Table 16: Fatal Crashes Involving All Motor Vehicles by State: Percent Change										
					Percent Change From					
State			1998	2003	2007	2008	1998 to 2008	2003 to 2008	2007 to 2008			
Alabama 		958	902	1,010	888	-7%		-2%		-12%			
Alaska 			63	87	75	55	-13%		-37%		-27%			
Arizona 		858	973	952	842	-2%		-13%		-12%			
Arkansas	 	545	563	583	552	1%		-2%		-5%			
California	 	3,112	3,731	3,591	3,145	1%		-16%		-12%			
Colorado 		551	570	508	473	-14%		-17%		-7%			
Connecticut 		306	277	269	243	-21%		-12%		-10%			
Delaware 		106	133	105	105	-1%		-21%		0%			
Dist of Columbia 	50	63	36	32	-36%		-49%		-11%			
Florida 		2,548	2,874	2,943	2,760	8%		-4%		-6%			
Georgia 		1,414	1,463	1,492	1,368	-3%		-6%		-8%			
Hawaii 			113	115	125	102	-10%		-11%		-18%			
Idaho 			224	261	218	212	-5%		-19%		-3%			
Illinois 		1,241	1,308	1,126	950	-23%		-27%		-16%
Indiana 		884	753	804	721	-18%		-4%		-10%
Iowa 			386	383	393	368	-5%		-4%		-6%
Kansas 			440	419	379	348	-21%		-17%		-8%
Kentucky 		766	845	803	752	-2%		-11%		-6%
Louisiana 		807	826	900	817	1%		-1%		-9%
Maine 			176	186	170	144	-18%		-23%		-15%
Maryland 		549	594	558	538	-2%		-9%		-4%
Massachusetts 		377	434	408	337	-11%		-22%		-17%
Michigan 		1,234	1,172	990	915	-26%		-22%		-8%
Minnesota 		575	583	463	421	-27%		-28%		-9%
Mississippi 		842	786	804	711	-16%		-10%		-12%
Missouri 		1,017	1,095	900	845	-17%		-23%		-6%
Montana 		208	239	250	208	0%		-13%		-17%
Nebraska 		271	257	230	188	-31%		-27%		-18%
Nevada 			315	335	341	304	-3%		-9%		-11%
New Hampshire 		115	116	122	128	11%		10%		5%
New Jersey 		671	664	674	555	-17%		-16%		-18%
New Mexico 		374	367	371	324	-13%		-12%		-13%
New York 		1,404	1,368	1,237	1,167	-17%		-15%		-6%
North Carolina 		1,433	1,396	1,515	1,324	-8%		-5%		-13%
North Dakota 		79	95	95	97	23%		2%		2%
Ohio 			1,289	1,165	1,161	1,098	-15%		-6%		-5%
Oklahoma 		647	595	649	670	4%		13%		3%
Oregon		 	485	429	411	369	-24%		-14%		-10%
Pennsylvania 		1,354	1,433	1,393	1,358	0%		-5%		-3%
Rhode Island 		70	96	64	63	-10%		-34%		-2%
South Carolina 		912	905	985	840	-8%		-7%		-15%
South Dakota 		149	173	130	107	-28%		-38%		-18%
Tennessee 		1,110	1,091	1,111	950	-14%		-13%		-14%
Texas 			3,168	3,368	3,100	3,031	-4%		-10%		-2%
Utah 			308	262	258	244	-21%		-7%		-5%
Vermont 		88	63	62	66	-25%		5%		6%
Virginia 		834	861	941	763	-9%		-11%		-19%
Washington 		590	539	531	481	-18%		-11%		-9%
West Virginia 		330	362	387	338	2%		-7%		-13%
Wisconsin 		632	761	675	561	-11%		-26%		-17%
Wyoming 		129	141	137	139	8%		-1%		1%
US Total		37,107	38,477	37,435	34,017	-8%		-12%		-9%

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