RANKINGS

Road Fatality Rankings

US states ranked by fatality rates, causes, and trends from NHTSA FARS. Compare states by fatality rate, drunk driving share, and more.

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Deadliest States

States ranked by highest fatality rate per 100K population

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Safest States

States ranked by lowest fatality rate per 100K population

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Cause Breakdown

Fatality breakdowns by contributing factor

According to NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Mississippi recorded the highest fatality rate at 24.9 per 100,000 residents, while Massachusetts recorded the lowest at 4.9. See our methodology for how these per-capita rates are computed across the 51-state, 2015-2023 FARS census.

Top 10 Deadliest States

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# State Rate / 100K Total Fatalities Trend
1 Mississippi 24.9 6,303 ↑ increasing
2 Wyoming 24.7 1,153 ↑ increasing
3 New Mexico 20.7 3,684 ↓ decreasing
4 South Carolina 19.5 9,435 ↓ decreasing
5 Arkansas 19.4 5,243 ↓ decreasing
6 Alabama 19.1 8,643 ↔ stable
7 Tennessee 18.6 10,379 ↔ stable
8 Montana 18.4 1,840 ↓ decreasing
9 Kentucky 18.0 6,977 ↑ increasing
10 Louisiana 17.7 7,293 ↓ decreasing
11 Oklahoma 17.7 6,127 ↔ stable
12 Arizona 17.5 9,706 ↔ stable
13 Missouri 16.0 8,602 ↓ decreasing
14 South Dakota 15.2 1,177 ↑ increasing
15 Florida 15.0 29,564 ↓ decreasing
16 West Virginia 14.7 2,470 ↓ decreasing
17 Georgia 14.6 14,403 ↓ decreasing
18 North Carolina 14.4 13,557 ↓ decreasing
19 Texas 14.1 35,453 ↓ decreasing
20 Idaho 14.0 2,149 ↑ increasing
21 Oregon 13.9 4,673 ↓ decreasing
22 North Dakota 13.5 970 ↑ increasing
23 Kansas 13.2 3,706 ↓ decreasing
24 Delaware 13.1 1,161 ↓ decreasing
25 Indiana 13.1 7,935 ↓ decreasing
26 Colorado 12.2 5,829 ↓ decreasing
27 Nevada 12.2 3,123 ↓ decreasing
28 Iowa 11.8 3,119 ↑ increasing
29 Nebraska 11.5 2,095 ↓ decreasing
30 Michigan 10.9 9,467 ↓ decreasing
31 Vermont 10.7 584 ↓ decreasing
32 Ohio 10.5 10,742 ↓ decreasing
33 Virginia 10.5 7,746 ↓ decreasing
34 California 10.4 35,718 ↓ decreasing
35 Washington 10.4 5,528 ↑ increasing
36 Maryland 10.0 4,970 ↑ increasing
37 Illinois 9.9 10,246 ↓ decreasing
38 Wisconsin 9.9 5,361 ↓ decreasing
39 Maine 9.7 1,416 ↓ decreasing
40 New Hampshire 9.3 1,098 ↓ decreasing
41 Pennsylvania 9.3 10,523 ↑ increasing
42 Connecticut 8.5 2,673 ↓ decreasing
43 Alaska 8.2 651 ↓ decreasing
44 Utah 8.2 2,547 ↓ decreasing
45 Minnesota 7.1 3,641 ↓ decreasing
46 District of Columbia 6.5 288 ↑ increasing
47 Hawaii 6.5 933 ↓ decreasing
48 New Jersey 6.5 5,481 ↓ decreasing
49 Rhode Island 6.5 549 ↑ increasing
50 New York 5.7 9,578 ↓ decreasing
51 Massachusetts 4.9 3,303 ↓ decreasing

Top 10 Safest States

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# State Rate / 100K Total Fatalities Trend
1 Massachusetts 4.9 3,303 ↓ decreasing
2 New York 5.7 9,578 ↓ decreasing
3 District of Columbia 6.5 288 ↑ increasing
4 Hawaii 6.5 933 ↓ decreasing
5 New Jersey 6.5 5,481 ↓ decreasing
6 Rhode Island 6.5 549 ↑ increasing
7 Minnesota 7.1 3,641 ↓ decreasing
8 Alaska 8.2 651 ↓ decreasing
9 Utah 8.2 2,547 ↓ decreasing
10 Connecticut 8.5 2,673 ↓ decreasing

By Cause

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Unrestrained Occupants

37.3%

130,380 fatalities

Alcohol-Impaired Driving

24.5%

85,664 fatalities

Weather-Related

23.8%

83,147 fatalities

Speeding

23.2%

81,058 fatalities

Pedestrian Fatalities

16.9%

59,237 fatalities

Distracted Driving

9.1%

31,739 fatalities

Cyclist Fatalities

2.4%

8,397 fatalities

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Rankings are based on per-capita fatality rates