Table 2
Traffic Fatalities and Percent Change, 1975-2005

State
Fatalities
Percent Change
1975
1985
1990
1995
2000
2004
2005
1975-1985
1985-1990
1990-1995
1995-2000
1975-2005
2004-2005
AL
902
882
1,121
1,114
996
1,154
1,131
-2%
+27%
-1%
-11%
+25%
-2%
AK
112
127
98
87
106
101
72
+13%
-23%
-11%
+22%
-36%
-29%
AZ
670
893
869
1,035
1,036
1,151
1,177
+33%
-3%
+19%
+0%
+76%
+2%
AR
559
534
604
631
652
703
648
-4%
+13%
+4%
+3%
+16%
-8%
CA
4,092
4,960
5,192
4,192
3,753
4,120
4,329
+21%
+5%
-19%
-10%
+6%
+5%
CO
581
579
544
645
681
667
606
-0%
-6%
+19%
+6%
+4%
-9%
CT
389
448
385
317
341
294
274
+15%
-14%
-18%
+8%
-30%
-7%
DE
122
104
138
121
123
134
134
-15%
+33%
-12%
+2%
+10%
0%
DC
70
60
48
58
48
43
48
-14%
-20%
+21%
-17%
-31%
+12%
FL
1,998
2,832
2,891
2,805
2,999
3,244
3,543
+42%
+2%
-3%
+7%
+77%
+9%
GA
1,360
1,361
1,562
1,488
1,541
1,634
1,729
+0%
+15%
-5%
+4%
+27%
+6%
HI
144
126
177
130
132
142
140
-13%
+40%
-27%
+2%
-3%
-1%
ID
281
255
244
262
276
260
275
-9%
-4%
+7%
+5%
-2%
+6%
IL
2,041
1,534
1,589
1,586
1,418
1,355
1,361
-25%
+4%
-0%
-11%
-33%
+0%
IN
1,128
974
1,049
960
886
947
938
-14%
+8%
-8%
-8%
-17%
-1%
IA
670
474
465
527
445
388
450
-29%
-2%
+13%
-16%
-33%
+16%
KS
509
486
444
442
461
459
428
-5%
-9%
-0%
+4%
-16%
-7%
KY
863
712
849
849
820
964
985
-17%
+19%
0%
-3%
+14%
+2%
LA
934
931
959
894
938
927
955
-0%
+3%
-7%
+5%
+2%
+3%
ME
223
206
213
187
169
194
169
-8%
+3%
-12%
-10%
-24%
-13%
MD
670
729
707
671
588
643
614
+9%
-3%
-5%
-12%
-8%
-5%
MA
864
742
605
444
433
476
442
-14%
-18%
-27%
-2%
-49%
-7%
MI
1,779
1,545
1,571
1,530
1,382
1,159
1,129
-13%
+2%
-3%
-10%
-37%
-3%
MN
754
608
566
597
625
567
559
-19%
-7%
+5%
+5%
-26%
-1%
MS
546
662
750
868
949
900
931
+21%
+13%
+16%
+9%
+71%
+3%
MO
1,045
931
1,097
1,109
1,157
1,130
1,257
-11%
+18%
+1%
+4%
+20%
+11%
MT
291
223
212
215
237
229
251
-23%
-5%
+1%
+10%
-14%
+10%
NE
369
237
262
254
276
254
276
-36%
+11%
-3%
+9%
-25%
+9%
NV
218
259
343
313
323
395
427
+19%
+32%
-9%
+3%
+96%
+8%
NH
151
191
158
118
126
171
166
+26%
-17%
-25%
+7%
+10%
-3%
NJ
1,043
964
886
774
731
723
748
-8%
-8%
-13%
-6%
-28%
+3%
NM
555
535
499
485
432
521
488
-4%
-7%
-3%
-11%
-12%
-6%
NY
2,366
2,006
2,217
1,679
1,460
1,495
1,429
-15%
+11%
-24%
-13%
-40%
-4%
NC
1,506
1,482
1,385
1,448
1,557
1,573
1,534
-2%
-7%
+5%
+8%
+2%
-2%
ND
167
90
112
74
86
100
123
-46%
+24%
-34%
+16%
-26%
+23%
OH
1,766
1,646
1,638
1,360
1,366
1,286
1,323
-7%
-0%
-17%
+0%
-25%
+3%
OK
757
744
641
669
650
774
802
-2%
-14%
+4%
-3%
+6%
+4%
OR
562
559
579
574
451
456
488
-1%
+4%
-1%
-21%
-13%
+7%
PA
2,078
1,771
1,646
1,480
1,520
1,490
1,616
-15%
-7%
-10%
+3%
-22%
+8%
RI
110
109
84
69
80
83
87
-1%
-23%
-18%
+16%
-21%
+5%
SC
820
951
979
881
1,065
1,046
1,093
+16%
+3%
-10%
+21%
+33%
+4%
SD
195
130
153
158
173
197
186
-33%
+18%
+3%
+9%
-5%
-6%
TN
1,126
1,101
1,177
1,259
1,307
1,339
1,270
-2%
+7%
+7%
+4%
+13%
-5%
TX
3,372
3,678
3,250
3,183
3,779
3,699
3,504
+9%
-12%
-2%
+19%
+4%
-5%
UT
272
303
272
325
373
296
282
+11%
-10%
+19%
+15%
+4%
-5%
VT
143
115
90
106
76
98
73
-20%
-22%
+18%
-28%
-49%
-26%
VA
993
976
1,079
900
929
922
947
-2%
+11%
-17%
+3%
-5%
+3%
WA
758
744
825
653
631
567
647
-2%
+11%
-21%
-3%
-15%
+14%
WV
461
420
481
376
411
410
374
-9%
+15%
-22%
+9%
-19%
-9%
WI
930
744
769
745
799
792
815
-20%
+3%
-3%
+7%
-12%
+3%
WY
210
152
125
170
152
164
170
-28%
-18%
+36%
-11%
-19%
+4%
USA
44,525
43,825
44,599
41,817
41,945
42,836
43,443
-2%
+2%
-6%
+0%
-2%
+1%
PR
496
600
473
595
568
495
453
+21%
-21%
+26%
-5%
-9%
-8%
Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

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