
374
1,817
2
0.5
1.1
Wisconsin
815
5,536
14
1.7
2.53
Wyoming
170
509
2
1.2
3.93
U.S. Total
43,443
296,410
784
1.8
2.64
Puerto Rico
453
3,912
11
2.4
2.81

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