Traffic Deaths by State, 2024
39,254 people died in motor vehicle crashes on U.S. roads in 2024. Where they died depends on how much people drive, what they drive, and what kind of road they drive it on.
- Crash deaths nationwide in 2024
- 39,254
- Deaths per 100,000 residents
- 11.5
- Deaths per 100 million vehicle miles
- 1.19
- Pedestrians killed, the largest group outside a vehicle
- 7,080
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| Alabama | 962 | 18.7 | 1.32 | 128 | 13.3% | 127 | 72,904 |
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| Alaska | 70 | 9.5 | 1.27 | 15 | 21.4% | 10 | 5,503 |
| Arizona | 1,229 | 16.2 | 1.74 | 250 | 20.3% | 219 | 70,451 |
| Arkansas | 603 | 19.5 | 1.53 | 69 | 11.4% | 76 | 39,372 |
| California | 3,876 | 9.8 | 1.19 | 1,090 | 28.1% | 522 | 325,959 |
| Colorado | 689 | 11.6 | 1.25 | 112 | 16.3% | 165 | 55,068 |
| Connecticut | 310 | 8.4 | 1.00 | 61 | 19.7% | 75 | 30,947 |
| Delaware | 126 | 12.0 | 1.27 | 28 | 22.2% | 22 | 9,937 |
| District of Columbia | 47 | 6.7 | 1.33 | 18 | 38.3% | 9 | 3,539 |
| Florida | 3,138 | 13.4 | 1.26 | 668 | 21.3% | 642 | 249,474 |
| Georgia | 1,403 | 12.5 | 1.15 | 286 | 20.4% | 182 | 122,216 |
| Hawaii | 102 | 7.1 | 0.96 | 35 | 34.3% | 26 | 10,647 |
| Idaho | 238 | 11.9 | 1.19 | 14 | 5.9% | 47 | 20,046 |
| Illinois | 1,177 | 9.3 | 1.13 | 213 | 18.1% | 149 | 104,290 |
| Indiana | 832 | 12.0 | 0.94 | 104 | 12.5% | 137 | 88,231 |
| Iowa | 356 | 11.0 | 1.05 | 30 | 8.4% | 63 | 33,817 |
| Kansas | 339 | 11.4 | 1.07 | 34 | 10.0% | 56 | 31,670 |
| Kentucky | 707 | 15.4 | 1.44 | 95 | 13.4% | 118 | 49,168 |
| Louisiana | 752 | 16.4 | 1.36 | 159 | 21.1% | 70 | 55,109 |
| Maine | 177 | 12.6 | 1.17 | 13 | 7.3% | 35 | 15,161 |
| Maryland | 578 | 9.2 | 1.01 | 152 | 26.3% | 95 | 57,049 |
| Massachusetts | 363 | 5.1 | 0.59 | 76 | 20.9% | 70 | 62,013 |
| Michigan | 1,098 | 10.8 | 1.10 | 150 | 13.7% | 184 | 99,661 |
| Minnesota | 477 | 8.2 | 0.81 | 57 | 11.9% | 76 | 59,181 |
| Mississippi | 753 | 25.6 | 1.81 | 104 | 13.8% | 55 | 41,554 |
| Missouri | 955 | 15.3 | 1.17 | 137 | 14.3% | 145 | 81,807 |
| Montana | 206 | 18.1 | 1.49 | 10 | 4.9% | 38 | 13,865 |
| Nebraska | 251 | 12.5 | 1.15 | 19 | 7.6% | 32 | 21,900 |
| Nevada | 417 | 12.8 | 1.47 | 108 | 25.9% | 89 | 28,433 |
| New Hampshire | 133 | 9.4 | 0.96 | 10 | 7.5% | 35 | 13,854 |
| New Jersey | 670 | 7.1 | 0.84 | 210 | 31.3% | 112 | 79,460 |
| New Mexico | 409 | 19.2 | 1.43 | 90 | 22.0% | 50 | 28,645 |
| New York | 1,101 | 5.5 | 0.91 | 289 | 26.2% | 209 | 120,869 |
| North Carolina | 1,619 | 14.7 | 1.24 | 264 | 16.3% | 212 | 131,008 |
| North Dakota | 90 | 11.3 | 0.90 | 5 | 5.6% | 17 | 10,030 |
| Ohio | 1,157 | 9.7 | 1.00 | 122 | 10.5% | 222 | 116,036 |
| Oklahoma | 645 | 15.7 | 1.39 | 77 | 11.9% | 106 | 46,456 |
| Oregon | 538 | 12.6 | 1.44 | 96 | 17.8% | 85 | 37,399 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,127 | 8.6 | 1.18 | 173 | 15.4% | 217 | 95,194 |
| Rhode Island | 52 | 4.7 | 0.68 | 13 | 25.0% | 8 | 7,656 |
| South Carolina | 1,038 | 18.9 | 1.67 | 156 | 15.0% | 154 | 62,042 |
| South Dakota | 146 | 15.8 | 1.40 | 9 | 6.2% | 33 | 10,450 |
| Tennessee | 1,197 | 16.6 | 1.52 | 158 | 13.2% | 188 | 78,904 |
| Texas | 4,160 | 13.3 | 1.35 | 763 | 18.3% | 583 | 308,461 |
| Utah | 277 | 7.9 | 0.77 | 42 | 15.2% | 53 | 36,160 |
| Vermont | 59 | 9.1 | 0.82 | 6 | 10.2% | 7 | 7,208 |
| Virginia | 917 | 10.4 | 1.04 | 123 | 13.4% | 122 | 88,511 |
| Washington | 730 | 9.2 | 1.21 | 152 | 20.8% | 113 | 60,555 |
| West Virginia | 256 | 14.5 | 1.49 | 25 | 9.8% | 38 | 17,214 |
| Wisconsin | 595 | 10.0 | 0.86 | 58 | 9.7% | 106 | 69,226 |
| Wyoming | 107 | 18.2 | 1.10 | 4 | 3.7% | 24 | 9,720 |
| United States | 39,254 | 11.5 | 1.19 | 7,080 | 18.0% | 6,228 | 3,294,031 |
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Two rates, two different rankings
Total deaths follow population. Texas (4,160), California (3,876) and Florida (3,138) together account for 28 percent of the national toll. To compare states, safety analysts use rates, and the two common ones answer different questions.
Deaths per 100,000 residents measure the risk a state's population carries. Mississippi is highest at 25.6, more than double the national rate, followed by Arkansas (19.5) and New Mexico (19.2). Rhode Island (4.7), Massachusetts (5.1) and New York (5.5) are lowest. Dense states where many people drive less score well on this measure almost by default.
Deaths per 100 million vehicle miles traveled measure the risk per unit of driving, which controls for how much a state drives. Mississippi still ranks first at 1.81, but Arizona (1.74) moves near the top, and Wyoming, high on the population measure, falls back toward the middle because its residents drive long distances. Massachusetts has the lowest mileage rate at 0.59.
Who is dying
Nationally, 57 percent of those killed were riding in cars, pickups or SUVs. Pedestrians made up 18 percent and motorcyclists 16 percent. The mix varies widely. In District of Columbia, pedestrians were 38 percent of deaths, and Hawaii and New Jersey are both above 30 percent. Those are places where a larger share of trips are on foot and where arterial roads with fast traffic pass through walkable areas, a design problem covered in the road safety coverage.
Large-truck occupants were 920 of the 39,254 deaths. Most people who die in crashes that involve a large truck are in the other vehicle or on foot, which is why truck crash counts and truck occupant deaths are reported separately.
Reading the table
Every death in this table is a record in NHTSA's fatality file, which logs each crash on a public road that killed someone within 30 days. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety compiles the state view and pairs it with census population and the FHWA estimate of miles driven. Columns by road user do not add up to the total deaths column, because a small number of deaths involve other or unknown road users. The miles column is in millions of vehicle miles. For how the federal death count is built and revised, see what the roadway fatality data shows.