Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2008, January 2010

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Table 31. Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State, 1998-2008

State	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Alabama	136	136	143	128	112	130	132	107	118	120	114
Alaska	1	5	4	10	4	5	13	4	4	4	5
Arizona	93	94	91	74	84	95	88	99	112	88	82
Arkansas	93	86	100	88	75	93	89	106	84	97	70
California	319	304	331	334	313	311	359	357	358	326	283
Colorado	46	60	60	75	47	58	60	62	60	67	53
Connecticut	28	19	31	26	17	23	25	18	26	22	21
Delaware	16	9	19	11	16	15	18	7	17	6	7
District of Columbia	1	2	2	1	0	0	5	3	2	2	2
Florida	297	294	279	303	320	314	322	341	309	259	236
Georgia	189	204	189	216	169	201	214	211	208	197	168
Hawaii	3	3	2	8	4	4	4	4	7	3	6
Idaho	23	25	25	30	28	37	28	27	24	24	26
Illinois	165	178	152	172	142	162	139	171	136	137	124
Indiana	156	167	138	120	110	142	139	125	120	125	113
Iowa	77	92	78	70	61	56	58	61	66	62	63
Kansas	72	78	70	73	70	62	76	67	61	69	53
Kentucky	94	86	85	91	104	108	110	108	93	95	93
Louisiana	128	111	108	111	95	107	94	107	90	104	97
Maine	21	23	24	23	21	13	18	17	18	19	20
Maryland	57	53	58	70	58	55	67	56	56	59	49
Massachusetts	31	35	45	27	22	34	39	22	32	27	19
Michigan	139	126	137	115	120	104	110	100	106	109	82
Minnesota	75	83	73	59	75	61	65	59	59	67	62
Mississippi	102	104	107	84	71	61	81	77	74	67	66
Missouri	145	144	145	118	137	140	132	142	120	120	107
Montana	18	15	24	25	20	21	14	22	25	29	24
Nebraska	39	52	48	55	47	46	39	39	27	37	38
Nevada	32	38	33	41	29	32	25	44	37	25	20
New Hampshire	10	9	10	13	14	12	13	11	7	10	12
New Jersey	66	56	79	71	63	69	82	93	67	60	44
New Mexico	40	43	42	45	45	37	52	50	62	53	40
New York	128	153	147	128	123	139	121	127	155	137	108
North Carolina	213	179	164	176	152	148	174	182	136	143	140
North Dakota	7	18	9	11	16	14	14	10	14	12	19
Ohio	174	183	166	156	182	134	160	158	141	116	129
Oklahoma	99	80	97	77	97	90	92	103	117	87	100
Oregon	65	41	51	52	44	49	46	59	47	46	35
Pennsylvania	162	187	164	159	157	188	165	170	169	179	174
Rhode Island	3	9	1	5	5	6	5	1	8	6	2
South Carolina	109	105	108	99	83	89	97	110	80	78	73
South Dakota	14	18	18	20	16	14	17	13	17	14	13
Tennessee	113	149	145	117	124	103	128	134	129	129	83
Texas	401	367	412	422	391	419	396	429	409	430	381
Utah	45	39	38	31	34	17	26	26	32	34	28
Vermont	9	8	8	6	10	10	12	8	10	4	6
Virginia	112	94	99	95	82	107	90	102	96	96	67
Washington	63	55	59	55	52	38	50	55	62	69	52
West Virginia	38	48	46	44	55	51	56	48	43	41	38
Wisconsin	86	72	91	91	85	86	90	76	70	74	59
Wyoming	26	21	18	20	23	25	29	23	30	20	27
U.S. Total	4,579	4,560	4,573	4,451	4,224	4,335	4,478	4,551	4,350	4,204	3,733

Note: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.

Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS).

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