Table 4
Large Truck Involvement in Fatal Crashes by State, 2005

State
Total Vehicles Involved in Fatal Crashes
Large Trucks Involved in Fatal Crashes
Number
Percentage of Total Vehicles
Percentage of U.S. Total for Large Trucks
Alabama
1,539
119
7.7
2.4
Alaska
102
4
3.9
0.1
Arizona
1,586
88
5.5
1.8
Arkansas
890
132
14.8
2.7
California
5,814
376
6.5
7.6
Colorado
851
65
7.6
1.3
Connecticut
388
18
4.6
0.4
Delaware
196
8
4.1
0.2
Dist of Columbia
57
3
5.3
0.1
Florida
5,014
389
7.8
7.9
Georgia
2,510
240
9.6
4.9
Hawaii
177
4
2.3
0.1
Idaho
338
31
9.2
0.6
Illinois
1,938
195
10.1
4
Indiana
1,319
137
10.4
2.8
Iowa
599
65
10.9
1.3
Kansas
578
72
12.5
1.5
Kentucky
1,323
117
8.8
2.4
Louisiana
1,331
121
9.1
2.5
Maine
225
18
8
0.4
Maryland
904
57
6.3
1.2
Massachusetts
600
24
4
0.5
Michigan
1,634
106
6.5
2.1
Minnesota
771
60
7.8
1.2
Mississippi
1,163
80
6.9
1.6
Missouri
1,670
152
9.1
3.1
Montana
287
22
7.7
0.4
Nebraska
369
46
12.5
0.9
Nevada
586
49
8.4
1
New Hampshire
227
11
4.8
0.2
New Jersey
1,059
106
10
2.1
New Mexico
583
57
9.8
1.2
New York
1,895
139
7.3
2.8
North Carolina
2,119
193
9.1
3.9
North Dakota
133
10
7.5
0.2
Ohio
1,943
174
9
3.5
Oklahoma
1,069
111
10.4
2.3
Oregon
689
60
8.7
1.2
Pennsylvania
2,285
188
8.2
3.8
Rhode Island
113
1
0.9
0
South Carolina
1,424
119
8.4
2.4
South Dakota
226
15
6.6
0.3
Tennessee
1,752
143
8.2
2.9
Texas
4,767
455
9.5
9.2
Utah
363
28
7.7
0.6
Vermont
102
10
9.8
0.2
Virginia
1,247
106
8.5
2.1
Washington
858
57
6.6
1.2
West Virginia
502
49
9.8
1
Wisconsin
1,063
78
7.3
1.6
Wyoming
195
24
12.3
0.5
U.S. Total
59,373
4,932
8.3
100
Puerto Rico
595
37
6.2
100
Note: Totals may not equal sum of components due to independent rounding.

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