
Fatal Road Accidents in the United States
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Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration - U.S. Dept. of Transportation (Published February 2021)
Summary by State
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State | Fatal Accidents | Fatalities | Males | Females | Gender Unknown | Top Month | Deaths | Top County | Not Using Seat Belt | Ejected | Pedestrians Killed | Motorcyclists Killed | Bicyclists Killed | Vehicles Involved | Hit and Run | Caught Fire | Drinking Drivers | Drivers on Drugs | Speed Related |
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California | 3,316 | 3,606 | 2,609 | 995 | 2 | August | 685 | Los Angeles | 655 | 384 | 972 | 457 | 133 | 5,270 | 320 | 140 | 691 | 370 | 984 |
Texas | 3,294 | 3,615 | 2,601 | 1,013 | 1 | December | 421 | Harris | 941 | 547 | 649 | 411 | 66 | 5,356 | 230 | 220 | 678 | 375 | 1,001 |
Florida | 2,950 | 3,183 | 2,304 | 871 | 8 | March | 298 | Miami-Dade | 724 | 313 | 713 | 528 | 160 | 4,824 | 210 | 133 | 507 | 488 | 274 |
Georgia | 1,377 | 1,491 | 1,012 | 479 | 0 | March | 144 | Fulton | 408 | 191 | 236 | 156 | 21 | 2,229 | 93 | 70 | 85 | 41 | 223 |
North Carolina | 1,284 | 1,373 | 985 | 388 | 0 | June | 84 | Mecklenburg | 431 | 185 | 209 | 178 | 17 | 1,973 | 62 | 65 | 245 | 71 | 288 |
Tennessee | 1,040 | 1,135 | 812 | 323 | 0 | September | 154 | Shelby | 360 | 137 | 149 | 153 | 7 | 1,631 | 60 | 46 | 228 | 239 | 154 |
Ohio | 1,039 | 1,153 | 785 | 368 | 0 | August | 109 | Franklin | 396 | 163 | 124 | 161 | 25 | 1,722 | 54 | 36 | 194 | 108 | 292 |
Pennsylvania | 990 | 1,059 | 772 | 287 | 0 | June | 91 | Philadelphia | 336 | 138 | 147 | 169 | 14 | 1,680 | 49 | 41 | 212 | 128 | 469 |
Illinois | 938 | 1,009 | 703 | 306 | 0 | August | 294 | Cook | 267 | 135 | 173 | 135 | 12 | 1,510 | 98 | 83 | 113 | 52 | 356 |
South Carolina | 922 | 1,001 | 714 | 287 | 0 | May | 78 | Horry | 320 | 134 | 160 | 122 | 26 | 1,415 | 35 | 36 | 248 | 131 | 419 |
Arizona | 910 | 981 | 679 | 300 | 2 | April | 442 | Maricopa | 235 | 145 | 212 | 171 | 30 | 1,368 | 57 | 33 | 152 | 84 | 294 |
Michigan | 902 | 985 | 687 | 298 | 0 | October | 166 | Wayne | 232 | 80 | 141 | 123 | 20 | 1,447 | 53 | 33 | 203 | 118 | 234 |
New York | 876 | 931 | 666 | 265 | 0 | July | 114 | Suffolk | 173 | 85 | 268 | 132 | 46 | 1,283 | 72 | 33 | 94 | 18 | 245 |
Alabama | 856 | 930 | 674 | 256 | 0 | October | 85 | Jefferson | 365 | 158 | 119 | 94 | 6 | 1,348 | 30 | 60 | 103 | 40 | 195 |
Missouri | 818 | 880 | 641 | 239 | 0 | August | 92 | Jackson | 367 | 170 | 109 | 119 | 14 | 1,265 | 39 | 36 | 154 | 87 | 308 |
Virginia | 774 | 831 | 587 | 230 | 14 | October | 51 | Fairfax | 323 | 143 | 123 | 89 | 13 | 1,166 | 37 | 27 | 111 | 24 | 211 |
Indiana | 751 | 809 | 582 | 227 | 0 | July | 107 | Marion | 239 | 108 | 73 | 113 | 16 | 1,243 | 46 | 42 | 135 | 156 | 182 |
Louisiana | 681 | 727 | 525 | 202 | 0 | April | 59 | East Baton Rouge | 253 | 108 | 118 | 82 | 22 | 1,058 | 32 | 35 | 135 | 100 | 86 |
Kentucky | 667 | 732 | 488 | 244 | 0 | August | 97 | Jefferson | 280 | 114 | 73 | 85 | 5 | 1,068 | 15 | 46 | 112 | 43 | 94 |
Oklahoma | 584 | 640 | 429 | 211 | 0 | July | 79 | Oklahoma | 227 | 97 | 85 | 66 | 13 | 898 | 30 | 37 | 107 | 64 | 116 |
Mississippi | 581 | 643 | 441 | 202 | 0 | May | 56 | Hinds | 289 | 119 | 65 | 40 | 8 | 857 | 19 | 17 | 45 | 17 | 105 |
Colorado | 544 | 596 | 452 | 144 | 0 | August | 69 | Adams | 201 | 129 | 73 | 101 | 20 | 897 | 32 | 36 | 137 | 89 | 221 |
Wisconsin | 526 | 566 | 424 | 142 | 0 | August | 74 | Milwaukee | 152 | 112 | 56 | 81 | 14 | 816 | 24 | 24 | 139 | 56 | 156 |
New Jersey | 525 | 559 | 389 | 170 | 0 | September | 48 | Middlesex | 116 | 30 | 175 | 84 | 12 | 828 | 42 | 20 | 118 | 153 | 96 |
Washington | 494 | 519 | 365 | 143 | 11 | December | 99 | King | 113 | 69 | 97 | 90 | 9 | 804 | 35 | 20 | 121 | 42 | 146 |
Maryland | 484 | 521 | 362 | 157 | 2 | September | 107 | Prince George`s | 112 | 61 | 123 | 74 | 10 | 794 | 37 | 45 | 97 | 31 | 126 |
Arkansas | 467 | 505 | 358 | 147 | 0 | August | 58 | Pulaski | 170 | 75 | 61 | 63 | 3 | 722 | 17 | 37 | 77 | 53 | 122 |
Oregon | 451 | 489 | 339 | 150 | 0 | June | 64 | Multnomah | 95 | 43 | 81 | 55 | 12 | 659 | 14 | 37 | 58 | 19 | 130 |
New Mexico | 368 | 424 | 305 | 119 | 0 | July | 104 | Bernalillo | 110 | 97 | 83 | 53 | 9 | 567 | 27 | 30 | 54 | 12 | 132 |
Kansas | 362 | 411 | 293 | 118 | 0 | July | 57 | Sedgwick | 152 | 51 | 16 | 40 | 8 | 561 | 7 | 33 | 66 | 44 | 101 |
Minnesota | 333 | 364 | 236 | 128 | 0 | August | 38 | Hennepin | 82 | 52 | 47 | 45 | 11 | 541 | 12 | 23 | 67 | 32 | 75 |
Massachusetts | 321 | 334 | 235 | 99 | 0 | June | 51 | Bristol | 102 | 50 | 77 | 43 | 5 | 469 | 19 | 10 | 40 | 14 | 77 |
Iowa | 313 | 336 | 243 | 93 | 0 | September | 34 | Polk | 104 | 57 | 21 | 43 | 9 | 479 | 5 | 10 | 76 | 47 | 77 |
Nevada | 285 | 304 | 213 | 91 | 0 | December | 186 | Clark | 60 | 45 | 62 | 53 | 8 | 477 | 17 | 14 | 61 | 43 | 82 |
West Virginia | 247 | 260 | 174 | 86 | 0 | May | 16 | Kanawha | 86 | 45 | 31 | 28 | 3 | 371 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 28 | 79 |
Connecticut | 233 | 249 | 180 | 69 | 0 | August | 64 | Hartford | 58 | 23 | 54 | 37 | 3 | 354 | 20 | 10 | 38 | 23 | 64 |
Utah | 225 | 248 | 172 | 74 | 2 | November | 67 | Salt Lake | 52 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 6 | 362 | 4 | 11 | 26 | 19 | 61 |
Nebraska | 212 | 248 | 176 | 72 | 0 | August | 37 | Douglas | 94 | 57 | 20 | 25 | 1 | 352 | 3 | 12 | 50 | 16 | 44 |
Idaho | 201 | 224 | 154 | 70 | 0 | July | 29 | Ada | 87 | 52 | 12 | 25 | 4 | 309 | 1 | 10 | 60 | 43 | 45 |
Montana | 166 | 184 | 127 | 57 | 0 | August | 18 | Yellowstone | 79 | 47 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 222 | 4 | 9 | 59 | 29 | 52 |
Maine | 143 | 157 | 111 | 46 | 0 | July | 26 | Penobscot | 53 | 17 | 16 | 25 | 2 | 195 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 42 |
Delaware | 122 | 132 | 93 | 39 | 0 | October | 58 | New Castle | 24 | 11 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 187 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 32 | 30 |
Wyoming | 120 | 147 | 109 | 38 | 0 | June | 19 | Carbon | 52 | 49 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 190 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 40 |
Hawaii | 102 | 108 | 77 | 31 | 0 | November | 51 | Honolulu | 21 | 7 | 36 | 16 | 4 | 151 | 11 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 48 |
North Dakota | 91 | 100 | 73 | 27 | 0 | July | 11 | Mckenzie | 38 | 27 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 132 | 2 | 4 | 33 | 7 | 24 |
New Hampshire | 90 | 101 | 69 | 32 | 0 | June | 27 | Hillsborough | 38 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 0 | 149 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 14 | 32 |
South Dakota | 88 | 102 | 74 | 28 | 0 | October | 17 | Minnehaha | 43 | 27 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 134 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 10 | 21 |
Alaska | 62 | 67 | 44 | 23 | 0 | June | 20 | Matanuska-Susitna | 25 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 90 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 26 |
Rhode Island | 53 | 57 | 37 | 20 | 0 | January | 36 | Providence | 18 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 34 |
Vermont | 44 | 47 | 35 | 12 | 0 | October | 9 | Orleans | 17 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 15 | 19 |
District of Columbia | 22 | 23 | 19 | 4 | 0 | April | 23 | District Of Columbia | 5 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 34 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 13 |
Totals | 33,244 | 36,096 | 25,634 | 10,420 | 42 | 10,180 | 4,968 | 6,205 | 4,732 | 843 | 52,605 | 1,996 | 1,715 | 6,169 | 3,721 | 8,745 |