Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Large Truck Crash Facts 2005, March 2007

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Table 20. Fatalities in Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State, 1995-2005

State	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Alabama	160	152	172	158	161	159	145	128	147	164	122
Alaska	8	6	7	2	5	4	10	8	5	14	5
Arizona	90	98	73	125	108	105	85	104	119	106	97
Arkansas	102	104	135	109	96	118	98	98	109	110	116
California	433	390	409	378	363	374	378	362	370	415	428
Colorado	53	63	80	61	71	68	95	53	77	69	68
Connecticut	29	34	25	28	21	34	29	18	24	25	17
Delaware	9	14	17	17	11	20	15	17	19	19	8
District of Columbia	1	4	4	1	2	2	1	0	0	5	3
Florida	290	305	308	352	349	310	365	376	365	377	406
Georgia	201	220	254	223	248	219	255	198	232	248	229
Hawaii	3	13	3	3	3	2	8	4	4	4	9
Idaho	38	40	34	28	31	26	34	32	40	29	34
Illinois	171	152	166	184	211	173	200	156	194	158	191
Indiana	165	166	158	181	205	163	135	131	156	157	138
Iowa	88	84	89	92	112	90	83	68	77	70	73
Kansas	68	64	96	86	96	81	80	79	71	94	80
Kentucky	106	100	115	112	94	101	107	122	119	124	124
Louisiana	97	107	132	157	131	126	123	114	130	105	122
Maine	28	15	23	23	25	30	28	22	14	21	19
Maryland	59	70	84	63	54	63	78	63	62	83	60
Massachusetts	36	39	39	35	37	51	30	24	35	43	24
Michigan	172	162	150	159	139	156	122	135	117	118	111
Minnesota	78	77	102	87	91	89	64	86	68	74	69
Mississippi	123	99	106	130	118	123	98	83	72	101	91
Missouri	97	167	158	183	178	183	139	154	167	158	166
Montana	30	21	27	21	19	26	27	26	27	16	23
Nebraska	45	63	53	43	59	56	68	59	56	49	48
Nevada	31	44	31	38	44	37	46	32	32	29	54
New Hampshire	10	12	12	10	11	10	14	15	13	15	11
New Jersey	96	86	92	72	60	94	77	72	75	86	98
New Mexico	47	56	53	46	66	52	59	61	50	63	63
New York	149	161	161	143	177	157	139	132	158	140	147
North Carolina	198	183	231	247	201	191	201	169	162	200	204
North Dakota	12	12	12	11	25	10	12	19	16	15	17
Ohio	217	224	220	200	215	189	168	203	151	190	177
Oklahoma	91	99	105	134	103	112	94	130	102	114	121
Oregon	72	64	80	74	49	52	64	55	65	53	66
Pennsylvania	196	185	196	181	227	184	185	174	224	189	183
Rhode Island	3	6	2	3	9	1	6	5	6	5	1
South Carolina	104	111	90	128	118	133	108	101	99	110	124
South Dakota	14	24	20	15	23	22	21	19	17	18	13
Tennessee	129	175	145	125	185	163	138	150	118	155	156
Texas	381	450	455	479	434	513	486	467	487	483	502
Utah	34	36	57	54	43	39	34	44	21	31	32
Vermont	15	10	18	9	11	9	7	10	10	15	9
Virginia	98	121	130	131	107	115	110	100	120	99	112
Washington	75	73	89	72	63	72	63	55	46	57	68
West Virginia	53	60	60	42	65	57	48	65	57	64	55
Wisconsin	96	105	95	107	81	97	108	109	101	107	87
Wyoming	17	16	25	33	25	21	23	32	30	41	31
U.S. Total	4,918	5,142	5,398	5,395	5,380	5,282	5,111	4,939	5,036	5,235	5,212

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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