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

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Table 30. Fatalities in Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State, 1998-2008

State	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Alabama	158	161	159	145	128	147	164	122	137	134	131
Alaska	2	5	4	10	8	5	14	5	4	4	5
Arizona	125	108	105	85	104	119	106	118	136	98	97
Arkansas	109	96	118	98	98	109	110	115	91	114	77
California	378	363	374	378	362	370	415	429	394	366	318
Colorado	61	71	68	95	53	77	69	68	67	82	68
Connecticut	28	21	34	29	18	24	25	21	29	28	22
Delaware	17	11	20	15	17	19	19	7	17	6	7
District of Columbia	1	2	2	1	0	0	5	3	2	2	2
Florida	352	349	310	365	376	365	377	400	350	301	263
Georgia	223	248	219	255	198	232	248	229	232	229	180
Hawaii	3	3	2	8	4	4	4	9	12	3	6
Idaho	28	31	26	34	32	40	29	34	29	27	30
Illinois	184	211	173	200	156	194	158	191	159	154	144
Indiana	181	205	163	135	131	156	157	138	140	147	136
Iowa	92	112	90	83	68	77	70	73	75	71	73
Kansas	86	96	81	80	79	71	94	80	69	77	63
Kentucky	112	94	101	107	122	119	124	124	105	104	113
Louisiana	157	131	126	123	114	130	105	122	104	121	111
Maine	23	25	30	28	22	14	21	19	21	21	23
Maryland	63	54	63	78	63	62	83	60	61	69	60
Massachusetts	35	37	51	30	24	35	43	24	34	28	20
Michigan	159	139	156	122	135	117	118	111	116	124	88
Minnesota	87	91	89	64	86	68	74	70	62	86	70
Mississippi	130	118	123	98	83	72	101	91	90	75	70
Missouri	183	178	183	139	154	167	158	166	155	136	124
Montana	21	19	26	27	26	27	16	23	34	31	25
Nebraska	43	59	56	68	59	56	49	48	34	43	43
Nevada	38	44	37	46	32	32	29	53	51	29	22
New Hampshire	10	11	10	14	15	13	15	11	7	12	13
New Jersey	72	60	94	77	72	75	86	98	74	64	47
New Mexico	46	66	52	59	61	50	63	63	80	57	45
New York	143	177	157	139	132	158	140	145	174	155	118
North Carolina	247	201	191	201	169	162	200	204	152	168	162
North Dakota	11	25	10	12	19	16	15	17	19	12	20
Ohio	200	215	189	168	203	151	190	177	158	134	143
Oklahoma	134	103	112	94	130	102	114	121	140	112	115
Oregon	74	49	52	64	55	65	53	66	62	53	37
Pennsylvania	181	227	184	185	174	224	189	183	193	194	192
Rhode Island	3	9	1	6	5	6	5	1	8	7	2
South Carolina	128	118	133	108	101	99	110	124	95	91	85
South Dakota	15	23	22	21	19	17	18	13	19	14	14
Tennessee	125	185	163	138	150	118	155	163	148	149	95
Texas	479	434	513	486	467	487	483	506	500	502	441
Utah	54	43	39	34	44	21	31	32	39	39	29
Vermont	9	11	9	7	10	10	15	9	11	5	7
Virginia	131	107	115	110	100	120	99	112	107	108	78
Washington	72	63	72	63	55	46	57	69	65	79	55
West Virginia	42	65	57	48	65	57	64	55	48	48	47
Wisconsin	107	81	97	108	109	101	107	87	76	85	63
Wyoming	33	25	21	23	32	30	41	31	42	24	30
U.S. Total	5,395	5,380	5,282	5,111	4,939	5,036	5,235	5,240	5,027	4,822	4,229

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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