State rankings
Deadliest Highway by State
Florida has the highest Avg Annual Fatalities (108), followed by Tennessee (52) and New Mexico (40). Alaska has the lowest (4).
50 of 51 states
Avg Annual Fatalities
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one state; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
14
Middle half 11 – 21
Average
18.9
50 states
Lowest (best)
4
Rhode Island
Highest (worst)
108
Florida
Data
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50 states · # = rank by Avg Annual Fatalities
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rhode Island | I-95 | 4 |
| 1 |  Alaska | Route 3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Vermont | U.S. 7 | 5.3 |
| 4 |  South Dakota | U.S. 18 | 5.5 |
| 5 |  New Hampshire | I-93 | 6 |
| 6 |  Minnesota | U.S. 169 | 7 |
| 7 |  Hawaii | Route 11 | 7.2 |
| 8 |  Massachusetts | I-495 | 9.5 |
| 9 |  Maine | U.S. 1 | 10 |
| 9 |  North Dakota | U.S. 2 | 10 |
| 11 |  Illinois | U.S. 45 | 11 |
| 11 |  New Jersey | U.S. 130 | 11 |
| 11 |  Colorado | U.S. 60 | 11 |
| 11 |  West Virginia | U.S. 19 | 11 |
| 15 |  Indiana | U.S. 41 | 11.1 |
| 16 |  California | U.S. 199 | 11.5 |
| 16 |  Pennsylvania | I-80 | 11.5 |
| 18 |  Kentucky | U.S. 62 | 12 |
| 19 |  Wisconsin | I-94 | 13 |
| 19 |  Utah | U.S. 89 | 13 |
| 19 |  Delaware | U.S. 13 | 13 |
| 22 |  Maryland | U.S. 1 | 13.5 |
| 23 |  Georgia | State Route 11 | 14 |
| 23 |  Oregon | U.S. 101 | 14 |
| 23 |  Arkansas | U.S. 65 | 14 |
| 23 |  Mississippi | U.S. 61 | 14 |
| 27 |  Oklahoma | U.S. 69 | 15 |
| 27 |  Montana | U.S. 2 | 15 |
| 29 |  Kansas | I-70 | 15.5 |
| 30 |  Idaho | U.S. 95 | 16 |
| 31 |  Connecticut | I-95 | 16.4 |
| 32 |  Nevada | I-80 | 17 |
| 33 |  Missouri | U.S. 63 | 18 |
| 34 |  New York | I-87 | 19 |
| 34 |  Ohio | I-71 | 19 |
| 34 |  Iowa | I-80 | 19 |
| 37 |  Virginia | U.S. 460 | 21 |
| 37 |  Wyoming | I-80 | 21 |
| 39 |  Nebraska | I-80 | 23.5 |
| 40 |  North Carolina | I-95 | 24 |
| 41 |  Washington | I-5 | 26 |
| 42 |  Louisiana | U.S. 90 | 29.5 |
| 43 |  South Carolina | I-95 | 30 |
| 44 |  Michigan | U.S. 31 | 31 |
| 45 |  Alabama | I-65 | 33 |
| 46 |  Texas | U.S. 83 | 34 |
| 47 |  Arizona | I-40 | 35 |
| 48 |  New Mexico | I-40 | 40 |
| 49 |  Tennessee | I-40 | 52 |
| 50 |  Florida | U.S. 1 | 108 |
What correlates with Avg Annual Fatalities?
Pearson r against 2,114 other state metrics sharing at least 30 states. Correlation is not causation.
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Quick answers
- Which state has the highest Avg Annual Fatalities?
- Florida has the highest Avg Annual Fatalities, at 108, followed by Tennessee (52) and New Mexico (40).
- Which state has the lowest Avg Annual Fatalities?
- Alaska has the lowest Avg Annual Fatalities, at 4.
- What is the median Avg Annual Fatalities across US states?
- The median is 14 across the 50 US states with data.
- Where does this deadliest highway by state data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Most Dangerous Highways by State - Car Insurance Comparison; The Deadliest Highways in the United States - Elk+Elk.