MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC DEATHS BY STATE, 2008-2009
  Number of deaths    
State 2008 2009 Percent change
Alabama  969 848 -12.5%
Alaska 62 64 3.2
Arizona 938 807 -14.0
Arkansas 600 585 -2.5
California 3,434 3,081 -10.3
Colorado 548 465 -15.1
Connecticut 302 223 -26.2
Delaware 121 116 -4.1
D.C. 34 29 -14.7
Florida 2,980 2,558 -14.2
Georgia 1,495 1,284 -14.1
Hawaii 107 109 1.9
Idaho 232 226 -2.6
Illinois 1,043 911 -12.7
Indiana 820 693 -15.5
Iowa 412 372 -9.7
Kansas 384 386 0.5
Kentucky 825 791 -4.1
Louisiana 916 821 -10.4
Maine 155 159 2.6
Maryland 591 547 -7.4
Massachusetts 364 334 -8.2
Michigan 980 871 -11.1
Minnesota 455 421 -7.5
Mississippi 783 700 -10.6
Missouri 960 878 -8.5
Montana 229 221 -3.5
Nebraska 208 223 7.2
Nevada 324 243 -25.0
New Hampshire 138 110 -20.3
New Jersey 590 583 -1.2
New Mexico 366 361 -1.4
New York 1,238 1,156 -6.6
North Carolina 1,428 1,314 -8.0
North Dakota 104 140 34.6
Ohio 1,191 1,021 -14.3
Oklahoma 750 738 -1.6
Oregon 416 377 -9.4
Pennsylvania 1,468 1,256 -14.4
Rhode Island 65 83 27.7
South Carolina 921 894 -2.9
South Dakota 121 131 8.3
Tennessee 1,043 989 -5.2
Texas 3,476 3,071 -11.7
Utah 276 244 -11.6
Vermont 73 74 1.4
Virginia 825 757 -8.2
Washington 521 492 -5.6
West Virginia 378 356 -5.8
Wisconsin 605 561 -7.3
Wyoming 159 134 -15.7
United States 37,423 33,808 -9.7%

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