Table 2-1:  Highway Traffic Fatalities and Fatality Rates,,,,,,,,,,
State,2003 traffic fatalities,2002 traffic fatalities,Licensed drivers 2002 (thousands),Registered vehicles 2002 (thousands),Vehicle-miles traveled 2002            (millions),2002 fatality rate per,,,,
,,,,,,"100,000 licensed drivers","100,000 registered vehicles",100 million vehicle-miles traveled,,
Alabama,"1,001","1,038","3,578","4,490","57,515",29.0,23.1, 1.8 ,,
Alaska,95,89,480,639,"4,896",18.5,13.9, 1.8 ,,
Arizona,"1,120","1,132","3,668","4,159","51,334",30.9,27.2, 2.2 ,,
Arkansas,627,640,"1,965","1,907","30,080",32.6,33.6, 2.1 ,,
California,"4,215","4,088","22,395","30,154","320,942",18.3,13.6, 1.3 ,,
Colorado,632,743,"3,166","2,152","43,545",23.5,34.5, 1.7 ,,
Connecticut,294,325,"2,672","2,977","31,205",12.2,10.9, 1.0 ,,
Delaware,142,124,573,688,"8,875",21.6,18.0, 1.4 ,,
District of Columbia,67,47,309,239,"3,547",15.2,19.7, 1.3 ,,
Florida,"3,169","3,136","12,744","14,309","178,367",24.6,21.9, 1.8 ,,
Georgia,"1,603","1,524","6,013","7,757","108,321",25.3,19.6, 1.4 ,,
Hawaii,135,119,815,913,"8,886",14.6,13.0, 1.3 ,,
Idaho,293,264,907,"1,429","14,167",29.1,18.5, 1.9 ,,
Illinois,"1,453","1,420","8,033","9,809","105,401",17.7,14.5, 1.3 
Indiana,834,792,"4,221","5,800","72,523",18.8,13.7, 1.1 
Iowa,441,405,"1,993","3,451","30,847",20.3,11.7, 1.3 
Kansas,471,507,"1,935","2,390","28,443",26.2,21.2, 1.8 
Kentucky,928,915,"2,773","3,649","46,841",33.0,25.1, 2.0 
Louisiana,894,907,"3,168","3,714","43,295",28.6,24.4, 2.1 
Maine,207,216,949,999,"14,727",22.8,21.6, 1.5 
Maryland,649,661,"3,523","3,941","53,702",18.8,16.8, 1.2 
Massachusetts,462,459,"4,686","5,537","53,266",9.8,8.3, 0.9 
Michigan,"1,283","1,277","7,025","8,738","100,144",18.2,14.6, 1.3 
Minnesota,657,657,"2,997","4,679","54,562",21.9,14.0, 1.2 
Mississippi,871,885,"1,861","1,982","36,429",47.6,44.7, 2.4 
Missouri,"1,232","1,208","3,931","4,299","68,163",30.7,28.1, 1.8 
Montana,262,269,695,"1,086","10,395",38.7,24.8, 2.6 
Nebraska,293,307,"1,275","1,681","18,719",24.1,18.3, 1.6 
Nevada,368,381,"1,461","1,289","17,966",26.1,29.6, 2.1 
New Hampshire,127,127,955,"1,201","12,578",13.3,10.6, 1.0 
New Jersey,747,771,"5,712","6,822","69,942",13.5,11.3, 1.1 
New Mexico,439,449,"1,244","1,573","22,789",36.1,28.5, 2.0 
New York,"1,491","1,530","10,914","10,598","133,057",14.0,14.4, 1.1 
North Carolina,"1,531","1,576","5,943","6,241","92,894",26.5,25.3, 1.7 
North Dakota,105,97,461,716,"7,336",21.0,13.5, 1.3 
Ohio,"1,277","1,418","7,708","10,741","107,861",18.4,13.2, 1.3 
Oklahoma,668,739,"2,324","3,138","45,731",31.8,23.6, 1.6 
Oregon,512,436,"2,564","3,144","34,578",17.0,13.9, 1.3 
Pennsylvania,"1,577","1,614","8,324","9,775","104,476",19.4,16.5, 1.5 
Rhode Island,104,84,721,799,"8,142",11.7,10.5, 1.0 
South Carolina,968,"1,053","2,919","3,265","47,290",36.1,32.3, 2.2 
South Dakota,203,180,546,848,"8,499",33.0,21.2, 2.1 
Tennessee,"1,193","1,177","4,206","4,861","68,229",28.0,24.2, 1.7 
Texas,"3,675","3,823","13,185","14,899","221,026",29.0,25.7, 1.7 
Utah,309,328,"1,530","1,889","24,564",21.4,17.4, 1.3 
Vermont,69,78,529,564,"9,677",14.7,13.8, 0.8 
Virginia,943,914,"5,158","6,343","77,450",17.7,14.4, 1.2 
Washington,600,658,"4,381","5,471","54,776",15.0,12.0, 1.2 
West Virginia,394,439,"1,325","1,494","20,005",33.1,29.4, 2.2 
Wisconsin,848,803,"3,530","4,762","58,746",22.7,16.9, 1.4 
Wyoming,165,176,303,628,"9,007",58.1,28.0, 2.0 
"United States, total","42,643","43,005","194,296","225,685","2,855,756",22.1,19.1, 1.5 
NOTE:  The number shown for registered vehicles for the United States is approximately 4 percent lower than the sum of the registered vehicle numbers shown for the individual states due to differing data sources.,,,,,,,,
"SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2002, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/TSF2002Final.pdf as of Oct. 27, 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Traffic Safety Facts 2003 Early Edition, Washington, DC: 2004, available at http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/pdf/nrd-30/NCSA/TSFAnn/ TSF2003EarlyEdition.pdf as of Oct. 27, 2004; U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics 2002, Washington, DC: 2003, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policy/ohim/hs02/vm2.htm as of Oct. 27, 2004.",,,,,,,,

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