Change in fatal crash deaths by state, 2023 to 2024
Deaths in fatal crashes rose in 18 of 51 areas from 2023 to 2024.
The largest rise was in Maine (+31.1%), and the largest fall was in Rhode Island (-26.8%).
In the United States, deaths fell by 4.3% from 2023 to 2024 and rose by 8.0% from 2019 to 2024.
To qualify as a FARS case, the crash had to involve a motor vehicle traveling on a trafficway customarily open to the public and must have resulted in the death of a motorist or a non-motorist within 30 days of the crash.
The set of first files, known as the Annual Report File (ARF), is released following the crash year. The ARF is replaced about a year later with a final file, which contains additional cases or updates to cases that had become available after the ARF was released.
NHTSA's words. Source: NHTSA, Fatality Analysis Reporting System Analytical User's Manual, 1975-2024 (DOT HS 813 794, April 2026), copied on .
This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on . NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates
States by change
| State | Deaths, 2019 | Deaths, 2023 | Deaths, 2024 | Change, 2023 to 2024 | Change, 2019 to 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 157 | 135 | 177 | +31.1% | +12.7% |
| Minnesota | 364 | 402 | 477 | +18.7% | +31.0% |
| Alaska | 67 | 61 | 70 | +14.8% | +4.5% |
| New Jersey | 558 | 605 | 670 | +10.7% | +20.1% |
| Nebraska | 248 | 227 | 251 | +10.6% | +1.2% |
| Hawaii | 108 | 93 | 102 | +9.7% | -5.6% |
| District of Columbia | 23 | 44 | 47 | +6.8% | n/a |
| Massachusetts | 336 | 342 | 363 | +6.1% | +8.0% |
| New Hampshire | 101 | 127 | 133 | +4.7% | +31.7% |
| South Dakota | 102 | 140 | 146 | +4.3% | +43.1% |
| Mississippi | 642 | 733 | 753 | +2.7% | +17.3% |
| Nevada | 304 | 406 | 417 | +2.7% | +37.2% |
| North Carolina | 1,457 | 1,577 | 1,619 | +2.7% | +11.1% |
| Wisconsin | 567 | 586 | 595 | +1.5% | +4.9% |
| Arkansas | 511 | 596 | 603 | +1.2% | +18.0% |
| Connecticut | 249 | 308 | 310 | +0.6% | +24.5% |
| Virginia | 831 | 914 | 917 | +0.3% | +10.3% |
| Michigan | 986 | 1,096 | 1,098 | +0.2% | +11.4% |
| South Carolina | 1,006 | 1,047 | 1,038 | -0.9% | +3.2% |
| Montana | 184 | 208 | 206 | -1.0% | +12.0% |
| Utah | 248 | 280 | 277 | -1.1% | +11.7% |
| Alabama | 930 | 974 | 962 | -1.2% | +3.4% |
| New York | 934 | 1,117 | 1,101 | -1.4% | +17.9% |
| West Virginia | 260 | 260 | 256 | -1.5% | -1.5% |
| Texas | 3,619 | 4,294 | 4,160 | -3.1% | +14.9% |
| Missouri | 881 | 991 | 955 | -3.6% | +8.4% |
| Colorado | 597 | 720 | 689 | -4.3% | +15.4% |
| Illinois | 1,009 | 1,241 | 1,177 | -5.2% | +16.7% |
| Arizona | 979 | 1,308 | 1,229 | -6.0% | +25.5% |
| Iowa | 336 | 379 | 356 | -6.1% | +6.0% |
| Delaware | 132 | 135 | 126 | -6.7% | -4.5% |
| Ohio | 1,153 | 1,242 | 1,157 | -6.8% | +0.3% |
| Maryland | 535 | 621 | 578 | -6.9% | +8.0% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,059 | 1,211 | 1,127 | -6.9% | +6.4% |
| Florida | 3,185 | 3,375 | 3,138 | -7.0% | -1.5% |
| California | 3,719 | 4,169 | 3,876 | -7.0% | +4.2% |
| New Mexico | 425 | 440 | 409 | -7.0% | -3.8% |
| Louisiana | 727 | 811 | 752 | -7.3% | +3.4% |
| Indiana | 810 | 904 | 832 | -8.0% | +2.7% |
| Oregon | 493 | 587 | 538 | -8.3% | +9.1% |
| Oklahoma | 640 | 711 | 645 | -9.3% | +0.8% |
| Tennessee | 1,136 | 1,323 | 1,197 | -9.5% | +5.4% |
| Washington | 538 | 809 | 730 | -9.8% | +35.7% |
| Kansas | 410 | 387 | 339 | -12.4% | -17.3% |
| Georgia | 1,492 | 1,610 | 1,403 | -12.9% | -6.0% |
| Kentucky | 732 | 814 | 707 | -13.1% | -3.4% |
| Idaho | 224 | 275 | 238 | -13.5% | +6.3% |
| Vermont | 47 | 69 | 59 | -14.5% | +25.5% |
| North Dakota | 100 | 106 | 90 | -15.1% | -10.0% |
| Wyoming | 147 | 144 | 107 | -25.7% | -27.2% |
| Rhode Island | 57 | 71 | 52 | -26.8% | -8.8% |
How the figures were made
Note: The table orders places by a figure. It is not a judgement of a place.
Note: A change is given as a percent only where the earlier year has 30 deaths or more. 2019 is the last year before 2020. The counts are from NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, 1975 to 2024. The 2024 counts are from an annual file, and NHTSA can revise them in the final file.
A program makes this page from the FARS files with fixed sentence rules. Data to . How the figures are made. Data sources and licences.
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was Maine (+31.1%).
Other findings
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Fatal Roads. Change in fatal crash deaths by state, 2023 to 2024. https://fatalroads.com/findings/change-in-deaths-by-state/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to .
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