Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts 2009, October 2011

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Table 31. Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State, 1999-2009

State	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Alabama	136	143	128	112	130	132	107	118	120	114	73
Alaska	5	4	10	4	5	13	4	4	4	5	3
Arizona	94	91	74	84	95	88	99	112	88	83	58
Arkansas	86	100	88	75	93	89	106	84	97	69	69
California	304	331	334	313	311	359	357	358	326	283	239
Colorado	60	60	75	47	58	60	62	60	67	53	35
Connecticut	19	31	26	17	23	25	18	26	22	23	13
Delaware	9	19	11	16	15	18	7	17	6	7	7
District of Columbia	2	2	1	0	0	5	3	2	2	1	1
Florida	294	279	303	320	314	322	341	309	259	237	170
Georgia	204	189	216	169	201	214	211	208	197	168	127
Hawaii	3	2	8	4	4	4	4	7	3	6	4
Idaho	25	25	30	28	37	28	27	24	24	26	18
Illinois	178	152	172	142	162	139	171	136	137	126	85
Indiana	167	138	120	110	142	139	125	120	125	114	82
Iowa	92	78	70	61	56	58	61	66	62	63	57
Kansas	78	70	73	70	62	76	67	61	69	53	50
Kentucky	86	85	91	104	108	110	108	93	95	93	101
Louisiana	111	108	111	95	107	94	107	90	104	97	68
Maine	23	24	23	21	13	18	17	18	19	20	20
Maryland	53	58	70	58	55	67	56	56	59	48	44
Massachusetts	35	45	27	22	34	39	22	32	27	21	20
Michigan	126	137	115	120	104	110	100	106	109	82	62
Minnesota	83	73	59	75	61	65	59	59	67	62	48
Mississippi	104	107	84	71	61	81	77	74	67	66	53
Missouri	144	145	118	137	140	132	142	120	120	107	79
Montana	15	24	25	20	21	14	22	25	29	24	21
Nebraska	52	48	55	47	46	39	39	27	37	38	40
Nevada	38	33	41	29	32	25	44	37	25	20	18
New Hampshire	9	10	13	14	12	13	11	7	10	12	7
New Jersey	56	79	71	63	69	82	93	67	60	44	60
New Mexico	43	42	45	45	37	52	50	62	53	40	33
New York	153	147	128	123	139	121	127	155	137	109	101
North Carolina	179	164	176	152	148	174	182	136	143	140	111
North Dakota	18	9	11	16	14	14	10	14	12	19	28
Ohio	183	166	156	182	134	160	158	141	116	129	101
Oklahoma	80	97	77	97	90	92	103	117	87	100	75
Oregon	41	51	52	44	49	46	59	47	46	35	27
Pennsylvania	187	164	159	157	188	165	170	169	179	174	120
Rhode Island	9	1	5	5	6	5	1	8	6	2	5
South Carolina	105	108	99	83	89	97	110	80	78	73	76
South Dakota	18	18	20	16	14	17	13	17	14	13	12
Tennessee	149	145	117	124	103	128	134	129	129	83	84
Texas	367	412	422	391	419	396	429	409	430	392	270
Utah	39	38	31	34	17	26	26	32	34	28	21
Vermont	8	8	6	10	10	12	8	10	4	6	6
Virginia	94	99	95	82	107	90	102	96	96	70	68
Washington	55	59	55	52	38	50	55	62	69	52	29
West Virginia	48	46	44	55	51	56	48	43	41	38	29
Wisconsin	72	91	91	85	86	90	76	70	74	59	48
Wyoming	21	18	20	23	25	29	23	30	20	27	11
U.S. Total	4,560	4,573	4,451	4,224	4,335	4,478	4,551	4,350	4,204	3,754	2,987

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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