Table 24. Multiple-Vehicle Fatal Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State, 1995-2005

State

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Alabama

119

114

132

114

113

118

109

95

114

114

98

Alaska

4

5

3

1

5

2

7

4

3

8

3

Arizona

56

62

53

71

81

70

57

68

79

69

68

Arkansas

68

69

84

75

73

72

69

57

75

73

85

California

256

245

244

250

222

257

249

246

252

288

286

Colorado

39

45

55

34

48

49

62

38

50

52

45

Connecticut

20

22

15

18

16

25

19

13

16

18

15

Delaware

9

10

11

13

7

18

9

14

15

16

5

District of Columbia

0

2

3

1

1

1

1

0

0

2

1

Florida

209

219

215

251

259

234

252

268

258

273

285

Georgia

143

160

185

164

172

157

178

143

162

175

181

Hawaii

2

7

1

3

3

2

3

2

2

4

4

Idaho

22

32

22

19

20

21

24

23

29

22

21

Illinois

120

118

118

146

151

129

137

116

140

119

134

Indiana

122

126

124

141

137

122

104

91

125

117

100

Iowa

61

66

60

72

85

69

62

56

50

46

56

Kansas

49

48

63

65

67

65

56

61

57

67

57

Kentucky

80

71

80

76

62

69

81

86

92

90

87

Louisiana

64

68

95

104

98

86

94

79

93

79

89

Maine

19

11

15

16

19

21

19

18

11

15

14

Maryland

42

56

66

51

40

51

61

51

49

54

45

Massachusetts

26

23

27

25

27

36

18

18

23

27

20

Michigan

135

121

110

121

109

119

103

110

90

96

90

Minnesota

65

51

74

66

71

63

48

65

53

54

48

Mississippi

84

64

81

88

91

81

70

60

53

65

64

Missouri

71

125

118

120

113

113

101

114

110

117

117

Montana

21

17

15

10

11

18

18

16

19

6

14

Nebraska

34

40

38

31

47

43

47

36

42

37

35

Nevada

20

33

18

25

25

24

30

25

20

23

35

New Hampshire

7

10

8

8

7

10

13

12

11

8

9

New Jersey

79

63

69

52

40

62

54

46

61

62

74

New Mexico

25

35

30

27

34

31

31

29

27

37

38

New York

99

96

97

86

96

103

91

92

90

86

75

North Carolina

136

140

163

170

150

134

145

119

127

140

151

North Dakota

6

9

9

6

18

8

9

14

13

14

7

Ohio

159

167

159

147

151

142

135

160

121

147

138

Oklahoma

67

66

70

88

65

81

65

77

74

74

82

Oregon

43

46

56

48

32

42

38

37

41

36

48

Pennsylvania

140

143

150

134

157

138

131

131

153

134

142

Rhode Island

1

1

1

2

7

1

5

5

4

5

1

South Carolina

73

80

69

92

96

94

82

74

69

78

91

South Dakota

10

15

12

11

12

14

17

12

11

13

12

Tennessee

95

126

96

98

120

117

93

107

83

112

106

Texas

251

332

317

319

309

355

355

329

338

336

343

Utah

21

25

34

31

28

27

23

26

14

16

18

Vermont

9

8

9

8

7

7

4

10

8

10

8

Virginia

77

85

91

81

76

84

76

62

92

70

75

Washington

49

50

62

53

47

49

45

41

33

42

43

West Virginia

36

36

45

33

38

33

30

44

44

46

38

Wisconsin

70

79

66

77

67

82

77

75

72

78

63

Wyoming

11

7

16

20

16

15

14

19

16

23

17

U.S. Total

3,424

3,649

3,754

3,762

3,746

3,764

3,621

3,494

3,584

3,693

3,681

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).