Table 18: Fatalities in All Motor Vehicle Crashes by State: Percent Change										
					Percent Change From					
State			1998	2003	2007	2008	1998 to 2008	2003 to 2008	2007 to 2008			
Alabama 		1,071	1,004	1,110	966	-10%		-4%		-13%			
Alaska 			70	98	82	62	-11%		-37%		-24%			
Arizona 		980	1,118	1,071	937	-4%		-16%		-13%			
Arkansas 		625	640	649	600	-4%		-6%		-8%			
California 		3,494	4,224	3,995	3,434	-2%		-19%		-14%			
Colorado 		628	642	554	548	-13%		-15%		-1%			
Connecticut 		329	298	296	264	-20%		-11%		-11%			
Delaware 		115	142	117	121	5%		-15%		3%			
Dist of Columbia 	54	67	44	34	-37%		-49%		-23%			
Florida 		2,825	3,169	3,213	2,978	5%		-6%		-7%			
Georgia 		1,568	1,603	1,641	1,493	-5%		-7%		-9%			
Hawaii 			120	133	138	107	-11%		-20%		-22%			
Idaho 			265	293	252	232	-12%		-21%		-8%			
Illinois 		1,393	1,454	1,248	1,043	-25%		-28%		-16%
Indiana 		982	833	898	814	-17%		-2%		-9%
Iowa 			449	443	446	412	-8%		-7%		-8%
Kansas 			492	469	416	385	-22%		-18%		-7%
Kentucky 		858	928	864	826	-4%		-11%		-4%
Louisiana 		926	940	993	912	-2%		-3%		-8%
Maine 			192	207	183	155	-19%		-25%		-15%
Maryland 		606	650	614	591	-2%		-9%		-4%
Massachusetts 		406	462	434	363	-11%		-21%		-16%
Michigan 		1,366	1,283	1,087	980	-28%		-24%		-10%
Minnesota 		650	655	510	456	-30%		-30%		-11%
Mississippi 		948	872	884	783	-17%		-10%		-11%
Missouri 		1,169	1,232	992	960	-18%		-22%		-3%
Montana 		237	262	277	229	-3%		-13%		-17%
Nebraska 		315	293	256	208	-34%		-29%		-19%
Nevada 			361	368	373	324	-10%		-12%		-13%
New Hampshire 		128	127	129	139	9%		9%		8%
New Jersey 		741	733	724	590	-20%		-20%		-19%
New Mexico 		424	439	413	366	-14%		-17%		-11%
New York 		1,514	1,493	1,332	1,231	-19%		-18%		-8%
North Carolina 		1,596	1,553	1,676	1,433	-10%		-8%		-14%
North Dakota 		92	105	111	104	13%		-1%		-6%
Ohio 			1,422	1,274	1,255	1,190	-16%		-7%		-5%
Oklahoma 		755	671	766	749	-1%		12%		-2%
Oregon 			538	512	455	416	-23%		-19%		-9%
Pennsylvania 		1,481	1,577	1,491	1,468	-1%		-7%		-2%
Rhode Island 		74	104	69	65	-12%		-38%		-6%
South Carolina 		1,002	969	1,077	920	-8%		-5%		-15%
South Dakota 		165	203	146	119	-28%		-41%		-18%
Tennessee 		1,216	1,193	1,211	1,035	-15%		-13%		-15%
Texas 			3,586	3,821	3,466	3,382	-6%		-11%		-2%
Utah 			350	309	299	275	-21%		-11%		-8%
Vermont 		104	69	66	73	-30%		6%		11%
Virginia 		935	943	1,027	824	-12%		-13%		-20%
Washington 		662	600	571	521	-21%		-13%		-9%
West Virginia 		354	394	432	380	7%		-4%		-12%
Wisconsin 		714	848	756	605	-15%		-29%		-20%
Wyoming 		154	165	150	159	3%		-4%		6%
US Total		41,501	42,884	41,259	37,261	-10%		-13%		-10%

							
Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)							
Analysis Division, FMCSA							Dec. 23, 2009