Persons Killed, Licensed Drivers, Registered Vehicles, Population,

Persons Killed, Licensed Drivers, Registered Vehicles, Population, and Fatality Rates by State, number of Vehicles, number of Drivers - 1996

State	Drivers Thousands	Fatalities per 100,000 Drivers	Vehicles Thousands	Fatalities per 100,000 Vehicles	Population Thousands	Fatalities Per 100,000 Population	1996 Total Killed
Alabama	3,138	36.52	3,324	34.48	4,287	26.73	1,146
Alaska	440	18.41	531	15.25	605	13.39	81
Arizona	2,727	36.45	2,983	33.32	4,434	22.42	994
Arkansas	1,752	35.1	1,633	37.66	2,506	24.54	615
California	20,249	19.7	25,214	15.82	31,858	12.52	3,989
Colorado	2,757	22.38	3,433	17.97	3,816	16.17	617
Connecticut	2,344	13.23	2,609	11.88	3,267	9.49	310
Delaware	529	21.93	593	19.56	723	16.04	116
D.C.	333	18.62	237	26.16	539	11.5	62
Florida	11,400	24.15	10,889	25.28	14,419	19.09	2,753
Georgia	4,966	31.68	6,283	25.04	7,334	21.45	1,573
Hawaii	733	20.19	786	18.83	1,183	12.51	148
Idaho	820	31.46	1,061	24.32	1,188	21.72	258
Illinois	7,610	19.41	8,817	16.75	11,845	12.47	1,477
Indiana	3,704	26.57	5,216	18.87	5,828	16.88	984
Iowa	1,956	23.77	2,869	16.21	2,848	16.33	465
Kansas	1,788	27.4	2,110	23.22	2,579	19	490
Kentucky	2,567	32.8	2,696	31.23	3,882	21.69	842
Louisiana	2,624	34.38	3,318	27.19	4,341	20.78	902
Maine	874	19.34	959	17.62	1,239	13.64	169
Maryland	3,377	18	3,635	16.73	5,060	12.02	608
Massachusetts	4,355	9.58	4,702	8.87	6,085	6.85	417
Michigan	6,717	22.41	8,010	18.79	9,731	15.47	1,505
Minnesota	2,830	20.35	3,861	14.92	4,649	12.39	576
Mississippi	1,700	47.71	2,182	37.17	2,711	29.92	811
Missouri	3,749	30.62	4,350	26.39	5,364	21.4	1,148
Montana	574	34.84	973	20.55	877	22.81	200
Nebraska	1,160	25.26	1,479	19.81	1,649	17.77	293
Nevada	1,117	31.15	1,096	31.75	1,601	21.74	348
New Hampshire	915	14.64	1,112	12.05	1,160	11.55	134
NewJersey	5,486	14.84	5,822	13.98	8,002	10.17	814
New Mexico	1,179	41.14	1,545	31.39	1,711	28.35	485
New York	10,484	15.19	10,636	14.98	18,134	8.78	1,593
North Carolina	5,187	28.8	5,759	25.94	7,309	20.44	1,494
North Dakota	449	18.93	679	12.52	643	13.22	85
Ohio	7,853	17.71	9,770	14.24	11,163	12.46	1,391
Oklahoma	2,396	32.22	3,082	25.05	3,295	23.43	772
Oregon	2,613	20.13	2,851	18.45	3,196	16.46	526
Pennsylvania	8,221	17.87	8,640	17	12,040	12.2	1,469
Rhode Island	669	10.31	696	9.91	988	6.98	69
South Carolina	2,575	36.12	2,791	33.32	3,717	25.02	930
South Dakota	519	33.72	751	23.3	738	23.71	175
Tennessee	3,806	32.55	4,830	25.65	5,307	23.35	1,239
Texas	12,568	29.77	13,487	27.75	19,091	19.6	3,742
Utah	1,319	24.34	1,445	22.21	2,018	15.91	321
Vermont	469	18.76	503	17.5	586	15.02	88
Virginia	4,692	18.69	5,576	15.73	6,666	13.16	877
Washington	3,908	18.22	4,603	15.47	5,520	12.9	712
West Virginia	1,274	27.32	1,406	24.75	1,820	19.12	348
Wisconsin	3,724	20.44	3,972	19.16	5,146	14.79	761
Wyoming	343	41.69	562	25.44	480	29.79	143
USA	179,539	23.43	201,631	20.86	265,179	15.86	42,065

Note: 1997 data for state licensed drivers and registered vehicles not available at time of publicaion.
Source The Department of Transportation
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Source: Population Bureau of the Census. Totals may not equal sum of components due to rounding.
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