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Introduction

The major popularity of motor vehicles in the United States and the long rich history of automobiles within the U.S. it is unsurprising that traffic accidents have become part and parcel of American life. 

Traffic accidents in the United States reached a sixteen-year-high in 2021, with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimating 42,915 deaths in motor vehicle accidents. A state’s population, for obvious reasons, is one of the largest factors in their general road safety. Other factors include types of vehicles, climate, topography, and travel speeds. But the way to observe which states have the worst drivers is by examining the fatality rate, expressed (per capita) in the number of deaths per 100,000 people.

See for yourself which states have the worst drivers by browsing the data in the charts.

#StateNumber of Car Accident DeathsNumber of Fatal Car Accidents
1Texas3,874352
2California3,8473,558
3Florida3,3313,098
4Georgia1,6641,522
5North Carolina1,5381,412
6Tennessee1,2171,119
7Illinois1,1941,087
8Pennsylvania1,129106
9Michigan1,0841,011
10South Carolina1,064962
11Arizona1,054967
12New York1,046963
13Missouri987914
14Alabama934852
15Indiana897815
16Virginia850796
17Louisiana828762
18Kentucky780709
19Mississippi752687
20Oklahoma652599
21Arkansas638585
22Colorado622574
23Wisconsin614561
24New Jersey584547
25Maryland567540
26Washington560525
27Oregon508461
28Kansas426382
29New Mexico398365
30Minnesota394369
31Massachusetts343327
32Iowa337304
33Nevada317293
34Connecticut295279
35Utah276256
36West Virginia267249
37Nebraska233217
38Idaho214188
39Montana213190
40Maine164151
41South Dakota141132
42Wyoming127114
43Ohio1231,154
44Delaware116104
45New Hampshire10498
46North Dakota10096
47Hawaii8581
48Rhode Island6766
49Alaska6453
50Vermont6258
51District of Columbia3634

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934

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#14

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#13

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Alaska

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64

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#49

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#50

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Arizona

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1,054

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#11

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#9

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Arkansas

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638

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#21

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#20

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California

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3,847

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#2

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#1

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Colorado

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622

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#22

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#21

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Connecticut

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295

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#34

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#34

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Delaware

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116

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#44

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#44

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District of Columbia

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36

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#51

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#51

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Florida

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3,331

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#3

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#2

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Georgia

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1,664

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#4

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#3

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Hawaii

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85

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#47

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#47

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Idaho

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214

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#38

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#39

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Illinois

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1,194

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#7

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#7

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Indiana

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897

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#15

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#14

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Iowa

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337

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#32

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#32

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Kansas

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426

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#28

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#27

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Kentucky

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780

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#18

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#17

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Louisiana

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828

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#17

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#16

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Maine

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164

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#40

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#40

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Maryland

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567

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#25

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#24

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Massachusetts

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343

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#31

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#31

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Michigan

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1,084

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#9

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#8

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Minnesota

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394

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#30

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#28

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Mississippi

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752

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#19

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#18

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Missouri

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987

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#13

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#12

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Montana

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213

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#39

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#38

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Nebraska

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233

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#37

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#37

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Nevada

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317

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#33

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#33

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New Hampshire

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104

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#45

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#45

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New Jersey

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584

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#24

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#23

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New Mexico

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398

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#29

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#29

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New York

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1,046

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#12

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#10

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North Carolina

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1,538

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#5

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#4

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North Dakota

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100

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#46

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#46

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Ohio

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123

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#43

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#5

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Oklahoma

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652

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#20

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#19

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Oregon

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508

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#27

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#26

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Pennsylvania

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1,129

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#8

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#43

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Rhode Island

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67

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#48

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#48

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South Carolina

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1,064

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#10

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#11

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South Dakota

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141

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#41

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#41

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Tennessee

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1,217

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#6

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#6

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Texas

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3,874

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#1

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#30

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Utah

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276

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#35

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#35

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Vermont

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62

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#50

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#49

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Virginia

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850

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#16

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#15

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Washington

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560

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#26

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#25

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West Virginia

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267

Ranked in the US

#36

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#36

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Wisconsin

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614

Ranked in the US

#23

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#22

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Wyoming

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127

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#42

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#42

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