Safety#78 of 102 · Added July 22, 2026
Road Deaths
Motor-vehicle crash deaths per 100,000 residents in 2024; the EU average is 4.4
Data: IIHS, from NHTSA FARS, 2024 ↗nhmaps.com/66
Most of America drives like the Deep South, where the roads kill 20 to 26 per 100,000. New Hampshire's roads are as safe as Western Europe's.
Motor-vehicle crash deaths per 100,000 residents (deaths per 100,000 population)
Map: Big Think / Strange Maps (data: WHO, US traffic-fatality stats) ↗Data: IIHS, from NHTSA FARS, 2024 ↗Found via @GregMooreNH ↗
View the data (50 states)
| # | State | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhode Island | 4.7 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | 5.1 |
| 3 | New York | 5.5 |
| 4 | Hawaii | 7.1 |
| 4 | New Jersey | 7.1 |
| 6 | Utah | 7.9 |
| 7 | Minnesota | 8.2 |
| 8 | Connecticut | 8.4 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | 8.6 |
| 10 | Vermont | 9.1 |
| 11 | Maryland | 9.2 |
| 11 | Washington | 9.2 |
| 13 | Illinois | 9.3 |
| 14 | New Hampshire | 9.4 |
| 15 | Alaska | 9.5 |
| 16 | Ohio | 9.7 |
| 17 | California | 9.8 |
| 18 | Wisconsin | 10.0 |
| 19 | Virginia | 10.4 |
| 20 | Michigan | 10.8 |
| 21 | Iowa | 11.0 |
| 22 | North Dakota | 11.3 |
| 23 | Kansas | 11.4 |
| 24 | Colorado | 11.6 |
| 25 | Idaho | 11.9 |
| 26 | Delaware | 12.0 |
| 26 | Indiana | 12.0 |
| 28 | Georgia | 12.5 |
| 28 | Nebraska | 12.5 |
| 30 | Maine | 12.6 |
| 30 | Oregon | 12.6 |
| 32 | Nevada | 12.8 |
| 33 | Texas | 13.3 |
| 34 | Florida | 13.4 |
| 35 | West Virginia | 14.5 |
| 36 | North Carolina | 14.7 |
| 37 | Missouri | 15.3 |
| 38 | Kentucky | 15.4 |
| 39 | Oklahoma | 15.7 |
| 40 | South Dakota | 15.8 |
| 41 | Arizona | 16.2 |
| 42 | Louisiana | 16.4 |
| 43 | Tennessee | 16.6 |
| 44 | Montana | 18.1 |
| 45 | Wyoming | 18.2 |
| 46 | Alabama | 18.7 |
| 47 | South Carolina | 18.9 |
| 48 | New Mexico | 19.2 |
| 49 | Arkansas | 19.5 |
| 50 | Mississippi | 25.6 |