Table 7: Fatal Crashes Involving All Buses by State: 1996 - 2008 State 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Alabama 2 3 6 2 3 4 1 2 4 0 7 6 2 Alaska 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 Arizona 5 4 3 4 7 4 7 6 8 8 5 8 9 Arkansas 2 6 3 3 2 6 3 1 3 3 0 2 2 California 33 36 33 43 36 35 32 37 32 29 44 36 31 Colorado 3 4 8 5 6 6 6 9 4 3 3 2 2 Connecticut 3 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 5 4 2 3 Delaware 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 3 2 2 2 Dist of Columbia 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 2 Florida 27 22 23 27 34 22 19 18 26 30 33 28 30 Georgia 10 8 14 8 11 8 9 13 11 5 10 11 9 Hawaii 3 2 3 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 5 3 0 Idaho 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 Illinois 11 14 13 12 11 12 7 7 5 13 6 8 12 Indiana 2 6 4 6 4 4 1 3 3 6 5 8 3 Iowa 2 4 2 2 5 3 3 3 4 5 0 3 2 Kansas 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 Kentucky 5 7 6 1 3 2 4 5 4 2 3 4 4 Louisiana 6 4 4 5 2 7 3 5 3 6 6 4 2 Maine 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 Maryland 7 10 9 8 5 5 5 8 9 6 7 5 4 Massachusetts 4 4 3 1 2 3 3 3 3 0 2 1 1 Michigan 10 9 8 9 16 8 11 6 10 8 9 7 9 Minnesota 9 5 4 4 7 5 4 5 4 9 4 11 4 Mississippi 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 Missouri 7 8 3 7 7 6 6 7 7 5 7 5 4 Montana 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 Nebraska 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 1 2 0 Nevada 4 4 4 4 6 4 6 6 2 3 3 5 2 New Hampshire 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 New Jersey 15 7 17 15 11 10 13 10 11 14 12 9 6 New Mexico 4 3 3 5 4 2 5 2 3 2 0 2 1 New York 34 24 22 31 27 36 24 26 22 20 34 23 11 North Carolina 10 6 5 4 7 2 6 8 8 7 2 9 10 North Dakota 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 Ohio 13 11 10 12 9 6 9 11 6 9 13 9 12 Oklahoma 2 4 1 2 7 4 4 5 3 3 1 0 4 Oregon 1 4 2 5 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 1 3 Pennsylvania 12 13 12 16 16 11 14 23 13 15 21 14 9 Rhode Island 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 South Carolina 4 3 3 6 3 7 5 0 5 6 6 1 4 South Dakota 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Tennessee 5 2 7 3 7 5 3 4 7 3 7 5 5 Texas 21 25 21 18 25 14 22 14 18 14 12 7 16 Utah 4 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 0 1 2 Vermont 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 Virginia 7 8 5 7 3 5 6 4 8 11 3 6 7 Washington 11 4 3 10 4 9 3 6 2 6 4 7 4 West Virginia 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 2 Wisconsin 8 6 8 4 6 6 5 3 6 5 4 6 2 Wyoming 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 US Total 324 295 288 313 323 289 274 288 276 278 303 280 247 Notes: a bus is a motor vehicle designed to tranport at least 9 people, including a driver. Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Analysis Division, FMCSA Dec. 23, 2009