US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024

Name: US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024
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Mississippi had the highest traffic fatality rate of 51 states in 2024, at 25.5 per 100,000 people. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 4.7 per 100,000 people. The median was 11.9 per 100,000 people and the figure for the United States was 11.5 per 100,000 people. Source: NHTSA and BEA.

Highest25.5Mississippi

Lowest4.7Rhode Island

Median11.951 states

United States11.5History

All states, 2024

per 100,000 people. Source: Invokely calculation with data from NHTSA, BEA. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	States	2024 per 100,000 people	Change on 2023
1	Mississippi Estimated	25.5	+0.6 pts
2	Arkansas Estimated	19.5	+0.1 pts
3	New Mexico Estimated	19.2	-1.5 pts
4	South Carolina Estimated	18.9	-0.5 pts
5	Alabama Estimated	18.6	-0.4 pts
6	Wyoming Estimated	18.2	-6.4 pts
7	Montana Estimated	18.1	-0.3 pts
8	Tennessee Estimated	16.5	-2 pts
9	Louisiana Estimated	16.3	-1.3 pts
10	Arizona Estimated	16.3	-1.3 pts
11	South Dakota Estimated	15.7	+0.5 pts
12	Oklahoma Estimated	15.7	-1.8 pts
13	Kentucky Estimated	15.4	-2.5 pts
14	Missouri Estimated	15.3	-0.7 pts
15	North Carolina Estimated	14.6	+0.1 pts
16	West Virginia Estimated	14.5	-0.2 pts
17	Florida Estimated	13.5	-1.2 pts
18	Texas Estimated	13.3	-0.7 pts
19	Nevada Estimated	12.8	+0.2 pts
20	Oregon Estimated	12.6	-1.2 pts
21	Maine Estimated	12.6	+2.9 pts
22	Georgia Estimated	12.5	-2 pts
23	Nebraska Estimated	12.5	+1.1 pts
24	Delaware Estimated	12	-1 pts
25	Indiana Estimated	12	-1.1 pts
26	Idaho Estimated	11.9	-2.1 pts
27	Colorado Estimated	11.5	-0.7 pts
28	Kansas Estimated	11.4	-1.7 pts
29	North Dakota Estimated	11.3	-2.1 pts
30	Iowa Estimated	11	-0.8 pts
31	Michigan Estimated	10.9	-0 pts
32	Virginia Estimated	10.4	-0.1 pts
33	Wisconsin Estimated	10	+0.1 pts
34	California Estimated	9.8	-0.8 pts
35	Ohio Estimated	9.8	-0.8 pts
36	Alaska Estimated	9.5	+1.2 pts
37	New Hampshire Estimated	9.4	+0.4 pts
38	Illinois Estimated	9.3	-0.6 pts
39	Maryland Estimated	9.3	-0.8 pts
40	Washington Estimated	9.2	-1.1 pts
41	Vermont Estimated	9.1	-1.5 pts
42	Pennsylvania Estimated	8.6	-0.7 pts
43	Connecticut Estimated	8.4	-0 pts
44	Minnesota Estimated	8.2	+1.2 pts
45	Utah Estimated	7.9	-0.2 pts
46	Hawaii Estimated	7.1	+0.6 pts
47	New Jersey Estimated	7	+0.6 pts
48	District of Columbia Estimated	6.8	+0.4 pts
49	New York Estimated	5.5	-0.1 pts
50	Massachusetts Estimated	5.1	+0.3 pts
51	Rhode Island Estimated	4.7	-1.8 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.

Deaths are counted where the crash happened and divided by the resident population, so counties with busy highways and few residents can show very high rates. Differs from the WHO road traffic death rate (road_traffic_death_rate).

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Invokely. (n.d.). NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents (US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024) [Data set]. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k

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NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents, US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Invokely. n.d. NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024. Dataset. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k.

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Invokely (no date) NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents, US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024 [Dataset]. Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Available at: https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{invokely_us_states_by_traffic_2024,
  author = {{Invokely}},
  title = {{NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents: US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024}},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Calculated from data by NHTSA and BEA. Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatality-rate/us-states. Publisher attribution: Invokely calculation from NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology\#traffic\_fatality\_rate\_per\_100k. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which state has the highest traffic fatality rate?

Mississippi, with 25.5 per 100,000 people in 2024, according to NHTSA and BEA.

Which state has the lowest traffic fatality rate?

Rhode Island, with 4.7 per 100,000 people in 2024.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Invokely, NHTSA FARS traffic fatalities divided by BEA mid-year population (SAINC1 and CAINC1), per 100,000 residents. Retrieved 2026-10-12.