Table 13: Fatal 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 		137	128	107	118	120	-14%		-8%		10%		2%		
Alaska 			6	10	4	4	5	-33%		-60%		0%		25%		
Arizona 		77	74	99	112	87	45%		51%		13%		-22%		
Arkansas 		93	88	106	84	97	-10%		-5%		-21%		15%		
California 		340	334	357	358	325	5%		7%		0%		-9%		
Colorado 		54	75	62	60	67	11%		-20%		-3%		12%		
Connecticut 		31	26	18	26	21	-16%		0%		44%		-19%		
Delaware 		13	11	7	17	6	31%		55%		143%		-65%		
Dist of Columbia 	4	1	3	2	2	-50%		100%		-33%		0%		
Florida 		260	303	341	309	260	19%		2%		-9%		-16%		
Georgia 		192	216	211	208	197	8%		-4%		-1%		-5%		
Hawaii 			11	8	4	7	3	-36%		-13%		75%		-57%		
Idaho 			37	30	27	24	24	-35%		-20%		-11%		0%		
Illinois 		134	172	171	136	137	1%		-21%		-20%		1%
Indiana 		144	120	125	120	124	-17%		0%		-4%		3%
Iowa 			73	70	61	66	62	-10%		-6%		8%		-6%
Kansas 			59	73	67	61	69	3%		-16%		-9%		13%
Kentucky 		87	91	108	93	95	7%		2%		-14%		2%
Louisiana 		87	111	107	90	104	3%		-19%		-16%		16%
Maine 			13	23	17	18	19	38%		-22%		6%		6%
Maryland 		65	70	56	56	59	-14%		-20%		0%		5%
Massachusetts 		32	27	22	32	26	0%		19%		45%		-19%
Michigan 		138	115	100	106	108	-23%		-8%		6%		2%
Minnesota 		58	59	59	59	65	2%		0%		0%		10%
Mississippi 		83	84	77	74	67	-11%		-12%		-4%		-9%
Missouri 		143	118	142	120	120	-16%		2%		-15%		0%
Montana 		19	25	22	25	29	32%		0%		14%		16%
Nebraska 		45	55	39	27	37	-40%		-51%		-31%		37%
Nevada 			39	41	44	37	25	-5%		-10%		-16%		-32%
New Hampshire 		11	13	11	7	10	-36%		-46%		-36%		43%
New Jersey 		79	71	93	67	60	-15%		-6%		-28%		-10%
New Mexico 		46	45	50	62	53	35%		38%		24%		-15%
New York 		140	128	127	155	138	11%		21%		22%		-11%
North Carolina	 	155	176	182	136	143	-12%		-23%		-25%		5%
North Dakota 		9	11	10	14	12	56%		27%		40%		-14%
Ohio 			181	156	158	141	116	-22%		-10%		-11%		-18%
Oklahoma 		83	77	103	117	85	41%		52%		14%		-27%
Oregon 			52	52	59	47	46	-10%		-10%		-20%		-2%
Pennsylvania 		169	159	170	169	179	0%		6%		-1%		6%
Rhode Island 		6	5	1	8	6	33%		60%		700%		-25%
South Carolina	 	91	99	110	80	78	-12%		-19%		-27%		-3%
South Dakota 		18	20	13	17	14	-6%		-15%		31%		-18%
Tennessee 		152	117	134	129	129	-15%		10%		-4%		0%
Texas 			391	422	429	409	421	5%		-3%		-5%		3%
Utah 			32	31	26	32	34	0%		3%		23%		6%
Vermont 		9	6	8	10	4	11%		67%		25%		-60%
Virginia 		104	95	102	96	98	-8%		1%		-6%		2%
Washington 		65	55	55	62	69	-5%		13%		13%		11%
West Virginia 		51	44	48	43	41	-16%		-2%		-10%		-5%
Wisconsin 		84	91	76	70	74	-17%		-23%		-8%		6%
Wyoming 		11	20	23	30	20	173%		50%		30%		-33%
US Total		4,413	4,451	4,551	4,350	4,190	-1%		-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