Fatal crash deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles, by state, 2024

In 2024, the rate of deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles was largest in Mississippi (1.81) and smallest in Massachusetts (0.59).

The rate of the United States was 1.19 in 2024 and 1.26 in 2023.

The rate fell in 36 of 51 areas from 2023 to 2024, rose in 13 and did not change in 2.

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 2 Oct 2026.

This page rests on the FARS 2024 annual file. NHTSA released it on 1 Apr 2026. NHTSA can revise the counts in the final file. Release dates

States by rate

Table 1.Deaths in fatal crashes for each 100 million vehicle-miles, by state, 2024 and 2023, largest 2024 rate first
State	Position	Vehicle-miles, 2024, millions	Rate, 2024	Rate, 2023
Mississippi	1	41,554	1.81	1.79
Arizona	2	70,451	1.74	1.74
South Carolina	3	62,042	1.67	1.72
Arkansas	4	39,372	1.53	1.52
Tennessee	5	78,904	1.52	1.59
Montana	6	13,865	1.49	1.52
West Virginia	7	17,214	1.49	1.63
Nevada	8	28,433	1.47	1.46
Kentucky	9	49,168	1.44	1.66
Oregon	10	37,399	1.44	1.59
New Mexico	11	28,645	1.43	1.56
South Dakota	12	10,450	1.40	1.35
Oklahoma	13	46,456	1.39	1.55
Louisiana	14	55,109	1.36	1.46
Texas	15	308,461	1.35	1.43
District of Columbia	16	3,539	1.33	1.26
Alabama	17	72,904	1.32	1.35
Alaska	18	5,503	1.27	1.09
Delaware	19	9,937	1.27	1.39
Florida	20	249,474	1.26	1.41
Colorado	21	55,068	1.25	1.32
North Carolina	22	131,008	1.24	1.29
Washington	23	60,555	1.21	1.35
California	24	325,959	1.19	1.32
Idaho	25	20,046	1.19	1.39
Pennsylvania	26	95,194	1.18	1.21
Maine	27	15,161	1.17	0.91
Missouri	28	81,807	1.17	1.23
Georgia	29	122,216	1.15	1.27
Nebraska	30	21,900	1.15	1.07
Illinois	31	104,290	1.13	1.21
Michigan	32	99,661	1.10	1.12
Wyoming	33	9,720	1.10	1.51
Kansas	34	31,670	1.07	1.22
Iowa	35	33,817	1.05	1.14
Virginia	36	88,511	1.04	1.04
Maryland	37	57,049	1.01	1.08
Connecticut	38	30,947	1.00	1.01
Ohio	39	116,036	1.00	1.10
Hawaii	40	10,647	0.96	0.89
New Hampshire	41	13,854	0.96	0.94
Indiana	42	88,231	0.94	1.06
New York	43	120,869	0.91	0.93
North Dakota	44	10,030	0.90	1.07
Wisconsin	45	69,226	0.86	0.87
New Jersey	46	79,460	0.84	0.78
Vermont	47	7,208	0.82	0.96
Minnesota	48	59,181	0.81	0.69
Utah	49	36,160	0.77	0.81
Rhode Island	50	7,656	0.68	0.94
Massachusetts	51	62,013	0.59	0.56

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 miles that vehicles travel in the state, for each 100 million vehicle-miles. Vehicle-miles: Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-2. The deaths include persons who do not live in the state.

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.

A program makes this page from the FARS files with fixed sentence rules. Data to 31 Dec 2024. How the figures are made. Data sources and licences.

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October 2026: the first row was Mississippi (1.81).

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Fatal Roads. Fatal crash deaths for each 100 million vehicle-miles, by state, 2024. https://fatalroads.com/findings/death-rate-per-vehicle-mile/. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Fatality Analysis Reporting System, FARS 2024 annual file. Data to 31 Dec 2024.

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