# US states by traffic fatality rate, 2024

All 51 values come from Invokely for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `traffic_fatality_rate_per_100k`
- Unit: per 100,000 people
- Definition: Traffic fatalities (NHTSA FARS) per 100,000 residents in the same year and place.
- Source: Invokely, 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
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/traffic-fatality-rate/us-states

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