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Edition: FARS 2024, annual fileNHTSA released it on Release dates

Fatal crash deaths for each 100,000 residents, by state, 2024

In 2024, the rate of deaths for each 100,000 residents was largest in Mississippi (25.5) and smallest in Rhode Island (4.7).

The rate of the United States was 11.5 in 2024 and 12.2 in 2023.

The rate fell in 35 of 51 areas from 2023 to 2024, rose in 15 and did not change in 1.

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 .

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States by rate

Table 1.Deaths in fatal crashes for each 100,000 residents, by state, 2024 and 2023, largest 2024 rate first
StatePositionDeaths, 2024Rate, 2024Rate, 2023Rate, 2015 to 2024
Mississippi175325.524.923.8
Arkansas260319.519.419.3
New Mexico340919.220.819.4
South Carolina41,03818.919.420.3
Alabama596218.619.019.3
Wyoming610718.224.621.6
Montana720618.118.418.9
Tennessee81,19716.518.516.8
Arizona91,22916.317.615.2
Louisiana1075216.317.617.3
Oklahoma1164515.717.517.0
South Dakota1214615.715.314.9
Kentucky1370715.417.917.1
Missouri1495515.316.015.5
North Carolina151,61914.614.514.5
West Virginia1625614.514.715.2
Florida173,13813.514.715.1
Texas184,16013.314.013.6
Nevada1941712.812.611.6
Maine2017712.69.611.7
Oregon2153812.613.812.4
Georgia221,40312.514.614.8
Nebraska2325112.511.412.1
Delaware2412612.013.013.0
Indiana2583212.013.113.0
Idaho2623811.914.013.1
Colorado2768911.512.211.4
Kansas2833911.413.113.8
North Dakota299011.313.513.7
Iowa3035611.011.811.0
Michigan311,09810.910.910.6
Virginia3291710.410.510.1
Wisconsin3359510.09.910.2
California343,8769.810.610.1
Ohio351,1579.810.510.1
Alaska36709.58.39.8
New Hampshire371339.49.18.9
Illinois381,1779.39.89.0
Maryland395789.310.09.1
Washington407309.210.38.2
Vermont41599.110.710.1
Pennsylvania421,1278.69.39.0
Connecticut433108.48.58.3
Minnesota444778.27.07.3
Utah452777.98.18.7
Hawaii461027.16.57.2
New Jersey476707.06.46.7
District of Columbia48476.86.44.9
New York491,1015.55.65.4
Massachusetts503635.14.85.3
Rhode Island51524.76.45.6

How the figures were made

Note: The table orders places by a figure. It is not a judgement of a place.

Note: The rate is the deaths in the year divided by the residents of the state, for each 100,000 residents. The rate of 2015 to 2024 is for one year on average. Residents: Census Bureau population estimates, vintage 2025. The deaths include persons who do not live in the place.

Note: 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.

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