Table 17: All Motor Vehicles Involved in Fatal Crashes by State: Percent Change										
					Percent Change From					
State			1998	2003	2007	2008	1998 to 2008	2003 to 2008	2007 to 2008			
Alabama 		1,465	1,390	1,475	1,290	-12%		-7%		-13%			
Alaska 			86	125	117	91	6%		-27%		-22%			
Arizona 		1,291	1,508	1,460	1,262	-2%		-16%		-14%			
Arkansas 		836	825	859	784	-6%		-5%		-9%			
California 		4,762	5,744	5,585	4,778	0%		-17%		-14%			
Colorado 		848	880	792	719	-15%		-18%		-9%			
Connecticut 		455	405	412	360	-21%		-11%		-13%			
Delaware 		170	234	159	153	-10%		-35%		-4%			
Dist of Columbia 	81	97	48	44	-46%		-55%		-8%			
Florida 		4,114	4,432	4,580	4,237	3%		-4%		-7%			
Georgia 		2,190	2,277	2,303	2,073	-5%		-9%		-10%			
Hawaii 			178	167	172	141	-21%		-16%		-18%			
Idaho 			325	357	292	305	-6%		-15%		4%			
Illinois 		1,945	2,012	1,714	1,446	-26%		-28%		-16%
Indiana 		1,383	1,245	1,244	1,126	-19%		-10%		-9%
Iowa 			649	566	579	572	-12%		1%		-1%
Kansas 			666	651	628	498	-25%		-24%		-21%
Kentucky 		1,192	1,290	1,188	1,106	-7%		-14%		-7%
Louisiana 		1,270	1,254	1,309	1,172	-8%		-7%		-10%
Maine 			253	285	236	204	-19%		-28%		-14%
Maryland 		877	1,001	849	820	-6%		-18%		-3%
Massachusetts 		561	619	574	447	-20%		-28%		-22%
Michigan 		2,019	1,887	1,547	1,421	-30%		-25%		-8%
Minnesota 		893	878	797	648	-27%		-26%		-19%
Mississippi 		1,251	1,121	1,117	985	-21%		-12%		-12%
Missouri 		1,573	1,663	1,335	1,258	-20%		-24%		-6%
Montana 		277	322	329	286	3%		-11%		-13%
Nebraska 		402	398	359	285	-29%		-28%		-21%
Nevada 			487	498	517	446	-8%		-10%		-14%
New Hampshire 		171	168	181	195	14%		16%		8%
New Jersey 		1,030	1,045	1,010	817	-21%		-22%		-19%
New Mexico 		508	502	500	446	-12%		-11%		-11%
New York 		2,063	1,991	1,868	1,710	-17%		-14%		-8%
North Carolina 		2,211	2,181	2,232	1,896	-14%		-13%		-15%
North Dakota 		109	138	124	137	26%		-1%		10%
Ohio 			1,983	1,872	1,746	1,654	-17%		-12%		-5%
Oklahoma 		988	935	1,007	1,013	3%		8%		1%
Oregon 			715	626	586	523	-27%		-16%		-11%
Pennsylvania 		2,052	2,233	2,172	2,037	-1%		-9%		-6%
Rhode Island 		98	143	79	82	-16%		-43%		4%
South Carolina	 	1,353	1,346	1,418	1,166	-14%		-13%		-18%
South Dakota 		215	227	177	148	-31%		-35%		-16%
Tennessee 		1,711	1,623	1,653	1,388	-19%		-14%		-16%
Texas 			4,908	5,255	4,762	4,640	-5%		-12%		-3%
Utah 			443	377	374	350	-21%		-7%		-6%
Vermont 		124	98	86	102	-18%		4%		19%
Virginia 		1,227	1,311	1,352	1,099	-10%		-16%		-19%
Washington 		908	798	791	711	-22%		-11%		-10%
West Virginia 		468	544	548	482	3%		-11%		-12%
Wisconsin 		965	1,136	1,010	857	-11%		-25%		-15%
Wyoming 		173	197	178	188	9%		-5%		6%
US Total		56,922	58,877	56,430	50,598	-11%		-14%		-10%

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