List of U.S. states by road deaths

Road deaths per billion vehicle miles (2021)

This is a list of U.S. states by road deaths. Data are for the year 2021. Death data are from NHTSA,[1] mileage figures are from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics[2] and population data are from the US Census.[3]

Per billion vehicle miles, South Carolina had the highest death rate while Massachusetts had the lowest. Mississippi had the most deaths per capita while Rhode Island had the lowest.[4]

One third of fatal accidents involve alcohol.[5] Deaths from speeding exceeded 12,000, half of which involved drivers not wearing a seatbelt, and a third of which involved male drivers aged 15 to 20.[6] Most deaths were occupants of cars, but 17% were pedestrians, 14% were motorcyclists and 2% were cyclists.[5]

Location Road
deaths		 Deaths
/ bil.
miles		 Deaths
/ 100k
people		 Deaths
/ 100k
drivers
 United States 42,939 13.7 12.9 18.4
 South Carolina 1,198 20.8 23.1 30.0
 Mississippi 772 18.9 26.2 38.0
 Arkansas 693 18.0 22.9 30.0
 New Mexico 481 17.9 22.7 32.6
 Louisiana 972 17.8 21.0 28.3
 Montana 239 17.7 21.6 27.9
 West Virginia 280 17.4 15.7 24.6
 Florida 3,738 17.2 17.1 23.2
 Oklahoma 762 17.0 19.1 29.3
 Kentucky 806 16.8 17.9 27.0
 Oregon 599 16.3 14.1 19.8
 Tennessee 1,327 16.1 19.1 26.5
 Arizona 1,180 16.0 16.2 20.4
 Texas 4,498 15.8 15.2 24.6
 Georgia 1,797 14.9 16.7 23.4
 South Dakota 148 14.8 16.5 22.1
 Nevada 385 14.2 12.2 17.9
 North Carolina 1,663 14.1 15.7 21.4
 Idaho 271 14.0 14.2 20.2
 California 4,285 13.8 10.9 15.8
 Illinois 1,334 13.7 10.5 15.9
 Delaware 136 13.4 13.5 16.0
 Kansas 424 13.4 14.4 20.3
 Colorado 691 12.8 11.9 15.7
 Missouri 1,016 12.7 16.5 23.8
 District of Columbia 41 12.6 6.1 8.0
 Alabama 983 12.4 19.5 24.2
 Virginia 973 12.1 11.2 16.5
 Ohio 1,354 12.0 11.5 16.3
 Pennsylvania 1,230 12.0 9.5 13.5
 Indiana 932 11.9 13.7 20.1
 Michigan 1,136 11.7 11.3 14.2
 Alaska 67 11.6 9.1 12.9
 Washington 670 11.6 8.7 11.4
 Vermont 74 11.2 11.4 15.8
 North Dakota 101 10.9 13.0 18.4
 New York 1,157 10.8 5.8 9.7
 Iowa 356 10.8 11.1 15.2
 Maine 153 10.5 11.1 14.5
 Nebraska 221 10.4 11.3 15.4
 Connecticut 298 10.3 8.3 11.4
 Wyoming 110 9.9 19.0 25.6
 Maryland 561 9.9 9.1 12.6
 Utah 328 9.8 9.8 14.9
 Wisconsin 620 9.5 10.5 14.3
 New Jersey 699 9.5 7.5 10.8
 Hawaii 94 9.4 6.5 10.2
 New Hampshire 118 9.0 8.5 10.0
 Minnesota 488 8.5 8.5 11.8
 Rhode Island 63 8.4 5.7 8.3
 Massachusetts 417 7.1 6.0 8.5
  1. ^ "Crashes and All Victims". dot.gov. Retrieved 6 Feb 2024.
  2. ^ "State Highway Travel". bts.gov. Retrieved 6 Feb 2024.
  3. ^ "State Population Totals and Components of Change: 2020-2023". census.gov. 18 Dec 2023. Retrieved 6 Feb 2024.
  4. ^ "nsc.org". nsc.org. Retrieved 6 Feb 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Fatality Facts 2021 State by state". iihs.org. May 2023. Retrieved 6 Feb 2024.
  6. ^ "Speeding". nhtsa.gov. Retrieved 6 Feb 2024.