Table 8: All Buses Involved in Fatal Crashes by State: 1994 - 2005 State 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 Alabama 4 2 2 3 6 2 3 4 1 2 4 0 Alaska 0 2 2 1 1 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 Arizona 6 5 6 4 3 4 7 4 7 6 8 8 Arkansas 5 1 2 6 3 3 2 7 3 1 4 3 California 37 25 33 37 33 43 36 35 32 37 32 29 Colorado 4 6 3 4 8 5 6 6 6 9 4 3 Connecticut 2 2 3 3 2 3 2 0 2 1 1 4 Delaware 1 3 2 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 3 Dist of Columbia 1 3 2 0 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 2 Florida 18 15 27 23 23 28 34 22 19 18 26 31 Georgia 7 12 10 8 14 8 11 8 9 13 11 5 Hawaii 2 2 3 2 3 1 4 5 5 1 2 2 Idaho 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 4 2 1 0 1 Illinois 26 21 11 14 13 12 11 12 7 7 5 12 Indiana 6 5 2 6 4 6 4 4 1 3 3 6 Iowa 1 2 2 4 2 2 5 3 3 3 4 5 Kansas 0 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 Kentucky 2 4 5 7 6 1 3 2 4 5 4 2 Louisiana 6 6 6 4 4 5 2 8 3 5 4 6 Maine 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 Maryland 4 5 7 10 9 8 5 5 5 9 9 6 Massachusetts 4 2 4 4 3 1 2 3 3 4 3 0 Michigan 8 14 10 9 8 9 16 8 11 6 10 8 Minnesota 3 2 9 5 4 4 8 5 4 5 4 9 Mississippi 3 3 1 4 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 Missouri 5 4 7 8 3 7 7 6 6 8 7 5 Montana 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 Nebraska 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 Nevada 3 2 4 4 4 4 6 4 6 6 2 3 New Hampshire 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 New Jersey 12 12 15 7 17 15 11 10 13 10 11 15 New Mexico 0 2 4 3 3 5 4 2 5 2 3 2 New York 21 26 35 24 22 31 27 36 24 26 22 20 North Carolina 3 7 10 6 5 4 7 2 6 8 8 7 North Dakota 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 Ohio 6 10 13 11 11 12 9 6 9 11 6 9 Oklahoma 1 2 2 4 1 2 7 4 4 5 3 3 Oregon 3 3 1 4 2 5 0 2 3 3 2 2 Pennsylvania 16 13 12 13 12 21 17 11 14 23 13 15 Rhode Island 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 South Carolina 2 3 4 3 3 6 3 7 5 0 6 6 South Dakota 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tennessee 2 5 5 2 7 3 7 5 3 4 7 3 Texas 13 13 21 25 21 18 25 14 22 14 18 14 Utah 1 2 4 0 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 1 Vermont 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 Virginia 4 6 7 8 5 7 3 5 6 4 8 11 Washington 5 7 11 4 3 10 4 10 3 6 2 6 West Virginia 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 3 1 2 1 Wisconsin 7 4 8 6 8 4 6 6 5 3 6 5 Wyoming 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 US Total 258 271 326 297 289 319 325 292 274 291 279 278 Notes: a bus is a motor vehicle designed to tranport at least 9 people, including a driver. Sept. 7th, 2006 Source: Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) Analysis Division, FMCSA Please Note: The 2005 fatal statistics are preliminary and will be updated in the future with the release of the FARS 2006 statistics in 2007