Table 15: Fatalities in Crashes Involving Large Trucks by State: Percent Change									
						Percent Change From			
State		1996	2001	2005	2006	2007	1996 To 2006	2001 To 2006	2005 To 2006	2006 To 2007
Alabama 	152	145	122	137	134	-10%		-6%		12%		-2%
Alaska 		6	10	5	4	5	-33%		-60%		-20%		25%
Arizona 	98	85	118	136	97	39%		60%		15%		-29%
Arkansas 	104	98	115	91	114	-13%		-7%		-21%		25%
California 	390	378	429	394	363	1%		4%		-8%		-8%
Colorado 	63	95	68	67	82	6%		-29%		-1%		22%
Connecticut 	34	29	21	29	27	-15%		0%		38%		-7%
Delaware 	14	15	7	17	6	21%		13%		143%		-65%
Dist of Columbia 4	1	3	2	2	-50%		100%		-33%		0%
Florida 	305	365	400	350	302	15%		-4%		-13%		-14%
Georgia 	220	255	229	232	229	5%		-9%		1%		-1%
Hawaii 		13	8	9	12	3	-8%		50%		33%		-75%
Idaho 		40	34	34	29	27	-28%		-15%		-15%		-7%
Illinois 	152	200	191	159	154	5%		-21%		-17%		-3%
Indiana 	166	135	138	140	146	-16%		4%		1%		4%
Iowa 		84	83	73	75	71	-11%		-10%		3%		-5%
Kansas 		64	80	80	69	77	8%		-14%		-14%		12%
Kentucky 	100	107	124	105	104	5%		-2%		-15%		-1%
Louisiana 	107	123	122	104	121	-3%		-15%		-15%		16%
Maine 		15	28	19	21	21	40%		-25%		11%		0%
Maryland 	70	78	60	61	69	-13%		-22%		2%		13%
Massachusetts 	39	30	24	34	28	-13%		13%		42%		-18%
Michigan 	162	122	111	116	123	-28%		-5%		5%		6%
Minnesota 	77	64	70	62	84	-19%		-3%		-11%		35%
Mississippi 	99	98	91	90	75	-9%		-8%		-1%		-17%
Missouri 	167	139	166	155	136	-7%		12%		-7%		-12%
Montana 	21	27	23	34	31	62%		26%		48%		-9%
Nebraska 	63	68	48	34	43	-46%		-50%		-29%		26%
Nevada 		44	46	53	51	29	16%		11%		-4%		-43%
New Hampshire 	12	14	11	7	12	-42%		-50%		-36%		71%
New Jersey 	86	77	98	74	64	-14%		-4%		-24%		-14%
New Mexico 	56	59	63	80	57	43%		36%		27%		-29%
New York 	161	139	145	174	156	8%		25%		20%		-10%
North Carolina 	183	201	204	152	168	-17%		-24%		-25%		11%
North Dakota 	12	12	17	19	12	58%		58%		12%		-37%
Ohio 		224	168	177	158	134	-29%		-6%		-11%		-15%
Oklahoma 	99	94	121	140	110	41%		49%		16%		-21%
Oregon 		64	64	66	62	53	-3%		-3%		-6%		-15%
Pennsylvania 	185	185	183	193	194	4%		4%		5%		1%
Rhode Island 	6	6	1	8	7	33%		33%		700%		-13%
South Carolina 	111	108	124	95	91	-14%		-12%		-23%		-4%
South Dakota 	24	21	13	19	14	-21%		-10%		46%		-26%
Tennessee 	175	138	163	148	149	-15%		7%		-9%		1%
Texas 		450	486	506	500	493	11%		3%		-1%		-1%
Utah 		36	34	32	39	39	8%		15%		22%		0%
Vermont 	10	7	9	11	5	10%		57%		22%		-55%
Virginia 	121	110	112	107	111	-12%		-3%		-4%		4%
Washington 	73	63	69	65	79	-11%		3%		-6%		22%
West Virginia 	60	48	55	48	48	-20%		0%		-13%		0%
Wisconsin 	105	108	87	76	85	-28%		-30%		-13%		12%
Wyoming 	16	23	31	42	24	163%		83%		35%		-43%
US Total	5,142	5,111	5,240	5,027	4,808	-2%		-2%		-4%		-4%


Notes: A large truck is defined as a truck with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds.									
Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Analysis Division, FMCSA