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

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Table 21. Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State, 1995-2005

State	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Alabama	133	137	155	136	136	143	128	112	130	132	108
Alaska	8	6	7	1	5	4	10	4	5	13	4
Arizona	72	77	67	93	94	91	74	84	95	88	82
Arkansas	84	93	101	93	86	100	88	75	93	89	107
California	342	340	338	319	304	331	334	313	311	359	356
Colorado	48	54	73	46	60	60	75	47	58	60	62
Connecticut	24	31	22	28	19	31	26	17	23	25	17
Delaware	9	13	14	16	9	19	11	16	15	18	8
District of Columbia	1	4	3	1	2	2	1	0	0	5	3
Florida	260	260	265	297	294	279	303	320	314	322	347
Georgia	171	192	208	189	204	189	216	169	201	214	211
Hawaii	3	11	3	3	3	2	8	4	4	4	4
Idaho	27	37	28	23	25	25	30	28	37	28	27
Illinois	153	134	155	165	178	152	172	142	162	139	170
Indiana	149	144	143	156	167	138	120	110	142	139	125
Iowa	64	73	74	77	92	78	70	61	56	58	61
Kansas	57	59	78	72	78	70	73	70	62	76	67
Kentucky	99	87	100	94	86	85	91	104	108	110	108
Louisiana	79	87	118	128	111	108	111	95	107	94	107
Maine	22	13	21	21	23	24	23	21	13	18	17
Maryland	48	65	78	57	53	58	70	58	55	67	56
Massachusetts	33	32	37	31	35	45	27	22	34	39	22
Michigan	148	138	124	139	126	137	115	120	104	110	100
Minnesota	71	58	87	75	83	73	59	75	61	65	58
Mississippi	98	83	91	102	104	107	84	71	61	81	77
Missouri	89	143	133	145	144	145	118	137	140	132	142
Montana	26	19	24	18	15	24	25	20	21	14	22
Nebraska	41	45	46	39	52	48	55	47	46	39	39
Nevada	27	39	26	32	38	33	41	29	32	25	45
New Hampshire	7	11	12	10	9	10	13	14	12	13	11
New Jersey	91	79	79	66	56	79	71	63	69	82	93
New Mexico	39	46	45	40	43	42	45	45	37	52	50
New York	142	140	141	128	153	147	128	123	139	121	129
North Carolina	163	155	181	213	179	164	176	152	148	174	182
North Dakota	7	9	11	7	18	9	11	16	14	14	10
Ohio	187	181	185	174	183	166	156	182	134	160	158
Oklahoma	80	83	89	99	80	97	77	97	90	92	103
Oregon	62	52	68	65	41	51	52	44	49	46	59
Pennsylvania	170	169	181	162	187	164	159	157	188	165	170
Rhode Island	3	6	2	3	9	1	5	5	6	5	1
South Carolina	85	91	82	109	105	108	99	83	89	97	110
South Dakota	12	18	15	14	18	18	20	16	14	17	13
Tennessee	112	152	126	113	149	145	117	124	103	128	128
Texas	316	391	384	401	367	412	422	391	419	396	427
Utah	26	32	45	45	39	38	31	34	17	26	26
Vermont	12	9	14	9	8	8	6	10	10	12	8
Virginia	91	104	115	112	94	99	95	82	107	90	102
Washington	60	65	73	63	55	59	55	52	38	50	54
West Virginia	47	51	49	38	48	46	44	55	51	56	48
Wisconsin	83	84	77	86	72	91	91	85	86	90	76
Wyoming	13	11	21	26	21	18	20	23	25	29	23
U.S. Total	4,194	4,413	4,614	4,579	4,560	4,573	4,451	4,224	4,335	4,478	4,533

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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