Table 14: Large Trucks 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 		149	148	127	124	-17%		-16%		-2%						
Alaska 			1	5	5	5	400%		0%		0%						
Arizona 		98	102	95	99	1%		-3%		4%						
Arkansas 		105	101	110	77	-27%		-24%		-30%						
California 		365	333	394	304	-17%		-9%		-23%						
Colorado 		52	61	77	58	12%		-5%		-25%						
Connecticut 		29	24	25	26	-10%		8%		4%						
Delaware 		18	15	6	7	-61%		-53%		17%						
Dist of Columbia 	1	0	2	2	100%		n/a		0%						
Florida 		313	343	287	269	-14%		-22%		-6%						
Georgia 		197	208	212	179	-9%		-14%		-16%						
Hawaii 			4	4	3	6	50%		50%		100%						
Idaho 			23	38	26	32	39%		-16%		23%						
Illinois 		186	178	148	136	-27%		-24%		-8%						
Indiana 		180	166	143	128	-29%		-23%		-10%						
Iowa 			81	62	70	69	-15%		11%		-1%						
Kansas 			78	73	74	57	-27%		-22%		-23%						
Kentucky 		99	117	103	98	-1%		-16%		-5%						
Louisiana 		142	117	115	104	-27%		-11%		-10%						
Maine 			21	14	20	21	0%		50%		5%						
Maryland 		66	63	63	50	-24%		-21%		-21%						
Massachusetts 		38	34	27	20	-47%		-41%		-26%						
Michigan 		146	110	115	90	-38%		-18%		-22%						
Minnesota 		79	62	74	62	-22%		0%		-16%						
Mississippi 		108	67	70	70	-35%		4%		0%						
Missouri 		155	153	138	117	-25%		-24%		-15%						
Montana 		18	21	29	27	50%		29%		-7%						
Nebraska 		40	52	44	41	3%		-21%		-7%						
Nevada 			34	36	25	21	-38%		-42%		-16%						
New Hampshire	 	10	13	10	12	20%		-8%		20%						
New Jersey 		71	85	70	48	-32%		-44%		-31%						
New Mexico 		44	39	60	43	-2%		10%		-28%						
New York 		130	147	145	112	-14%		-24%		-23%						
North Carolina	 	232	160	151	143	-38%		-11%		-5%						
North Dakota	 	8	14	13	21	163%		50%		62%						
Ohio 			187	147	124	133	-29%		-10%		7%						
Oklahoma 		105	104	96	108	3%		4%		13%						
Oregon 			67	52	52	39	-42%		-25%		-25%						
Pennsylvania	 	178	213	214	195	10%		-8%		-9%						
Rhode Island 		3	6	6	2	-33%		-67%		-67%						
South Carolina	 	118	96	81	81	-31%		-16%		0%						
South Dakota 		14	14	14	13	-7%		-7%		-7%						
Tennessee 		133	113	147	92	-31%		-19%		-37%						
Texas 			425	448	465	421	-1%		-6%		-9%						
Utah 			49	18	36	32	-35%		78%		-11%						
Vermont 		10	12	4	6	-40%		-50%		50%						
Virginia 		115	122	103	71	-38%		-42%		-31%						
Washington 		70	39	71	54	-23%		38%		-24%						
West Virginia	 	40	55	45	46	15%		-16%		2%						
Wisconsin	 	90	89	78	67	-26%		-25%		-14%						
Wyoming 		30	28	21	28	-7%		0%		33%						
US Total		4,955	4,721	4,633	4,066	-18%		-14%		-12%						
													
													
Notes: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.													
Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)													
Analysis Division, FMCSA							Dec. 23, 2009