Cycling Fatalities: (Tot) Ped Fatalities: All Traffic Fat: 1) Florida 8.60 720 New Mexico 43.5 Mississippi 296 2) Arizona 6.30 154 Delaware 39.5 Wyoming 286 3) Louisiana 5.41 140 Nevada 38.9 New Mexico 279 4) S. Carolina 5.00 110 Arizona 38.2 Alabama 258 5) Alaska 4.95 18 Florida 38.0 Arkansas 247 6) Delaware 4.68 16 S. Carolina 29.8 S. Carolina 237 7) N. Carolina 4.46 189 Dist of Col 29.4 Montana 234 8) Utah 4.02 46 Louisiana 27.4 Tennessee 230 9) Nevada 4.00 35 California 26.3 Idaho 221 10) California 3.85 726 Maryland 25.3 Arizona 219 11) Michigan 3.42 195 N. Carolina 25.3 Kentucky 217 12) Oregon 3.24 60 Texas 24.4 S. Dakota 215 13) Colorado 3.10 68 Georgia 24.0 W. Virginia 214 S. Dakota 22.5 Oklahoma 208 USA Average 3.05 4770 New York 22.3 Delaware 205 New Jersey 22.2 Georgia 203 14) Hawaii 2.97 21 Hawaii 22.1 Nevada 202 15) Iowa 2.95 50 Mississippi 21.4 Missouri 199 16) Texas 2.92 322 N. Carolina 198 17) New York 2.75 300 USA Average 21.2 Louisiana 198 18) Georgia 2.72 115 Florida 188 19) New Mexico 2.72 27 Oregon 21.2 Texas 175 20) Mississippi 2.56 41 Michigan 19.6 Kansas 170 21) Montana 2.53 13 Utah 19.4 Vermont 169 22) Idaho 2.50 17 Alabama 19.1 Iowa 168 23) Wyoming 2.45 7 Illinois 18.3 Indiana 166 24) Wisconsin 2.43 74 Tennessee 18.3 Nebraska 166 25) Virginia 2.37 93 Missouri 17.9 Oregon 165 26) Arkansas 2.31 34 Alaska 17.7 Utah 160 27) New Jersey 2.28 108 Arkansas 17.3 Alaska 159 28) Indiana 2.26 78 Okalahoma 17.3 Colorado 158 29) Nebraska 2.26 22 Colorado 16.5 30) Illinois 2.25 159 Pennsylvania 16.4 USA Average 157 31) Maine 2.15 16 Virginia 16.1 32) Dist of Col 2.12 9 W. Virginia 15.9 Maine 154 33) Minnesota 2.01 55 Connecticut 15.8 Michigan 150 34) Vermont 2.01 7 Rhode Island 15.3 Wisconsin 144 35) Maryland 2.00 60 Washington 15.3 Virginia 136 36) Washington 1.97 63 Kentucky 15.0 California 135 37) Alabama 1.90 48 Wyoming 13.7 N. Dakota 135 38) S. Dakota 1.81 8 Massachusetts 13.3 Maryland 131 39) Tennessee 1.80 56 Montana 13.1 Ohio 130 40) Kentucky 1.79 41 Indiana 13.0 Minnesota 127 41) Ohio 1.73 115 Maine 12.9 Pennsylvania 126 42) Connecticut 1.63 32 New Hampshire 12.5 Illinois 125 43) Pennsylvania 1.62 117 Ohio 11.8 Washington 125 44) Massachusetts 1.60 58 Nebraska 11.7 Hawaii 113 45) Rhode Island 1.50 9 Idaho 11.0 New Hampshire 111 46) Oklahoma 1.48 29 Minnesota 10.7 New Jersey 99 47) Kansas 1.44 22 Wisconsin 10.7 Connecticut 96 48) Missouri 1.33 42 Kansas 10.5 New York 96 49) W. Virginia 1.28 14 Iowa 9.4 Dist of Col 85 50) New Hampshire 1.17 8 Vermont 8.6 Massachusetts 78 51) N. Dakota 0.78 3 N. Dakota 7.1 Rhode Island 74
Perhaps the most curious thing to note is Delaware's exceptionally high
fatality rate for both cyclists (6th) and pedestrians (2nd). Unlike Alaska's
5th highest ranking for cyclist fatalities (which may just be a statistical
fluctuation inherent in dealing with small numbers, and which is unsupported
by a somewhat below average pedestrian fatality rate), something appears to
be seriously askew in terms of both cycling and pedestrian safety in Delaware.
-Riley Geary, Arlington, VA
geary@cmr.gov
Thu, 11 Dec 1997