MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC DEATHS BY STATE, 2007-2008
  Number of deaths  
State 2007 2008 Percent
 change
Alabama  1,110 966 -13.0%
Alaska  82 62 -24.0
Arizona  1,071 937 -13.0
Arkansas  649 600 -7.6
California  3,995 3,434 -14.0
Colorado  554 548 -1.1
Connecticut  296 264 -11.0
Delaware  117 121 3.4
D.C. 44 34 -23.0
Florida  3,213 2,978 -7.3
Georgia  1,641 1,493 -9.0
Hawaii  138 107 -22.0
Idaho  252 232 -7.9
Illinois  1,248 1,043 -16.0
Indiana  898 814 -9.4
Iowa  446 412 -7.6
Kansas  416 385 -7.5
Kentucky  864 826 -4.4
Louisiana  993 912 -8.2
Maine  183 155 -15.0
Maryland  614 591 -3.7
Massachusetts  434 363 -16.0
Michigan  1,087 980 -9.8
Minnesota  510 456 -11.0
Mississippi  884 783 -11.0
Missouri  992 960 -3.2
Montana  277 229 -17.0
Nebraska  256 208 -19.0
Nevada  373 324 -13.0
New Hampshire  129 139 7.8
New Jersey  724 590 -19.0
New Mexico  413 366 -11.0
New York  1,332 1,231 -7.6
North Carolina  1,676 1,433 -14.0
North Dakota  111 104 -6.3
Ohio  1,255 1,190 -5.2
Oklahoma  766 749 -2.2
Oregon  455 416 -8.6
Pennsylvania  1,491 1,468 -1.5
Rhode Island  69 65 -5.8
South Carolina 1,077 920 -15.0
South Dakota 146 119 -18.0
Tennessee  1,211 1,035 -15.0
Texas  3,466 3,382 -2.4
Utah  299 275 -8.0
Vermont  66 73 11.0
Virginia  1,027 824 -20.0
Washington  571 521 -8.8
West Virginia  432 380 -12.0
Wisconsin  756 605 -20.0
Wyoming  150 159 6.0
United States 41,259 37,261 -9.7%

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.